A New Generation of Teachers: A Case for Critical Thinking and Linguistic Knowledge

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Author(s): Ann M. Ellsworth (Montana State University, USA)
Copyright: 2019
Pages: 25
Source title: Handbook of Research on Critical Thinking Strategies in Pre-Service Learning Environments
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Gina J. Mariano (Troy University, USA)and Fred J. Figliano (Troy University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7823-9.ch014

Keywords: Business & Management / Information Science Reference / Professional Development / Teacher Education

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This chapter describes a contemporary profile of teacher candidates. While some education majors enter the program with requisite knowledge, intellectual curiosity, a willingness to push themselves, and the ability to accept critique in order to learn how to become a teaching professional, many of their peers enter professional coursework lacking critical thinking and other skills needed for the profession. The author provides a rationale for why professional dispositions and linguistic knowledge are critical for education majors, especially Pre-K-8 teachers—those grade levels where language learning is critical for subsequent school success. In doing so, this chapter suggests how teacher preparation curricula and pedagogies might be reconsidered.

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