Preparing bilingual teachers for the future: developing culture and linguistic global competence (original) (raw)

2008, Gist Education and Learning Research Journal

Increasing diversity and linguistic complexity in classrooms is occurring in schools throughout the world. Bilingual teachers need to develop knowledge and skills to succeed in teaching diverse students. Demographic shifts are bringing increasing numbers of international students from diverse racial, ethnic, religious, class, and linguistic backgrounds into the United States public schools. The goal of this article is not to debate whether it is important to address diversity in the public schools. Instead, the goal is to help teacher educators think about diversity in a global and integrative manner by providing important and valuable perspectives about the internationalization of teacher education. Las migraciones demográficas están trayendo cantidades de estudiantes internacionales de diversos trasfondos raciales, étnicos, religiosos, lingüísticos y de diferentes clases sociales a las escuelas públicas de Estados Unidos. La meta de este artículo no es discutir si es importante señalar la diversidad en las escuelas públicas. En cambio, la meta es ayudar a los que son educadores de profesores a reflexionar acerca de la diversidad de una manera global e integrada, proveyendo perspectivas importantes y valiosas en cuanto a la internacionalización de la educación pedagógica.

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