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Integrating Faith And Learning: Preparing Teacher Candidates To Serve Culturally And Linguistically Diverse Students, Tatiana M. Cevallos
Integrating Faith And Learning: Preparing Teacher Candidates To Serve Culturally And Linguistically Diverse Students, Tatiana M. Cevallos
International Christian Community of Teacher Educators Journal
This essay examines how liberation theology and critical pedagogy inform the integration of faith and learning of a teacher educator who felt called to serve culturally and linguistically diverse students in the United States. The essay provides a brief cultural background of the educator’s journey from instructional assistant in an English learner program to teacher educator at a Christian University. The essay explains how liberation theology and critical pedagogy provide a coherent framework for preparing teacher candidates to work with English learners in public schools.