Meeting the Needs of Multilingual Students: Using Teacher-Reported Challenges and Successes for Teacher Preparation

Preparing teachers to meet the needs of multilingual students is the goal of TESOL and Bilingual education programs in higher education. What these programs use to determine what these needs are can vary by location, faculty, and population of learners. This qualitative study surveyed in-service tea...

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Published in:	Northwest Journal of Teacher Education
Main Authors:	Vanessa Z. Mari, Steve Hayden
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Portland State University 2023-10-01
Subjects:	teacher education TESOL bilingual education teacher preparation
Online Access:	https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/40945

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