Touro University’s TESOL/ Bilingual Advanced Certificate Programs Graduate School of Education focuses on the art of The Reflective Practitioner and Reflective Journal Writing in several courses, including EDPN 671 Theory and Practice of Bilingual and Multicultural Education. The goal: To provide teacher candidates with a framework to make connections between prior knowledge and new information. The framework engages students in a systematic process to guide their ongoing reflection, a process they can internalize and practice as constructive educators. Students will be able to engage in this process to improve their teaching throughout their careers. Candidates’ reflective journal entries will be included in their final portfolio.
Patana Mehirdel, an Afghan-American currently pursues her masters in TESOL at Touro University, TESOL/BLE department.
“Growing up I have experienced peoples views and opinions about my religion, culture and language and most of them were based on politics or on biased negative news. Moving forward, my goal is to give students from diverse cultural backgrounds, such as Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Iraq, Iran, etc. a voice and be comfortable and confident to connect their cultural and linguistic background to their learning experiences.”
Patana Mehirdel, Touro University TESOL Candidate
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