What teacher education programs can learn from successful Mexican-descent students From: Bilingual Research Journal | Date: July 1, 2003| Author: Hughes, Craig A | Copyright National Association for Bilingual Education Summer 2003. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Abstract

This study explored the high school experiences of 32 Mexican-descent students who had successfully graduated and were enrolled in institutions of higher learning. By conducting extended interviews with these students, the author sought to identify teachers' actions that the students found helpful or harmful to their learning experiences. These observations can be used to make recommendations for better preparing preservice teachers for the changing classroom demographics that...

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