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Research Statement
I research ways to improve educational practices for multilingual immigrant children. My research is guided by the view of language as a resource (rather than a deficiency) for effectively teaching immigrant learners. I have conducted research on the validity and fairness of assessments administered to these learners and their teachers and investigated ways to provide opportunities for immigrant children to demonstrate their funds of knowledge in assessments and classrooms. As the lead author of influential papers, I have argued that teachers need to develop specialized knowledge base and set of skills in order for the work of teaching to attend to the translanguaging practices of the multilingual learners. Current research project examines the development of formative simulated classroom environments for educating science teachers to teach immigrant children. I have nine years of teaching experience in higher education and foreign language contexts with culturally and linguistically diverse groups.
Research Interests
My academic background is in language teaching and teacher education. My research focuses on promoting bilinguals/multilinguals’ participation and engagement in the formal and informal processes of schooling and other sociocultural landscapes through drawing on bilinguals/multilinguals’ linguistic and cultural capital. I am primarily influenced by Bakhtinian and Vygotskyan perspectives to research languaging practices, linguistic and cultural identity formations, and the work of learning to teach students with rich languaging backgrounds and practices.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Proposing a knowledge base for teaching academic content to english language learners: Disciplinary linguistic knowledge
Turkan, S., De Oliveira, L. C., Lee, O. & Phelps, G., 2014, In: Teachers College Record. 116, 3, 030308.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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That Child Is a Yellow: New Immigrant Children's Conceptions of English Language, Literacy, and Learners' Identities in the NCLB Era
Turkan, S. & DaSilva Iddings, A. C., 01 Oct 2012, In: Theory Into Practice. 51, 4, p. 273-280 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Endowed Power of Academic Language: Peeling the Entanglements
Turkan, S. & Schissel, J., 2022, (Accepted) Bloomsbury Academic.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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“NO ONE KNOWS WHO I AM”: What School Leaders Can Learn from ESL Teachers’ Voices
Wong, C-Y. C. & Turkan, S., 01 Feb 2022, In: NYS TESOL Journal. 9, 1, p. 30-38Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Examining validity issues in classifying and exiting English learners through dynamic views of language proficiency
Turkan, S., 07 Dec 2021, In: Journal of Multilingual Theories and Practices. 2, 2, p. 254-286 33 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Prizes
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AERA Abedi-Thurlow Paper Award
Turkan, Sultan (Recipient) & Lopez, A. A. (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Lead of the Local Organizing Committee for the Annual BAAL Conference 2022
Turkan, Sultan (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Appointment
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Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education Teaching (PGCHET)
Turkan, Sultan (Recipient), 2022
Prize: Other distinction
Activities
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American Educational Research Association
Sultan Turkan (Presenter)
Apr 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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International Journal of Educational Research Open (Journal)
Sultan Turkan (Associate editor)
Jan 2022 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
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Use of a Simulated Teacher Learning Environment for Educating Future Science Teachers to Teach English as an Additional Language Students in North-South Ireland
Sultan Turkan (Speaker)
13 Apr 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Teacher Talk about Parents and Multilingualism: Attitudes and beliefs across countries
Sultan Turkan (Speaker)
Mar 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Researching teacher beliefs on multilingualism: A transnational comparative approach
Sultan Turkan (Presenter)
13 Jul 2022 → …Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation