Field Practice in La Mixteca: Transnational Teacher Education in the Service of Mexican Indigenous Students in U.S. Schools |
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Authors: | Nadeen Teresa Ruiz Peter J Baird Pedro Torres Hernández |
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Institution: | 1. Bilingual Multicultural Education, California State University Sacramento;2. Instituto Estatal de Educación Pública de Oaxaca |
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Abstract: | Initial research has documented the ill treatment suffered by Mexican indigenous students in U.S. schools. Using a framework of transnational teacher education, we examined the impact of field practice in an indigenous area of Mexico on teacher candidates. Candidates showed growth in new understandings, such as their role as bilingual teachers in terms of validating students’ cultures and their sense of global interconnectedness with transnational students and communities. Applied classroom projects several months after field practice showed a similar impact, beginning to make the case that transnational field practice can also positively influence the academic performance of the candidates’ future students. |
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Keywords: | Bilingual education English language learners Latino/a children and families migration/transnationalism qualitative research teacher preparation |
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