Enhancing advocacy skills of teacher candidates

Authors: Holmes, Melissa; Herrera, Socorro

Source: Teaching Education, Volume 20, Number 2, June 2009 , pp. 203-213(11)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

This case study explores the dynamics of enhancing the capacities of teacher candidates in the Bilingual/Bicultural Education Students Interacting to Obtain Success (BESITOS) recruitment and retention program to advocate for culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) students. Herrera and Murry's advocacy framework provides the theoretical framework for this study and comprises three components - currency, defensibility, and futurity. This study serves as a documentary account of the efforts of one Midwestern university to increase the number of highly qualified teachers prepared to address the challenges that confront CLD students. Moreover, this paper identifies potential strategies for the future design and implementation of advocacy skills development curricula.

Keywords: advocacy; cultural diversity; linguistic diversity; pre-service preparation

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10476210802538271

Affiliations: 1: CIMA Center, Kansas State University, Manhattan, USA

Publication date: 2009-06-01

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