The Look Act (2017) in Massachusetts: implications to society and teacher education

Q4 Social Sciences

Educacao e Pesquisa Pub Date : 2023-04-28 DOI:10.1590/s1678-4634202349256335eng

S. Amorim

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Abstract This article presents some implications of the Look Act to education in Massachusetts, by first discussing the latest USA educational laws, as they set the scene for the Look Act, which will then be examined in correlation with teacher education and the educational tensions generated by its implementation. Some of its implications to society, resulting from the recent changes in English Language Learners (ELL) teaching in Massachusetts, will be addressed, since teacher education, educators, families, students, and other education-related stakeholders are closely interwoven as they seek to prepare individuals to live in society. Of qualitative approach, this research seeks to construct new knowledge, without necessarily generating solutions to specific problems. For schools equipped with skilled ELL teachers, priority should be given to assigning them leader roles so that they can advocate successfully for ELL and its future. Administrators, however, seem to forget that changes should be implemented according to teachers, who are usually ignored. Besides, ELLs bring strengths from their cultures, and must be valued for their language competence.

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马萨诸塞州的《Look法案》(2017):对社会和教师教育的影响

本文通过首先讨论美国最新的教育法律，介绍了《展望法案》对马萨诸塞州教育的一些影响，因为它们为《展望法案》设定了场景，然后将与教师教育和实施该法案所产生的教育紧张关系进行研究。由于教师教育、教育者、家庭、学生和其他与教育相关的利益相关者在寻求为个人在社会中生活做好准备的过程中紧密地交织在一起，因此，马萨诸塞州英语学习者(ELL)教学最近的变化对社会的一些影响将得到解决。在定性方法中，本研究寻求构建新的知识，而不一定产生特定问题的解决方案。对于拥有熟练的ELL教师的学校，应优先分配他们领导角色，以便他们能够成功地倡导ELL及其未来。然而，管理人员似乎忘记了应该根据教师的意见来实施改革，而教师通常被忽视。此外，英语学习者从他们的文化中带来了优势，他们的语言能力必须得到重视。

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