"Any Language Used by Anyone to Pursue Science”: Shifting Raciolinguistic Ideologies in STEM Teacher Education

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Abstract

Raciolinguistic ideologies can (re)produce racial inequity in STEM education. Fortunately, a growing number of teacher educators are working to help teachers disrupt these inequities and and build STEM classrooms that welcome students’ full linguistic repertoires. We sought to understand the impact of these efforts through a qualitative analysis of 14 interviews with preservice teachers of science and mathematics. We found tentative evidence of shifts toward more language-inclusive ideology among some teachers but not others, and find that specific strategies such as disaggregate instruction (Brown et al., 2010) may help facilitate such shifts. Implications for STEM teacher education are discussed.

Authors

• Maricela Leon, The University of Texas System

• Quentin Sedlacek, Southern Methodist University

• Catherine Lemmi, California State University - Chico

• Kimberly Feldman, University of Maryland - Baltimore County