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29.032 - Micro-Analyses of STEM Teachers' Discursive Practice in Diverse Classrooms: Implications for Teacher Preparation

Fri, April 28, 10:35am to 12:05pm, Grand Hyatt San Antonio, Floor: Second Floor, Lone Star Ballroom Salon F

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Teachers, in particular content area teachers, are often untrained in ways of presenting and engaging their discipline with learners from diverse backgrounds. Yet, the current focus in STEM education stresses the need for considering discourse as an integral part of both learning as well as what it means to know math and science. The presenters in this symposium take the perspective that learning is a socio-cultural act in which language plays a key role. They present data from microanalyses of discursive practices in the classroom with an aim to exploring implications for improving teacher preparation.

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