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Increasing Disability Awareness Through Comics Literature, Ewa Mcgrail, Alicja Rieger
Increasing Disability Awareness Through Comics Literature, Ewa Mcgrail, Alicja Rieger
Middle and Secondary Education Faculty Publications
When faced with negative attitudes and experiences in communication and interaction in general education classrooms, students with disabilities can exhibit high levels of stress and frustration or even depression, low self-esteem and impaired self-acceptance. These undesirable and destructive feelings, in turn, may affect these students’ social and cognitive development skills and well-being, as well as their academic performance in such environments. The recent scholarship on empathy supports the effectiveness of comics for identifying and fighting negative and stereotypical attitudes towards those with disabilities. This article discusses strategies for educating students about disability and disability issues with the help of comics …
Service-Learning: International Teachers' Perspectives, Jean O'Keefe, Joseph R. Feinberg
Service-Learning: International Teachers' Perspectives, Jean O'Keefe, Joseph R. Feinberg
Middle and Secondary Education Faculty Publications
In this study, we explored the knowledge and perceptions of service-learning held by a diverse group of international teachers. Through focus group interviews, we found that the majority of participants desired to implement service-learning in their countries, and they supported the idea of mandatory service-learning. Findings also highlight an interesting correlation with teachers from autocratic types of government systems opposing mandatory service-learning.
“We Are Not Terrorists,” But More Likely Transnationals: Reframing Understandings About Immigrants In Light Of The Boston Marathon Bombings, G. Sue Kasun
Middle and Secondary Education Faculty Publications
The Boston Marathon bombings in April 2013 created a new kind of discomfort in the U.S. about “self-radicalized” terrorists, particularly related to Muslim immigrants. The two suspected bombers, brothers with Chechen backgrounds, had attended U.S. public schools. News media portrayed the brothers as “immigrants” and often showed them as having a struggle between their Chechen and U.S. identities. This article proposes that educators consider reframing the talk and discourses about immigrants and immigration toward a more complex understanding of transnationalism. The author demonstrates her work as a former English language learner teacher and her current research in the area of …
Food For Thought: A Framework For Social Justice In Social Studies Education, Lagarrett King, G. Sue Kasun
Food For Thought: A Framework For Social Justice In Social Studies Education, Lagarrett King, G. Sue Kasun
Middle and Secondary Education Faculty Publications
Around the world, societies struggle with issues of discrimination and many individuals are denied their rights as a result of their race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, socioeconomic class, or disability. Since the purpose of social studies education “is to help young people make informed and reasoned decisions for the public good as citizens of a culturally diverse, democratic society” (NCSS, 1994), many scholars believe social studies education is an appropriate field to explore these topics of injustice (Banks, 2004; Wade, 2007).
Using Artifacts To Study Historical And Realistic Children's And Adolescent Fiction In The Classroom, Kevin Powell, Ewa Mcgrail
Using Artifacts To Study Historical And Realistic Children's And Adolescent Fiction In The Classroom, Kevin Powell, Ewa Mcgrail
Middle and Secondary Education Faculty Publications
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