"I Want Them to Feel Safe and to Feel Loved": Collaborating to Teach Social Studies for Middle Level Emergent Bilingual Students

• Published in: RMLE online : research in middle level education Vol. 44; no. 1; pp. 1 - 16
• Main Author: Jaffee, Ashley Taylor
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Westerville Routledge 2021; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Bilingual Students; Bilingualism; Case Studies; Citizenship; Citizenship Education; Civics; Collaboration; culturally and linguistically relevant pedagogy; Culturally Relevant Education; Decision Making; Economics Education; Educational Strategies; emergent bilinguals; English (Second Language); English Language Learners; Grade 8; Hispanic American Students; Immigrant students; Intercultural Communication; Interdisciplinary Approach; Language Teachers; Latinx youth; middle level education; Middle School Students; Middle School Teachers; Pedagogy; Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; Social Studies; Teacher Attitudes; Teacher Collaboration; Teachers; Teaching Methods

This case study explored how a social studies teacher and a TESOL teacher collaborated to teach an eighth-grade civics and economics course in a diverse classroom with Latinx emergent bilingual students. The researcher employed a theoretical framework of culturally and linguistically relevant citize...