Assistant Professor of Education
University of Delaware
Dr. Christina Budde is an assistant professor in the School of Education at the University of Delaware, specializing in language and literacy education and multilingual learner education. She began her career as an elementary school teacher, where she developed a passion for language and literacy development and supporting students' social-emotional growth. During this time, she also worked as a resource/instructional support teacher, collaborating with and providing professional development for teachers on how to effectively meet the language and literacy needs of their linguistically, culturally, and academically diverse students. This experience sparked her passion for teacher education and led her to pursue a doctorate.
Her research focuses on how teachers can provide effective instruction to support language and literacy development and how teacher educators can better prepare future teachers. She seeks to understand classroom practices and contexts that build upon students' cultural and linguistic diversity and promote their social-emotional well-being. Accordingly, her research centers on the language and literacy development and instruction of early childhood and elementary-age children from diverse backgrounds.
(Group 5) Integrating Translanguaging Pedagogy in Pre-service Teacher Education
Saturday, February 22, 2025
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