Overview
- Discusses changing policy agendas in language teacher education
- Explores innovations in teacher education in multilingual settings
- Investigates current issues in language teacher/teacher education, in particular in multilingual contexts
Part of the book series: Multilingual Education Yearbook (MEYB)
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About this book
This book focuses on the challenges of teaching in diversely multilingual classrooms, discussing how these challenges and complexities interact in the preparation of teachers (language & content areas) in and for multilingual settings, and how they impact on educational processes, developments, and outcomes.
Teacher education in multilingual contexts is a key topic and occupies an important position in efforts to improve educational outcomes and quality for all stakeholders. It is seen as essential for competitive participation in global economic activity and for providing opportunities to enjoy the benefits of increased prosperity. Teacher education is generally expected to address both the demand for multilingualism and the challenges of teaching in diversely multilingual classrooms, which are important foci at policy and institutional levels. For example, the demand for quality outcomes is manifested in state-administered standards and performance cultures that regulate entry and practices, and poses ethical and pedagogic dilemmas for teachers.
This book presents high-quality empirical research on education in multilingual societies, highlighting findings that, in addition to providing descriptions of language learning, development, and use in language contact and multilingual contexts, will help shape future language education policy and practices in multilingual societies.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Multilingual Education Yearbook 2020
Book Subtitle: Teacher Education and Multilingual Contexts
Editors: Wenhao Tao, Indika Liyanage
Series Title: Multilingual Education Yearbook
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41211-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-41210-4Published: 28 February 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-41213-5Published: 28 February 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-41211-1Published: 27 February 2020
Series ISSN: 2522-5421
Series E-ISSN: 2522-543X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 213
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations
Topics: Educational Policy and Politics, Language Education, Multilingualism, Teaching and Teacher Education, Language Policy and Planning