Humanizing Pedagogies with Multilingual Learners

Help ensure your multilingual students have access to equitable, humanizing teaching and learning in all the content areas. This comprehensive resource bridges theory into practice with applicable, easy-to-understand instructional methods for K-12 teachers who may not have a background in TESOL or ESL or bilingual education.Each chapter uses a three-part learning cycle to help you translate theory into practice: Explore, Make-It-Work, and Share. In Explore, the authors provide research, ideas, and resources to support your work with multilingual students. In Make-It-Work, you are given options to take ideas and apply them to your practice. And in Share, youre encouraged to think about the ways to share your knowledge in informal or formal professional learning spaces. As you work through the learning cycle for each module, youll gain important takeaways on topics such as the larger social context, a positive orientation to your students, humanizing assessments, grouping students, uncovering and addressing language demand, developing conceptual understandings, developing literacy, and fostering authentic talk.The books hands-on approach to pedagogy will leave you feeling ready and empowered to reach each of your multilingual students more effectively, as you strive for equity and justice in the classroom and beyond.