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Latinas And Service-Learning In Higher Education: Voices, Experiences And Perspectives, Maria Cristina Cantu-Gutierrez

Theses and Dissertations

This is an exploratory case study that explored service-learning experiences and perceptions among Latinas enrolled in a South Texas university. This study also addresses the challenges and benefits that are associated with Latinas and service-learning in higher education as service providers. This study provides a better understanding of Latina students' experiences and perceptions of their involvement in providing services within their Latino community.

A Study Of Faculty Perceptions Of The Quality Matters Professional Development Experience, Sarah Louise Pettus-Wakefield

Theses and Dissertations

Quality Matters certification is regarded by many American universities, including the university where the study was conducted, as the industry standard for quality online course design. Although a wide body of research has been completed on Quality Matters rubric effectiveness in changing course design, research was needed to explore faculty perceptions of the Quality Matters professional development program to determine perceived training effectiveness at preparing faculty to design and teach in a fully online learning environment. This research is aimed at Quality Matters facilitators to aide in determining the effectiveness of Quality Matters training and to help identify possible areas …

Implications Of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy In Online Environments Where Emergent Bilinguals Participate, Myrna Rasmussen

Theses and Dissertations

This qualitative case study aimed to better understand if culturally relevant pedagogy practices are happening in an early childhood dual-language classroom, and what knowledge does a bilingual teacher have of culturally relevant pedagogy. The theoretical framework is guided by the landmark theory of culturally relevant pedagogy by Gloria Ladson-Billings (1995). The research questions that guided this study were: (1) To what extend was culturally relevant pedagogy practices happening in an early childhood dual-language classroom? (2) What is the level of an early childhood bilingual teacher’s knowledge of culturally relevant pedagogy? The findings in this study suggest that the teacher, who …

Teacher Knowledge, Perceptions, And Language Orientations Towards Oral Language Instruction In A Dual Language Classroom, Lucy A. Montalvo

Theses and Dissertations

Dual language (DL) schools provide literacy in students’ native languages; however, it is unknown if there is a focus on oral language (OL) development, an essential component for emergent bilinguals’(EB) literacy development. The purpose of this mixed-methods case study is to understand what DL teachers in Virginia know about OL instruction when providing literacy instruction to EB students. This study also explored DL teachers’ perceptions and language orientations towards OL instruction in a DL classroom. The Holistic Biliteracy Framework by Escamilla et al. (2014) provided a research-based pedagogical model to compare teachers’ knowledge on OL instruction. The Language Orientation Framework …

Historias Americanas: Implementing Mexican American Studies In K-12 Social Studies Curriculum In The Rio Grande Valley, Maritza De La Trinidad, Stephanie Alvarez, Joy Esquierdo, Francisco Guajardo

Mexican American Studies Faculty Publications and Presentations

This essay contributes to the growing literature on Mexican American Studies in K-12 within the broader field of Ethnic Studies. While most of the literature on the movement for Ethnic Studies within Texas and across the nation mainly focuses on the impact of Ethnic Studies courses on students’ academic success, this essay highlights a professional development program for K-12 social studies teachers in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas entitled Historias Americanas: Engaging History and Citizenship in the Rio Grande Valley, funded by a federal grant. This essay provides an overview of Historias Americanas, the objectives and structure of …

Lesson Plan, 5th Grade, Johana Reséndez

Symposium Summer 2021

TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills): 6A, 6E

Lesson objective(s): 1. Student will research origin of name. 2. Student write “All about Me” in journal. 3. Student will create a book all their information.

Differentiation strategies to meet diverse learner needs: Students will be able to utilize dictionary, pictures and work in pairs.

Lesson Plan, U.S. History, 11th Grade, Bernice Barrón

Symposium Summer 2021

TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills): Economic and Social development of a region. 28B Analyzing information by applying absolute and relative chronology through sequencing, categorizing, identifying cause- and effect relationships, comparing and contrasting, finding the main idea, summarizing, making generalizations, making predictions, drawing inferences, and drawing conclusions.

Lesson objective(s): 1.Analyze the factors that let to the economic development of the Lower Rio Grande Valley. 2.Describe the Labor, technology, crops, and demographics that were used to develop agriculture in the region. 3.Describe how the moniker "The Magic Valley," was used to attract investors willing to farm in the Rio Grande Valley. …

Lesson Plan, U.S. History, U.S. Government, 11th Grade And 12th Grade, Arnoldo Mendoza

Symposium Summer 2021

TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills): 6B: analyze the westward growth of the nation, Manifest Destiny • 6C: explain the causes and effects of the US Mexican War and its impact on the US

Lesson objective(s): 1. Analyze the significance of the Battle of Palo Alto. 2. Examine the reason why did the US Forces use that route to go to Fort Texas. 3. Compare and contrast Mexican artillery and US artillery

Differentiation strategies to meet diverse learner needs: PowerPoint, Maps, Primary Sources, Video, Textbook

Unidad Didáctica, Geografía Universal, Noveno, Ernesto Martínez

Symposium Summer 2021

Competencias y Aptitudes Esenciales del Estado de Texas (TEKS, por sus siglas en inglés): 5A: analizar cómo se relaciona el carácter de un lugar con sus elementos políticos, económicos, sociales y culturales. 14C: analizar los factores humanos y físicos que influyen en el control de territorios y recursos, conflictos/guerras y relaciones internacionales de naciones soberanas como los Estados Unidos.

Objetivos de la lección: 1. El alumno describirá la formación histórica de la frontera sur de Texas durante el período de la guerra entre los Estados Unidos y México. El alumno identificará los detalles de la Batalla de Palo Alto que …

Lesson Plan, Ap Human Geography, 9th Grade, Jennifer Torres Olmeda

Symposium Summer 2021

TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills): History 1A - Analyze significant physical features and environmental conditions that have influenced the past and migration patterns and have shaped the distribution of cultural groups today. History 2A - describe the human and physical characteristics of the same regions at different periods of time to analyze relationships between past events and current conditions. Geography 6B - explain the processes that have caused changes in settlement patterns, including urbanization, transportation, access to and availability of resources, and economic activities.

Lesson objective(s): 1. TLW connect industrialization in the RGV with the prevalence of Latino culture …

Lesson Plan, Mexican American Studies, U.S. History, 9th-12th Grade, Alberto Guerrero

Symposium Summer 2021

TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills): 4A,B; 6A; 8A,D; 9A,D

Lesson objective(s): 1. Analyze the impact of the Corrido on border culture and folklore 2. Describe and analyze how the Corrido retells a particular event or course of events and reflects the points of view or bias of its author. 3. Synthesize historical information and personal accounts to create an oral history.

Differentiation strategies to meet diverse learner needs: PowerPoint presentation, Film “The Ballad of Gregorio Cortes”, audio of some Corridos from the border region that deal with border issues like discriminations by parties on both sides of the border, …

Lesson Plan, World History/United States History/Government, 10th, 11th & 12th Grade, Carla Pérez Valdez, San Juana Granado, Graciela Alonso

Symposium Summer 2021

TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills): WH: 1D; 7B,F; 8A USH: 3B; 25C GOVT: 11 ECO: 3BC

Lesson objective(s): 1. Students will understand the connection between cultural-social family gatherings to the emergence of the cattle industry as a major big business/industry. 2. Students will examine the impact of cattle ranching from Spanish colonization to rise of American big business. 3. Students will examine the supply and demand of beef within the cattle ranching industry

Lesson Plan, U.S. History, 8th Grade, Rolando Pineda, Ernesto Martínez, Juan C. Vega

Symposium Summer 2021

TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills): 8.6C-Causes and Effects of the Mexican-American War 8.29A- Primary sources on James K. Polk 8.29C-Maps and timeline of the Annexation of Texas, Mexican-American War, & Mexican Cession 4C demonstrate an understanding of the influence of one language and culture on another

