Brenda Muzeta is an assistant professor in secondary education at Kutztown University. She holds a PhD in teacher education and curriculum studies from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She takes a broad interest in issues pertaining to language, culture, identity, social justice, and equity in education. With teaching experiences in both US and international contexts, Dr. Muzeta’s goal is to highlight the relationship between language, identity, and culture by illuminating student voices and experiences. Her research further explores connections and implications of linguistic and cultural diversity in classroom practices. To create a more socially just and equitable classroom environment, Dr. Muzeta advocates culturally relevant pedagogies for practicing teachers and pre-service teachers.
Dr. Kathryn Accurso, Dr. Brenda Muzeta and Dr. Marsha Jing-Ji Liaw will jointly deliver a talk on ‘Teaching between languages: Five principles for the multilingual classroom‘.
Talk abstract
Do you work in a school or classroom where students have a range of language backgrounds, including some you don’t share? This article introduces some basic principles of a translanguaging pedagogy to help teachers think about how they can draw on students’ existing language skills even when they don’t speak the same languages as students. This approach is designed to support students’ development as multilingual speakers, writers, and thinkers even as they are expanding their disciplinary English.
