Teacher education for inclusive bilingual contexts : collective reflection to support emergent bilinguals with and without disabilities / Patricia Martínez-Álvarez.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Historical contradictions in teacher education for inclusive bilingual contexts -- Theorizing collective conversations among educators for learning: defining the project -- Teacher education for inclusive bilingual contexts: theoretical codes and collective reflection -- Attending to all children: transforming the learning space for sustained development -- Rules and the preparation of teachers: structures, time, and language hybridity -- Toward multidimensional hybrid spaces of learning -- Ableism as a lens: interdependence, flexible time, and transformation of contexts -- Inclusive bilingual education: communities of educators and knowledgeable and resourceful children -- A theoretical and practical framework for teacher education for inclusive bilingual contexts.

"This text demonstrates how collective reflection can function as a central part of effective teacher preparation for work in inclusive bilingual environments. Through analysis of rich qualitative data, Teacher Education for Inclusive Bilingual Contexts shows how group reflection supports pre-service educators to recognize the intersectional challenges faced by students, and understand their identities beyond the confines of disability. This, in turn, engenders reconceptualization of standardized expectations and implicates the educator in developing student agency through individualized use of routine, language, and materials. The author offers Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) and Disability Studies in Education (DSE) as a basis for dialectal interactions to unearth contradictions and misunderstandings surrounding language acquisition and the learning of emergent bilinguals, and highlight the ways in which educators can disrupt oppressive practices through expansive learning practices. This insightful volume will be of interest to researchers, scholars, and postgraduate students in the fields of inclusive education and disability studies, bilingual and language education, and teacher education"-- Provided by publisher.