Lesson objective(s): 1. Students will need to understand the causes of the Mexican-American War 2. Students will need to analyze the dispute of the Texas boundary of Rio Grande River versus Mexico's claim of the Nueces River from Treaty of Velasco. 3. Students will be able to identify political boundaries of the United …

Lesson Plan, Social Studies, 2nd Grade And 3rd Grade, Claudia Olivo Mchale, Veronica Mancha, Mary Ruiz

Symposium Summer 2021

TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills): History(C) explain how people and events have influenced local community history. (5) Geography. The student uses simple geographic tools such as maps and globes. The student is expected to: (A) interpret information on maps and globes using basic map elements such as title, orientation (north, south, east, west), and legend/map keys; and (B) create maps to show places and routes within the home, school, and community. (6) Geography. The student understands the locations and characteristics of places and regions in the community, state, and nation. The student is expected to: (A) identify major landforms …

Lesson Plan, Social Studies, 2nd Grade, Araceli Bolado, Iris San Miguel

Symposium Summer 2021

TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills): 2.6: Geography. The student understands the locations and characteristics of places and regions in the community, state, and nation. The student is expected to: (A) identify major landforms and bodies of water, including each of the continents and each of the oceans, on maps and globes. 2.7: Geography. The student understands how physical characteristics of places and regions affect people's activities and settlement patterns. The student is expected to: (A) describe how weather patterns and seasonal patterns affect activities and settlement patterns (B) describe how natural resources and natural hazards affect activities and settlement …

Lesson Plan, World History, 6th Grade, Josie Herrera

Symposium Summer 2021

TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills): HISTORY TEK, WAR & ECONOMY TEK

Lesson Objective(S): 1. TLW Analyze and Explain The Cause And Effect Of Vietnam War. 2. TLW Utilize The Letters of Freddy Gonzalez and Make Inferences of His Two Tours In Vietnam.

Differentiation strategies to meet diverse learner needs: Group or shared paired with extra time.

Lesson Plan, World Geography, 9th Grade, David Quiroz

Symposium Summer 2021

TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills): 113.43 c 1) History. The student understands how geography and processes of spatial exchange (diffusion) influenced events in the past and helped to shape the present. The student is expected to: (A) analyze significant physical features and environmental conditions that have influenced the past and migration patterns and have shaped the distribution of culture groups today; (2) History. The student understands how people, places, and environments have changed over time and the effects of these changes. The student is expected to: (A) describe the human and physical characteristics of the same regions at different …

Lesson Plan, Social Studies, 3rd Grade, Lucía Pérez

Symposium Summer 2021

TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills): 3.1a, 3.3a,3.5a. 3.17a&b&e, 3.18a&c

Lesson objective(s):

1.The students will learn about the events that lead to the Mexican American War. 2.The students will learn about the local battles that took place in the Mexican American War and their result. 3.The students will create a timeline to show the local battles which took place in the Mexican American War.

Differentiation strategies to meet diverse learner needs: Search information about the war. They may also be given the information. Students can be given a timeline they may organize in chronological order. Students may choose to act …

Lesson Plan, World Geography, 9th Grade, Kayla Jaramillo

Symposium Summer 2021

TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills):

W.G. 6 (A) locate and describe human and physical features that influence the size and distribution of settlements. W.G. 6 (B) explain the processes that have caused changes in settlement patterns, including urbanization, transportation, access to and availability of resources, and economic activities. W.G. 7 (B) explain how physical geography and push and pull forces, including political, economic, social, and environmental conditions, affect the routes and flows of human migration; W.G. 21(A) analyze and evaluate the validity and utility of multiple sources of geographic information such as primary and secondary sources, aerial photographs, and …

