August 20, 2025Education SciencesOpen Access

Preparing for Multilingual Classrooms in Ireland: What Do Student Teachers Need to Know?

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Student teachers are increasingly aware of effective language teaching strategies and resources, enhancing their preparedness.
They develop positive attitudes towards inclusive and plurilingual pedagogy, crucial for tackling linguistic diversity in classrooms.
Reflexive thematic analysis reveals students' confidence in collaborating professionally, yet they seek deeper reflexivity around their own linguistic identities.
Recommendations suggest expanding access to language resources and fostering EAL leadership through professional learning communities in teacher education.

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Analysis of EAL training demonstrates improved strategies for supporting multilingual learners in Irish schools, highlighting the need for deeper reflexivity in teacher education.

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Gardiner-Hyland et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68af75147567bf4f94fee1d7 https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci15081074

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Analysis of EAL training demonstrates improved strategies for supporting multilingual learners in Irish schools, highlighting the need for deeper reflexivity in teacher education.

Preparing for Multilingual Classrooms in Ireland: What Do Student Teachers Need to Know?

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Preparing for Multilingual Classrooms in Ireland: What Do Student Teachers Need to Know?

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