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Let's Talk About Race: Developing Anti-Bias Curricula In Elementary Schools, Harper Keenan
Let's Talk About Race: Developing Anti-Bias Curricula In Elementary Schools, Harper Keenan
Graduate Student Independent Studies
This study investigates the theories and potential teaching practices for implementing an anti-bias curriculum in today's elementary schools. Drawing on the work of Louise Derman-Sparks (1989, 1997, and 2011), Frances Kendall (1996), Gary Howard (2006), Ann Pelo (2000 and 2008), six characteristics of effective anti-bias curricula are explored and analyzed as frameworks for developing curricula. In addition, the study chronicles the experience of one grade level team of four teachers working to transform the social studies curriculum they were given into one that is more intentionally anti-bias. Finally, it offers lessons learned and implications for future curriculum development.
Redesign Of Freshman Electrical Engineering Courses For Improved Motivation And Early Introduction Of Design, Phillip Wong, Melinda Holtzman, Branimir Pejcinovic, Malgorzata Chrzanowska-Jeske
Redesign Of Freshman Electrical Engineering Courses For Improved Motivation And Early Introduction Of Design, Phillip Wong, Melinda Holtzman, Branimir Pejcinovic, Malgorzata Chrzanowska-Jeske
Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations
The student experience during the freshman year has been recognized as one of the keys to not only attracting more students into engineering and improving retention, but also to forming some significant attributes of successful engineering graduates. Portland State University is an urban university, and its Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) department serves a relatively large and very diverse student population including a large fraction of transfer and part-time students. Traditionally, all engineering disciplines within our Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science had a similar freshman year curriculum. The common entry course – Engineering and Applied Science (EAS) 101 …
Learning Styles: The Key To Learning, Lisa Egan
Learning Styles: The Key To Learning, Lisa Egan
Graduate Student Independent Studies
This Master's thesis contains components and documentation of the reasoning for the creation of a community website entitled, Learning Styles: The Key to Learning in which learners of all ages can explore the topic of learning styles in order to gain personal insights into their unique styles of learning. The website is designed to help individuals including children, adults, and educational professionals to embrace their personal styles, understand the learning styles of others and gain knowledge leading to the creation of optimal learning environments for themselves and their community members. The author suggests that the understanding of learning styles leads …
Immigration Through A Child's Eyes: A Study Of Italian And Eastern European Russian Immigrants At The Turn Of The 20th Century, Rachel Gelles, Ellie Klausner
Immigration Through A Child's Eyes: A Study Of Italian And Eastern European Russian Immigrants At The Turn Of The 20th Century, Rachel Gelles, Ellie Klausner
Graduate Student Independent Studies
The activity guide, Turn of the 20th Century Immigrant Experience, which is designed for a social studies immigration unit, uses an interdisciplinary approach to teach students about immigrating to a new country. It connects to the lives and interests of our students as almost everyone originally immigrated to America from somewhere. In essence, some students immigrated themselves, while others have parents or grandparents who immigrated to the United States. This activity guide is also specifically designed to teach fourth grade students about immigration at the turn of the 20th century. The New York State Standards for fourth grade require that …
Promoting Professionalism In Master’S Level Teachers Through Research Based Writing, Jesus Garcia, P. S. Mcmillen, David A. Bolin
Promoting Professionalism In Master’S Level Teachers Through Research Based Writing, Jesus Garcia, P. S. Mcmillen, David A. Bolin
Library Faculty Presentations
Presentation of how the creators came together to redesign a course for social studies teachers.
Integration Of Information Literacy In The Undergraduate Curriculum, Patricia A. Iannuzzi
Integration Of Information Literacy In The Undergraduate Curriculum, Patricia A. Iannuzzi
Library Faculty Presentations
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