Lesson Plan, World Geography, 9th Grade, Ernesto Martínez

Symposium Summer 2021

TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills): WG.5(A) analyze how the character of a place is related to its political economic, social and cultural elements WG.14 (C) analyze the human and physical factors that influence control of territories and resources, conflict/war and international relations of sovereign nations such as the United States

Lesson objective(s): 1. TLW will describe the formation of the South Texas Border during the period of the Mexican American War 2. TLW identify the details of the Battle of Palo Alto that led to the formation of the South Texas border region 3. TLW explain the significance of …

Lesson Plan, World History, 6th Grade, Sylvia Rodríguez

Symposium Summer 2021

TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills): 2A, 2B, 19B, 21BCD

Lesson objective(s): 1. TLW analyze and explain the cause and effects of the Vietnam War. 2.TLW analyze and explain the letters of Freddy Gonzalez and how he played a part in the Vietnam War.

Differentiation strategies to meet diverse learner needs: The teacher will make individual copy of graphic organizer to each student. The teacher will give extra time to accommodate certain students. The teacher will allow group work and partner work.

Unidad Didáctica, Estudios Mexicoestadounidenses, Historia De Los Estados Unidos, Preparatoria, Alberto Guerrero

Symposium Summer 2021

Competencias y Aptitudes Esenciales del Estado de Texas (TEKS, por sus siglas en inglés): 4A,B; 6A; 8A,D; 9A,D

Objetivos de la lección: 1. Analizar el impacto de los corridos en la cultura fronteriza y su folclor. 2. Describir y analizar cómo los corridos relatan un acontecimiento en particular o historia, y cómo ésta refleja las opiniones o inclinaciones del autor. 3. Sintetizar la información histórica y los relatos personales para elaborar un documento de historia oral.

Diferenciación de estrategias para necesidades específicas de un estudiantado diverso: Utilizar una presentación de PowerPoint, la película La balada de Gregorio Cortéz, así …

Unidad Didáctica, Historia Universal, Sexto, Sylvia Rodríguez

Symposium Summer 2021

Competencias y Aptitudes Esenciales del Estado de Texas (TEKS, por sus siglas en inglés): 2 (a); 2 (b); 19 (b); 21 (b), (c), (d)

Objetivos de la lección: 1. El alumno estudiará y explicará las causas y efectos de la Guerra de Vietnam. 2. El alumno estudiará y explicará las cartas de Freddy González y su papel en la Guerra de Vietnam.

Diferenciación de estrategias para necesidades específicas de un estudiantado diverso: El docente proporcionará una copia individual del organizador gráfico a cada alumno. El docente ofrecerá tiempo adicional. El docente permitirá el trabajo en grupo y en pareja.

Unidad Didáctica, Historia De Los Estados Unidos, Octavo, Rolando Pineda, Ernesto Martínez, Juan C. Vega

Symposium Summer 2021

Competencias y Aptitudes Esenciales del Estado de Texas (TEKS, por sus siglas en inglés): 8.6 c) causas y efectos de la guerra entre los Estados Unidos y México, 8.29 a) fuentes primarias sobre James K. Polk. 8.29 c) mapas y cronogramas de la anexión de Texas, la guerra entre Estados Unidos y México y la cesión mexicana. 4 c) comprensión de la influencia que ejercen los idiomas y culturas sobre otras.

Objetivos de la lección: 1. Los alumnos comprenderán las causas de la guerra entre Estados Unidos y México. 2. Los alumnos analizarán la disputa de la frontera entre Texas …

Unidad Didáctica, Geografía Universal, Noveno, Kayla Jaramillo

Symposium Summer 2021

Competencias y Aptitudes Esenciales del Estado de Texas (TEKS, por sus siglas en inglés): 6A: ubicar y describir aspectos físicos y humanos que influyen en el tamaño y en la distribución de los asentamientos. 6B: explicar los procesos que han causado cambios en los patrones de los asentamientos, incluyendo la urbanización, el transporte, el acceso y la disponibilidad de recursos y las actividades económicas. 7B: explicar cómo la geografía física, y los factores incitadores y disuasorios, tales como las condiciones políticas, económicas, sociales y ambientales, afectan a las rutas y los flujos migratorios humanos. 21A: analizar y evalúe la validez …

