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Teacher Educators’ Professional Development In The 21st Century: Practicing What We Preach, Sandra Rodriguez-Arroyo, Wendy Loewenstein
Teacher Educators’ Professional Development In The 21st Century: Practicing What We Preach, Sandra Rodriguez-Arroyo, Wendy Loewenstein
Sandra Rodriguez-Arroyo
As teacher educators encourage teacher education candidates to incorporate new technologies (SmartBoard, hardware, software, web tools) into teaching, there is a need for them to serve as role models for their students. To move beyond a paper and pencil approach, teacher educators should advance their own technological knowledge and apply it in their teaching. The focus of this brief paper is on the steps taken to encourage teacher educators at a Midwest institution to incorporate new technologies into their teaching. This professional development is still a work in progress, as teacher education faculty work in collaboration with an instructional technology …
The Never Ending Story Of Language Policies In Puerto Rico, Sandra Rodriguez-Arroyo
The Never Ending Story Of Language Policies In Puerto Rico, Sandra Rodriguez-Arroyo
Sandra Rodriguez-Arroyo
This literature review addresses some of the issues discussed in the literature written about the controversial topic of English teaching in Puerto Rico. A deeper look into the language policies established in Puerto Rico since the island became a U.S. colony (1898) could lead us to understand why after more than a century of U.S. occupation, the majority of Puerto Ricans are still not bilingual in English and Spanish.