"We're Here to Learn to Speak French": An Exploration of World Language Teachers' Beliefs About Students and Teaching. Issue 6 (2nd November 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Baggett, Hannah Carson
• Is Part Of: Educational studies. Volume 54:Issue 6(2018)
• Page Start: 641
• Page End: 667
• Publication Date: 2018-11-02
• Subjects: Education -- Book reviews -- Periodicals; Education -- Periodicals; Éducation -- Recensions de livres -- Périodiques; Éducation -- Périodiques; Electronic journals; 370
• DOI: 10.1080/00131946.2018.1478836
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0013-1946

Abstract

Abstract : The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore five world language teachers' beliefs about their students, their attributions about student enrollment, and their reported teaching practices. Findings represent a continuum of critical practice in that three teachers appeared to espouse deficit thinking and stereotypes about students of color, and color-evasiveness or colorblindness as an approach to teaching. Two teachers appeared to espouse beliefs that may be more representative of inclusive classrooms, and these teachers reported advocacy work for certain student groups and efforts to develop students' critical consciousness in their classrooms. Findings are contextualized via critical lenses, and implications for language teacher education and policy are discussed.