A01=Alicia Lopez
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A01=Sonia Nieto
Author_Alicia Lopez
Author_Alicia Lopez Nieto
Author_Sonia Nieto
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Category=JNT
elementary classroom teachers
English as a second language
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ESL
introduction to teaching
multicultural education
post-secondary education
public school teaching
secondary school teachers
teacher biographies
teacher education
teacher educators
teacher evaluation
teacher motivation
teacher narratives
teacher preparation
teacher recruitment
teacher retention
teacher values
teachers' work
teaching across generations
teaching diverse populations
teaching English learners
teaching inspiration
teaching profession
women and teaching
Product details
- ISBN 9780807761090
- Weight: 245g
- Dimensions: 154 x 226mm
- Publication Date: 25 Jan 2019
- Publisher: Teachers' College Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Nieto and López document their reasons for becoming teachers and share some of the most important lessons they have learned along the way. Using journals, blogs, current writings, and their research, they explore how their views on curriculum, pedagogy, and the field of education itself have evolved over the years.
Sonia Nieto is professor emerita at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Her bestselling books include The Light in Their Eyes: Creating Multicultural Learning Communities, Why We Teach, Why We Teach Now , and What Keeps Teachers Going?. She is the recipient of the 2019 LRA Distinguished Scholar Lifetime Achievement Award and the 2021 Mass Humanities Governor's Award. She received the 2024 Multistate Association for Bilingual Education (MABE) Lifetime Service Award. In 2024, she was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Alicia López is an ESL teacher and former assistant principal at Amherst Regional Middle School.
