22 Students and 22 Teachers: Socio-Cultural Mediation in the Early Childhood Classroom

Autor/in	Lozano, Leticia I.
Titel	22 Students and 22 Teachers: Socio-Cultural Mediation in the Early Childhood Classroom
Quelle	In: Association of Mexican American Educators Journal, 8 (2014) 1, S.94-101 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Kindergarten; Bilingual Education; Spanish Speaking; English Language Learners; Interaction; Peer Relationship; Student Empowerment; Self Concept; Communities of Practice; Transformative Learning; Language of Instruction; Teaching Methods; Urban Schools; Immersion Programs; Culturally Relevant Education; Social Influences; Cultural Influences; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bilingual teaching; Bilingualer Unterricht; Interaktion; Peer-Beziehungen; Studienberechtigung; Selbstkonzept; Community; Pädagogische Transformation; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Immersionsprogramm; Sozialer Einfluss; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss
Abstract	It is essential for teachers to provide a setting where student interaction is fostered as a mediational tool for learning, thus expediting the natural transfer of language and knowledge among students (Cummins, 1979). Doing so provides students a way of learning in an additive environment (Soltero, 2004). Could such a classroom have the potential to transform and empower students to feel valued, impacting their cognitive and self-identity growth? This reflective paper looks at the experience of one Dual Language Kindergarten class through the lens of socio-cultural mediation (Donato & MacCormick, 1994) while considering the Communities of Practice as a theoretical framework (Wenger, 1998) for Dual Language classrooms. Implications indicate that these classrooms could potentially be communities for transformative pedagogy where interactive practices are developed in a way that advances life-long academic success for Spanish-speaking students and English-speaking students alike. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01