M Beatriz Arias
Biographic Data
| ID | 3828080 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M Beatriz Arias |
| GIVEN NAMES | M Beatriz |
| FAMILY NAME | Arias |
| SIGNATURE | ARIAS M B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Arizona State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 44 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Forty years after Lau: The continuing assault on educational human rights in the United States and its implications for linguistic minorities
This article addresses the right to an education (including the right of access), and the right to an education in one’s native language, within the broader context of educational human rights, and language minority educational policy in the United States. Included in this discussion is an overview of educational and linguistic human rights as recognized in the US, followed by a review of the legal and historical background prior to the passage o…
Language policy and teacher preparation: The implications of a restrictive language policy on teacher preparation
Applied linguistics, with its sub-domains of language planning and policy can make significant contributions to language teaching. In order to explore this issue, the authors focus on the contested arena of language minority instruction in the United States. Attention is given specifically to the state of Arizona, where, recently, its educational policies have captured national and even international attention. Of particular concern is Arizona's …
Identifying Relevant Competencies for Secondary Teachers of English Learners
This study examined the English Learner (EL) teacher knowledge base from three perspectives: (a) competencies the current literature recommends that all teachers need know and use for teaching English learners in their content classes, (b) competencies the current literature recommends secondary teachers of English learners need to know and use for teaching English learners across the grades, and (c) views practicing secondary teachers of English…
Developing Responsive Teachers: A Challenge for a Demographic Reality
In this article, the authors reflect on the preparation of teachers for English learners (ELs) and articulate the importance of enhancing teacher knowledge through contact and collaboration with diverse ethnolinguistic communities. The authors build on recent research on the preparation of teachers for cultural responsiveness and linguistic diversity and recommend a situated preparation within EL communities that fosters the development of teache…
A Good Start: A Progressive, Transactional Approach to Diversity in Pre-service Teacher Education
Researchers of teacher education programs have lamented the fact that these programs do little to prepare teachers to work with culturally and linguistically diverse children. In this paper we problematize the traditional transmission teacher education approaches to diversity with respect to preparing teachers to teach reading and language arts to culturally and linguistically diverse children. Further, we use Banks' developmental stages of ethni…
Speakers of languages other than English in the secondary school: Accomplishments and struggles
The Context of Education for Hispanic Students: An Overview
This article summarizes current data available on the educational attainment of precollegiate Hispanic students. Dr. Arias reviews those factors that contribute to the heterogeneity of Latinos and the educational implications that derive from the demographic changes of the last 20 years. She emphasizes that the increasing residential segregation of Mexican Americans and Puerto Ricans has educational consequences in promoting linguistic isolation …
Developing Responsive Teachers: A Challenge for a Demographic Reality
In this article, the authors reflect on the preparation of teachers for English learners (ELs) and articulate the importance of enhancing teacher knowledge through contact and collaboration with diverse ethnolinguistic communities. The authors build on recent research on the preparation of teachers for cultural responsiveness and linguistic diversity and recommend a situated preparation within EL communities that fosters the development of teache…
The Context of Education for Hispanic Students: An Overview
This article summarizes current data available on the educational attainment of precollegiate Hispanic students. Dr. Arias reviews those factors that contribute to the heterogeneity of Latinos and the educational implications that derive from the demographic changes of the last 20 years. She emphasizes that the increasing residential segregation of Mexican Americans and Puerto Ricans has educational consequences in promoting linguistic isolation …
Forty years after Lau: The continuing assault on educational human rights in the United States and its implications for linguistic minorities
This article addresses the right to an education (including the right of access), and the right to an education in one’s native language, within the broader context of educational human rights, and language minority educational policy in the United States. Included in this discussion is an overview of educational and linguistic human rights as recognized in the US, followed by a review of the legal and historical background prior to the passage o…
A Good Start: A Progressive, Transactional Approach to Diversity in Pre-service Teacher Education
Researchers of teacher education programs have lamented the fact that these programs do little to prepare teachers to work with culturally and linguistically diverse children. In this paper we problematize the traditional transmission teacher education approaches to diversity with respect to preparing teachers to teach reading and language arts to culturally and linguistically diverse children. Further, we use Banks' developmental stages of ethni…
Identifying Relevant Competencies for Secondary Teachers of English Learners
This study examined the English Learner (EL) teacher knowledge base from three perspectives: (a) competencies the current literature recommends that all teachers need know and use for teaching English learners in their content classes, (b) competencies the current literature recommends secondary teachers of English learners need to know and use for teaching English learners across the grades, and (c) views practicing secondary teachers of English…
The Context of Education for Hispanic Students: An Overview
This article summarizes current data available on the educational attainment of precollegiate Hispanic students. Dr. Arias reviews those factors that contribute to the heterogeneity of Latinos and the educational implications that derive from the demographic changes of the last 20 years. She emphasizes that the increasing residential segregation of Mexican Americans and Puerto Ricans has educational consequences in promoting linguistic isolation …
Speakers of languages other than English in the secondary school: Accomplishments and struggles
A Good Start: A Progressive, Transactional Approach to Diversity in Pre-service Teacher Education
Researchers of teacher education programs have lamented the fact that these programs do little to prepare teachers to work with culturally and linguistically diverse children. In this paper we problematize the traditional transmission teacher education approaches to diversity with respect to preparing teachers to teach reading and language arts to culturally and linguistically diverse children. Further, we use Banks' developmental stages of ethni…
Identifying Relevant Competencies for Secondary Teachers of English Learners
This study examined the English Learner (EL) teacher knowledge base from three perspectives: (a) competencies the current literature recommends that all teachers need know and use for teaching English learners in their content classes, (b) competencies the current literature recommends secondary teachers of English learners need to know and use for teaching English learners across the grades, and (c) views practicing secondary teachers of English…
Developing Responsive Teachers: A Challenge for a Demographic Reality
In this article, the authors reflect on the preparation of teachers for English learners (ELs) and articulate the importance of enhancing teacher knowledge through contact and collaboration with diverse ethnolinguistic communities. The authors build on recent research on the preparation of teachers for cultural responsiveness and linguistic diversity and recommend a situated preparation within EL communities that fosters the development of teache…
Language policy and teacher preparation: The implications of a restrictive language policy on teacher preparation
Applied linguistics, with its sub-domains of language planning and policy can make significant contributions to language teaching. In order to explore this issue, the authors focus on the contested arena of language minority instruction in the United States. Attention is given specifically to the state of Arizona, where, recently, its educational policies have captured national and even international attention. Of particular concern is Arizona's …
Forty years after Lau: The continuing assault on educational human rights in the United States and its implications for linguistic minorities
This article addresses the right to an education (including the right of access), and the right to an education in one’s native language, within the broader context of educational human rights, and language minority educational policy in the United States. Included in this discussion is an overview of educational and linguistic human rights as recognized in the US, followed by a review of the legal and historical background prior to the passage o…
Pedagogy (7 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (4 works) · Mathematics education (4 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (4 works) · Second Language Learning and Teaching (4 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Teacher education (3 works)