Science Teacher Preparation in Content-Based Second Language Acquisition

✍ Scribed by Alandeom W. Oliveira, Molly H. Weinburgh (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 380
• Series: ASTE Series in Science Education
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The primary purpose of this book is to provide science teacher educators with exemplars of professional development programs designed to prepare school teachers to effectively help language learners in science classrooms simultaneously gain language proficiency and conceptual understanding. To this end, this book examines seventeen science teacher preparation programs that span a wide variety of grade levels (elementary, middle, and secondary), countries (Italy, Luxemburg, Spain, UK, and US), and linguistic contexts (English as a Second Language, English as a Foreign Language, trilingual classrooms, and teaching deaf children science through sign language). The book is divided into three main parts. Each part consists of chapters that illustrate a common, cross-cutting theme in science teacher preparation in content-based second language acquisition, namely pre-service teacher preparation, in-service teacher preparation, and international perspectives. Each part provides many insights on the similarities and differences in the professional development approaches used to prepare science teaching with varied amounts of instructional experience help students in different parts of the world overcome linguistic barriers while simultaneously learning concepts central to science. Bringing together researchers from various academic backgrounds (science education, TESOL, and Applied Linguistics), attention is given to varied facets of the intersection of science and language learning in the specific context of school teacher preparation.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Introduction: Science Teacher Preparation in Language and Content....Pages 1-21
Front Matter....Pages 23-23
Cultivating Teacher Knowledge of the Role of Language in Science: A Model of Elementary Grade Pre-Service Teacher Preparation....Pages 25-39
A Language-Based Approach to Content Instruction (LACI) in Science for English Language Learners....Pages 41-58
The Professional Development of Pre-service Teachers in an Integrated Science and Language Acquisition Curriculum with Third-Grade Students....Pages 59-77
Developing an Adaptive Disposition for Supporting English Language Learners in Science: A Capstone Science Methods Course....Pages 79-95
Preparing Pre-service Secondary Teachers to Teach Science to English Learners: Theory into Practice....Pages 97-115
Online Professional Learning for Science Teachers of Multilingual Learners....Pages 117-135
Preparing Science Teachers for English Learners: A Targeted and Integrated Approach to Pre-service Teacher Education....Pages 137-159
Front Matter....Pages 161-161
The Integration of English Language Development and Inquiry Science into a Blended Professional Development Design....Pages 163-177
Doing and Talking Science: Engaging ELs in the Discourse of the Science and Engineering Practices....Pages 179-197
Academic Language and Literacy in Every Setting (ALLIES+): Strengthening the STEM Learning Ecosystem....Pages 199-213
A Design-Based Model of Teacher Professional Learning in the LISELL-B Project....Pages 215-234
Science Teachers as Architects: Building and Supporting Science-Learning Environments with Emergent Bilingual Students....Pages 235-252
An Alternative Approach to Educating Secondary Science and Mathematics Teachers: Meeting the Needs of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Youth....Pages 253-269
A Functional Approach to Twenty-First Century Science Literacy....Pages 271-284
Front Matter....Pages 285-285
Promoting the Integration of Inquiry Based Science and English Learning in Primary Education Through Triadic Partnerships....Pages 287-303
Processing Science Through Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL): A Teacher’s Practicum....Pages 305-322
Science Workshop: Let Their Questions Lead the Way....Pages 323-340
Deaf Students Using Sign Language in Mainstream Science Classrooms....Pages 341-360
Front Matter....Pages 361-361
Epilogue: Emergent Trends and Threads....Pages 363-371
Back Matter....Pages 373-387

✦ Subjects

Science Education;Language Education;Teaching and Teacher Education