Inclusive Pedagogy for English Language Learners

A Handbook of Research-Informed Practices

Lorrie Stoops Verplaetse, Naomi Migliacci

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2017
• ISBN:
  9781351563048
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education General

In this Handbook leading researchers, teacher educators, and expert practitioners speak to current and future educators and educational leaders in understandable language about the research that informs best practices for English language learners integrated into the K-12 public school system. Responding to current state and federal mandates that require educators to link their practices to sound research results, it is designed to help educators to define, select, and defend realistic educational practices that include and serve well their English language learning student populations. A critical and distinctive feature of this volume is its non-technical language that is accessible to general educators who have not been trained in the fields of second-language development and applied linguistics. Each chapter begins with a thorough discussion of the recommended practices, followed by a description of the research that supports these practices. The rigor of reported research is contained, but this research is written in a lay person's terminology, accompanied by bibliographies for readers who wish to read about the research in technical detail. The volume is structured around four themes:

• In the Elementary Classroom
• In the Middle and Secondary Classroom
• School and Community Collaboration
• School and District Reform. Inclusive Pedagogy for English Language Learners is intended for current and future educational administrators, all educators who have a keen interest in school reform at the classroom, school, or district level, and staff developers, policy makers, parents and community groups, and anyone interested in the successful education of linguistically and culturally diverse students.

Index

A

AAU. see Asian Americans United

Abu and Bernardo summarize change of feelings in the story, 45

Abu and Bernardo’s chart of anger as a theme, 46

academic English skills, 4

academic language, 6, 64, 74, 75

building vocabulary and, 62

developing strategic reading skills, 167–180

interaction and, 167–180

secondary classroom and, 167–180

vocabulary, 65

academic norms, explicit teaching of, 111

Academic Performance Index (API), 122

academic socialization, 49

academic strategies, 111

academic success

BICS (basic interpersonal communication skills), 74

CALP (cognitive academic language proficiency) and, 74

honoring the students’ identity, 209

interaction and, 178

parental involvement, 209

academic text, comprehensible, 139

background knowledge, 139

graphic organizers, 139, 145

increased use of visuals and realia, 139

modifying written text, 139, 145

opportunities to negotiate meaning, 139

timelines and summary outlines, 139, 145

academies

Business and Finance Academy, 211

Health Professions Academy, 211

Technology Academy, 211

ACCELA (Access to Critical Content and English Language Acquisition), 37, 38

alliance, 34

courses, 36

curriculum design, 36

federally funded master’s degree with licensure in ESL, 34

accountability, increasing, 185

Action Research Process

collaborative analysis of student learning, 90

data collection by CAR teams, 90

evidence that the practice was effective, 90

expected learning behaviors, examples of, 89

impact on teachers as learners, 92

impact on test performance, 93–94

implementing action, 88

meeting protocols and, 88

rubrics and, 88

selected findings, 88

selected scoring guides, 88

strategic learning strategies, 89

terminology of instruction and, 88

activism, public schools and, 233

activist organizations

Asian Americans United (AAU), 226

Chinatown, Philadelphia, 225–242

activitist organizations, 225–244

parental engagement and, 225–244

Philadelphia’s Chinatown and, 225–244

advanced placement classes, 121

Aetna, school reform and, 214

after–school language enrichment program model, 273

Alfie Gives a Hand (Hughes, 1985), 64

Amelia’s Road, 21

American dream, 328

bilingual education and, 206

upward mobility, 181

American Society for Training and Development, 81

Annenberg Institute for School Reform, 3

Annenberg Research Symposium on Educating English Language Learners, 197, 225, 225–244

Ann...

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• I: In the Elementary Classroom
• II: In the Secondary Classroom
• III: School and Community Collaboration
• VI: School and District Reform
• About the Authors
• Index