Theses and Dissertations

Date of Award

5-2024

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Education (EdD)

Department

Curriculum & Instruction

First Advisor

Jair J. Aguilar

Second Advisor

Zulmaris Díaz

Third Advisor

Seokmin Kang

Abstract

Due to the constant migration of diverse populations, multicultural communities are developing across North America. As a result, multi-culturally diverse classrooms are multiplying (Allen et al., 2017). Our pre-service teachers must be multi-culturally prepared to enter diverse classrooms and effectively teach students without implicit bias (Ladson-Billings, 1995; Banks, 2010; Paris, 2017). Pre-service teachers' identity and cultural competence should be prioritized in teacher preparation programs. Using Latino/a Critical Race Theory (LatCrit), Practice-Based Learning, and Teacher Identity as conceptual frameworks, this study will answer how Mixed Reality Simulation (MRS) may be used as a teacher preparation tool (Aguilar & Flores, 2022) to develop the cultural competence and teacher identity of Hispanic pre-service elementary bilingual teachers. The MRSs were also used to explore what pedagogical practices (i.e., translanguaging, translating) pre-service teachers naturally gravitate to when confronted with an emergent bilingual student. This study used a case study approach to understand the perspectives of these pre-service teachers on multicultural education and linguistic ideologies. This study content analysis to analyze participant interviews, reflection journals, and observations of MRS sessions.

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Copyright 2024 Yajaira A. Flores.

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