Diverse Teachers for Diverse Learners - Research and Perspectives - Bilingualism and Teacher Diversity in Schooling

Wed Apr 25 12:45:03 UTC 2012

ERSC Seminar Series : Diverse Teachers for Diverse Learners - Research and Perspectives

Bilingualism and Teacher Diversity in Schooling

You are invited to attend the fourth seminar in the series to be held in The MOSAIC Centre for Research on Multilingualism, School of Education, University of Birmingham on 11 June 2012.

This seminar will discuss empirical work considering linguistic and cultural capital of diverse teachers, discrimination experienced and ways in which teachers engage with diversity. 

Invited speakers include: 

Dr Manka M Varghese

Associate Professor
College of Education
University of Washington

Seattle

Teacher education for language minority teachers: Current issues in preparing teachers in the United States

Dr. Jean Conteh 
School of Education
University of Leeds

Leeds

Co-researching with diverse teachers: professional empowerment, theoretical exploration, implications for policy

Prof Adrian Blackledge

MOSAIC Centre for Research on Multilingualism
University of Birmingham

Birmingham

Diversity, superdiversity, and beyond

The full programme for the day and speaker abstracts are attached.  

If you would like to attend the seminar, please email Caroline Marley (caroline.marley at strath.ac.uk) with your confirmation and a note of your dietary requirements.

Information on accommodation at the University of Birmingham is available here http://www.venuebirmingham.com/venue/conference-park-bed-and-breakfast .  Please note that participants are responsible for their own accommodation costs.

Please reply to Caroline by Monday, 21 May 2012.

Sent on behalf of

Professor Geri Smyth

Director of Research 

University of Strathclyde School of Education

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Jordanhill Campus

Southbrae Drive

Glasgow G13 1PP

e-mail: g.smyth at strath.ac.uk

tel:+ 44 (0)141 950 3744

Angela Creese

Professor of Educational Linguistics

MOSAIC Centre for Research on Multilingualism

School of Education

University of Birmingham

Edgbaston

Birmingham B15 2TT

e-mail: a.creese at bham.ac.uk

tel: +44 (0)121 414 4842

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