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Reimagining the Future of Bilingual Teacher Education: Community and Field Visions, Policies, Pedagogies, and Praxis
Fri, April 10, 1:45 to 3:15pm PDT (1:45 to 3:15pm PDT), Los Angeles Convention Center, Floor: Level Two, Room 515BSession Type: Structured Poster Session
Abstract
This poster session brings together nine papers that collectively reimagine bilingual teacher education, highlighting critical pedagogies, multilingualism, and intersectional approaches. The session centers content area language and literacy instruction while addressing policy, identity, and community engagement. Presenters examine topics such as translanguaging, heritage language teaching, early childhood bilingualism, Asian language education, and disability studies. Organized around three themes — reimagining bilingual teacher knowledge, deepening our understanding of language and inclusion, and community-rooted pedagogies — this session offers research-based practices and actionable insights. Participants will engage in interactive dialogue and leave with models for preparing bilingual teachers committed to justice and culturally and linguistically sustaining education.
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Papers
El Arte as Traveling Embodiment of Critical Consciousness: “Se Hace el Camino al Andar” - Lucia Cardenas Curiel, Michigan State University; Lindsay M. McHolme, Georgia State University
Building Capacity for Asian Dual Language Programs: Insights from Korean Bilingual Teacher Preparation - Grace Cho, California State University - Fullerton; Lyn Scott, California State University - East Bay
More than Language and Literacy: Heritage Language Teachers’ Desires and Needs for Ethnic Studies Preparation - Jenna Cushing-Leubner, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater; Natalia Benjamin, Rochester Public Schools
Preparing Teachers to Foster Multilingual Learners’ Ideas: Language and Pedagogy in Pre-service Teacher Education - George C. Bunch, University of California - Santa Cruz; Benjamin M. James, University of Delaware
Translanguaging as a Powerful Source for Developing a Multilingual Writerly Voice - Cecilia M. Espinosa, Lehman College - CUNY; Laura Ascenzi-Moreno, Brooklyn College - CUNY
Passing the Buck... To Whom?: Deconstructing Exclusion towards Reimagined Bilingual Education - María Cioe-Pena, University of Pennsylvania; Diana Lalata, University of Pennsylvania; Guadalupe Barrientos, University of Pennsylvania
Addressing the Shortage: Expanding Asian Language Bilingual Teacher Education in California’s Dual Language Programs - Natalie A. Tran, California State University - Fullerton
Nurturing the Complex and Dynamic Nature of Bilingual and Biliterate Development in Early Childhood - Nelia Peña, University of Colorado - Boulder; Mileidis Gort, University of Colorado - Boulder
Nurturing Identity Through Latinx Children's Literature in Bilingual Teacher Education - Luz Yadira Herrera, California State University - Dominguez Hills