TY - JOUR
T1 - The campfire effect
T2 - A preliminary analysis of preservice teachers’ beliefs about teaching english language learners after state-mandated endorsement courses
AU - Olson, Kate
AU - Jimenez-Silva, Margarita
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2008/3
Y1 - 2008/3
N2 - This article focuses on the influence that Arizona’s mandated Structured English Immersion endorsement policy has on preservice teachers’ beliefs and attitudes toward English language learners. By utilizing both quantitative and qualitative methods of inquiry, our preliminary analysis showed “the campfire effect,” which is to say that our undergraduate students overwhelmingly reported that the endorsement courses had a positive result on both their confidence and underlying ideological beliefs about teaching English language learners. The campfire effect, therefore, is an important step in the teacher learning process, particularly with such controversial topics as the education of culturally and linguistically diverse students.
AB - This article focuses on the influence that Arizona’s mandated Structured English Immersion endorsement policy has on preservice teachers’ beliefs and attitudes toward English language learners. By utilizing both quantitative and qualitative methods of inquiry, our preliminary analysis showed “the campfire effect,” which is to say that our undergraduate students overwhelmingly reported that the endorsement courses had a positive result on both their confidence and underlying ideological beliefs about teaching English language learners. The campfire effect, therefore, is an important step in the teacher learning process, particularly with such controversial topics as the education of culturally and linguistically diverse students.
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U2 - 10.1080/02568540809594625
DO - 10.1080/02568540809594625
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:43849094475
SN - 0256-8543
VL - 22
SP - 246
EP - 260
JO - Journal of Research in Childhood Education
JF - Journal of Research in Childhood Education
IS - 3
ER -