Pedagogical Multilingual and Multicultural Communities in Teacher Preparation (Poster 29)

• In Event: AERA Poster Session Four
  In Poster Session: Community in Multicultural Education

Abstract

The study Pedagogical Multilingual and Multicultural Communities in Teacher Preparation analyses the beliefs held by teachers regarding the teaching of culturally and linguistically diverse learners. This study evaluated teachers’ perspectives on this framework using surveys, interviews and videos with purposefully selected teachers from a mixture of schools in Pretoria, South Africa and New York City, USA. They highlight the challenges that teachers in schools face in diverse linguistic classrooms and how multiculturalism can be used to enhance such classrooms.

Authors

• Diane Rodriguez, Fordham University
  Presenting Author

• Margaret Funke Omidire, University of Pretoria
  Presenting Author

• Maria Sol E. Anyosa
  Presenting Author