TEACHERS AS CULTURAL MEDIATORS: A COMPARISON OF THE ACCOUNTABILITY ERA TO THE ASSIMILATION ERA

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This article examines teachers' relationships with foreign students during eras marked by large waves of immigration to the United States and by policies that shifted from cultural assimilation (1900-1920) to present-day accountability. We compare teachers' understandings of and instructional practices regarding foreign-born English language learners (ELL). Unlike their turn of the twentieth century counterparts whose straightforward task was assimilation, today's teachers are called upon to embrace contradictory aims of teaching to diversity and to standardized tests rooted in white middle-class norms. We consider strengths and weaknesses of each era and the implications of teachers' roles as cultural mediators for the shaping of citizen identity.View full textDownload full textRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15427580903524613