Unidad Didáctica, Ciencias Sociales, Tercero, Lucía Pérez

Symposium Summer 2021

Competencias y Aptitudes Esenciales del Estado de Texas (TEKS, por sus siglas en inglés): 3.1 (a); 3.3 (a); 3.5 (a); 3.17 (a), (b), (e); 3.18 (a), (c).

Objetivos de la lección: 1. Los alumnos estudiarán los acontecimientos que dieron origen a la guerra entre Estados Unidos y México. 2. Los alumnos estudiarán las batallas que acontecieron en la región durante la guerra entre los Estados Unidos y México. 3. Los alumnos realizarán un cronograma de las batallas que acontecieron en la región durante la guerra entre los Estados Unidos y México.

Diferenciación de estrategias para necesidades específicas de un …

Unidad Didáctica, Historia Universal, Sexto, Josie Herrera

Symposium Summer 2021

Competencias y Aptitudes Esenciales del Estado de Texas (TEKS, por sus siglas en inglés): Subcapítulos de historia, economía y sobre la guerra.

Objetivos de la lección: 1. El alumno estudiará y explicará las causas y efectos de la Guerra de Vietnam. 2. El alumno estudiará las cartas de Freddy González para sacar conclusiones sobre sus dos movilizaciones militares en Vietnam.

Diferenciación de estrategias para necesidades específicas de un estudiantado diverso: Tiempo adicional para trabajar en parejas o en grupos

Unidad Didáctica, Ciencias Sociales, Quinto, Johana Reséndez

Symposium Summer 2021

Competencias y Aptitudes Esenciales del Estado de Texas (TEKS, por sus siglas en inglés): 6A, 6E

Objetivos de la lección: 1. El alumno investigará el origen de su nombre. 2. El alumno redactará una reflexión sobre el tema «Todo sobre mí». 3. El alumno realizará un «libro» con toda su información en la aplicación Book Creator.

Diferenciación de estrategias para necesidades específicas de un estudiantado diverso: El alumno podrá utilizar diccionarios y soportes visuales para trabajar en parejas.

Unidad Didáctica, Curso De Asignación Avanzada De Geografía Humana, Noveno, Jennifer Torres Olmeda

Symposium Summer 2021

Competencias y Aptitudes Esenciales del Estado de Texas (TEKS, por sus siglas en inglés): (1) Historia: se espera que el alumno a) analice las características físicas significativas y las condiciones ambientales que han influido en el pasado y en las pautas de migración, y que a su vez han dado forma a la distribución actual de grupos culturales. (2) Historia: se espera que el alumno a) describa las características humanas y físicas de las mismas regiones en diferentes épocas para así analizar las relaciones entre acontecimientos pasados y condiciones actuales. (6) Geografía: se espera que el alumno b) explique los …

Unidad Didáctica, Historia Universal, Historia De Los Estados Unidos Y Política, Preparatoria, Graciela Alonso, San Juana Granado, Carla Pérez Valdez

Symposium Summer 2021

Competencias y Aptitudes Esenciales del Estado de Texas (TEKS, por sus siglas en inglés): Historia Universal: 1D, 7B, F, 8A Historia de los Estados Unidos: 3B, 25C Política: 11 Economía: 3BC

Objetivos de la lección: 1. Los alumnos comprenderán la relación entre la integración sociocultural y el surgimiento de la industria ganadera como un sector económico y productivo importante. 2. Los alumnos analizarán el impacto de la ganadería, desde la colonización española hasta el surgimiento de las grandes empresas estadounidenses. 3. Los alumnos estudiarán los factores de oferta y demanda en la industria cárnica bovina.