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For more specific information about the Bilingual Teacher Education Program, view the Undergraduate Catalog

Bilingual Education Program at Illinois State University

The Bilingual-Bicultural Education Program at Illinois State University is offered to students interested in using the Spanish language and culture as a teaching tool. It is offered by the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in cooperation with the Departments of Languages, Literatures & Cultures; English; Sociology & Anthropology; and History.

Program Purposes:

To prepare bilingual elementary teachers for state approval.
To impart an understanding of the psychological and sociological settings pertinent to bilingual-bicultural children and their cultural experiences.
To develop competencies in teachers through specialized bilingual-bicultural educational studies.

This program to prepare individuals to teach in elementary school (K-8) is founded on the Guidelines for Basic Elementary Education Programs of the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education and on INTASC principles. The program also reflects the state’s position on the purpose of schooling: the transmission of knowledge and culture through which children learn in areas necessary to their continuing development.

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Realizing the Democratic Ideal

As with the other departments within the College of Education, the Department of Curriculum and Instruction promotes and follows "Realizing the Democratic Ideal", the conceptual framework for all teacher education programs at Illinois State University.