ACTFL Presentation: Social Justice in LCTL Classrooms: Understanding Teacher Knowledge

How do LCTL teachers understand social justice in language education? This presentation provides insights into four LCTL teachers' conceptualizations of social justice in the language classroom and its underlying critical pedagogies, and pinpoints implications for the unique professional development needs of LCTL teachers.
Presenters: Kate Paesani, Lauren Goodspeed, Mandy Menke, and Helena Ruf (University of Minnesota)
This presentation is directly related to CARLA’s Social Justice in Language Education initiative. Dr. Paesani will lead the CARLA Summer Institute Using Target Language Texts to Support Students' Literacies Development.