ABSTRACT
In this concluding chapter we highlight the key findings and discuss recommendations for research and practice based on the collective work represented in this volume. We describe contributions, challenges, and recommendations that emerge from this work in relation to teacher preparation and teacher professional learning designed to improve the science learning experiences and opportunities for emergent bilingual learners. This chapter also explores several other important topics that the three projects in this volume have addressed elsewhere, but that do not play a central role in the chapters written for this book. We list some additional references for project publications that discuss these additional topics, for those who wish to read further. These topics include (a) the next generation of assessments and testing of emergent bilingual students’ science learning; (b) the role of families in science learning; and (c) attention to understanding student learning as well as teaching.
