Toward Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Teacher Education: The Impact of a Faculty Learning Community on Two Teacher Educators

Teacher Preparation for Linguistically Diverse Classrooms: A Resource for Teacher Educators

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 178-194

  Gort, Mileidis ^a   Glenn, Wendy J ^b   Settlage, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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EID: 85123652710     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203843239-20     Document Type: Chapter

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