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Cantonese As An Additional Language In Hong Kong, Gertrude Tinker Sachs, David C.S. Li
Cantonese As An Additional Language In Hong Kong, Gertrude Tinker Sachs, David C.S. Li
Middle and Secondary Education Faculty Publications
Based on data obtained from a questionnaire survey and in-depth interviews with four Caucasians and four dark-skinned Asians, this study shows that while some ‘foreigners’ do make an effort to learn Cantonese, many find the teaching methods not so useful and the language difficult to master, especially its tone system. The data are analyzed following the interactive multicultural model of acculturation. The findings point toward a huge chasm between non-local groups and the Cantonese-speaking community. The receptivity of Hong Kong Chinese towards attempts by members of non-local groups to speak Cantonese varies, depending on their racial identity and socioeconomic status.
An Examination Of Preservice Teachers’ Initial Attempts To Use Instructional Scaffolding, Joyce E. Many, Donna Lester Taylor, Yang Wang, Gertrude Tinker Sachs, Heidi Schreiber
An Examination Of Preservice Teachers’ Initial Attempts To Use Instructional Scaffolding, Joyce E. Many, Donna Lester Taylor, Yang Wang, Gertrude Tinker Sachs, Heidi Schreiber
Middle and Secondary Education Faculty Publications
In today’s diverse schools, meeting individual literacy needs of students is one of the most challenging aspects of teaching. Instructional scaffolding is a powerful tool that many literacy teachers use to meet the challenge. While the term denotes a wide array of strategies, most teachers use scaffolding in some form or another in their classrooms. Many consider it to be one of the most effective instructional procedures available (Cazden, 1992; Graves, Graves, & Braaten, 1996).
Challenges To Teacher Control In The English Laptop Classroom, Ewa Mcgrail
Challenges To Teacher Control In The English Laptop Classroom, Ewa Mcgrail
Middle and Secondary Education Faculty Publications
When teachers develop successful instructional strategies and efficient classroom management, they establish control and assert authority so that learning can take place in the classroom. The teachers’ experiences with wireless laptop technology in this study, however, demonstrate that ubiquitous access to this technology in the classroom can sometimes create challenges for teachers, from managerial, curricular, to communicative perspectives. Exploring these challenges and their complexities in this report is meant to present a more balanced picture of technology integration in education, the one that takes into account not only the affordances and the possibilities but also the challenges and the constraints …
Laptop Technology And Pedagogy In The English Language Arts Classroom, Ewa Mcgrail
Laptop Technology And Pedagogy In The English Language Arts Classroom, Ewa Mcgrail
Middle and Secondary Education Faculty Publications
The English Language Arts teachers in this qualitative study reported somewhat negative outcomes in social and material spaces in the context of laptop technology in their classrooms. These outcomes included: social isolation, limited communication with a teacher or peers, and off-task behavior. In an attempt to uncover the reasons for these rather negative results, the researcher analyzed these teachers’ classroom environments and instructional engagements with laptop technology, since these practices are believed to be reflective of these teachers’ current beliefs about instruction and technology’s role in it. Some of the reasons the researcher uncovered were: limited physical space, cumbersome furniture, …