Transforming World Language Teaching and Teacher Education for Equity and Justice - Pushing Boundaries in US Contexts

This edited book expands the current scholarship on teaching world languages for social justice and equity in K-12 and postsecondary contexts in the US. The chapters address how world language teachers approach social justice in their teaching, and how teacher educators prepare teachers to teach for social justice in the language classroom.

About the author

Beth Wassell is a Professor in the Department of Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Education, Rowan University, USA. Her research interests include language teaching and learning, teacher education, critical and social justice approaches, and qualitative research.
Cassandra Glynn is an Associate Professor of Education and Director of Graduate Education at Concordia College, Moorhead, MN.  She received her MA and PhD in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Minnesota with a focus in Second Languages and Cultures Education.  Dr Glynn’s research interests center around the experiences of marginalized and underrepresented students in world language classes and on world language teachers’ experiences as they take critical approaches to teaching languages and cultures.  Her work has been published in journals such as the L2 Journal, Modern Language Journal, Language Teaching Research, and the Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy.  She is co-author of Words and Actions:  Teaching Languages through the Lens of Social Justice (ACTFL, 2014, 2018).  Prior to starting at Concordia College, Dr. Glynn taught middle school language classes and high school German, including dual credit, and worked in the German and French Villages at Concordia Language Villages.

Summary

This edited book expands the current scholarship on teaching world languages for social justice and equity in K-12 and postsecondary contexts in the US. The chapters address how world language teachers approach social justice in their teaching, and how teacher educators prepare teachers to teach for social justice in the language classroom.

Product details

• Assisted by: Cassandra Glynn (Editor), Beth Wassell (Editor)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2022
• EAN: 9781788926515
• ISBN: 978-1-78892-651-5
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 490 g
• Series: New Perspectives on Language and Education; New Perspectives on Language a
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, EDUCATION / Professional Development, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching, teacher training, Teaching of a specific subject, Language teaching theory & methods, Language teaching theory and methods, Human rights, civil rights, Educational: Languages other than English, EDUCATION / Teacher Training & Certification, Educational: Modern (non-native or second) languages