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Linville, Heather A.

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A mixed methods investigation of ESOL teacher advocacy: "It's not going in and just teaching English.".

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正題名/作者:	A mixed methods investigation of ESOL teacher advocacy: "It's not going in and just teaching English."./
作者:	Linville, Heather A.
面頁冊數:	275 p.
附註:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 75-10(E), Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International75-10A(E).
標題:	Education, English as a Second Language. -
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3624381
ISBN:	9781303976841

A mixed methods investigation of ESOL teacher advocacy: "It's not going in and just teaching English.".
Linville, Heather A.

A mixed methods investigation of ESOL teacher advocacy: "It's not going in and just teaching English.". - 275 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 75-10(E), Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 2014.

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It is widely acknowledged that English language learners (ELLs) are a population in need of advocacy in K-12 public schools in the United States. The main professional standards for initial teacher certification call for English to speakers of other languages (ESOL) teachers to be advocates for ELLs. This mixed methods study investigates ESOL teachers' cognitions (beliefs, thoughts, attitudes; Borg, 2006) about advocacy and their actions as advocates. A survey of 511 ESOL teachers in five diverse school districts in one Mid-Atlantic state, and interviews with 15 of those teachers, confirm that ESOL teachers recognize the need for advocacy and have positive cognitions about advocacy. The ESOL teachers believe it is their professional responsibility to advocate, defined by those interviewed as monitoring for obstacles to ELLs' success, speaking up to raise awareness or inform others about ELLs and ESOL, providing resources or services, affirming ELLs' linguistic and cultural diversity, and empowering ELLs to self-advocate. This research found that most ESOL teachers engage in instructional advocacy, while fewer engage in political advocacy. Variables predictive of greater advocacy actions include belief in professional advocacy responsibility, knowledge of the standards, years of ESOL teaching experience, a supportive school context for advocacy, and self-efficacy in advocating. This study also points to the importance of the teacher education program in continuing to develop awareness of the need to speak up for ELLs and in preparing ESOL teachers with the skills needed for advocacy work.

ISBN: 9781303976841Subjects--Topical Terms:

1030294
Education, English as a Second Language.

A mixed methods investigation of ESOL teacher advocacy: "It's not going in and just teaching English.".
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