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Section I: Content Statement of the Issue: Our literature review examined research on teacher educators’ uses of culturally marked narratives as mediational tools (Wertsch 1998) for preparing teacher candidates to work with students from varying language and cultural backgrounds. We have defined culturally marked narratives as those that document cultural and linguistic influences on individuals’ literacy learning and learning in general. Our review of the literature answered three descriptive questions about the pedagogical uses of narratives: (1) What are
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