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Claiming Space: Aboriginal Students Within School Landscapes, Cathy Van Ingen, Joannie Halas

Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)

There is an emerging body of theoretical, historical and design research that examines the ways in which race and cultural identity are understood to be produced and represented in the landscape. Yet, there remains a dearth of research examining both the historic and contemporary effects of race upon the development of school geographies. This paper has two broad purposes. It highlights the experiential aspects of racialized geographies within schools and, at the same time, it grapples with the processes that maintain or challenge the spatial conditions for the construction of whiteness. Drawing upon in-depth case study research this paper highlights …

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 17, Número 4, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Cover 1
Contenido 2
Folklore 1
Un Dicho, Ocasiones de la Temporada para dar Regalos 3
Lugares 1
Bosque Redondo: un Monumento Estatal 4
La Educación 3
Estudiantes del Mes de Clovis 5
Arte por Kara Craig, "La Vida" por Ana Iveth Olivas 5
Adivinanzas por Israel Mezua, Diego Romero, Denisse Gonzales, Samuel Córdova, Osmayo Sierra, Brenda Rosas, Karen Carrera 6,7
La Importancia de Juegos en la Educación 2
Los Juegos y el Deporte en el Desarrollo Psicológico del Niño 8
El Semáforo 9
Literatura 2
Rumaldo Aguilar Durán from the WPA 10
Una Actividad: Llena el Blanco 11
Sing …

English Language Learners And Technology: Applying Universal Design For Learning And The Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol In The Evaluation Of Literacy Support Software, Susan M. Connolly

All Graduate Projects

The population of culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) students in U.S. schools has been steadily increasing. These students do not experience equal educational opportunity in U.S. secondary schools. CLD students need to develop English literacy as well as content knowledge to attain equal educational opportunity. Teachers of CLD students need techniques and tools which support CLD students in mastering the content expected of secondary school students while acquiring English literacy. The criteria for effective lesson design and delivery inherent in the Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) and the criteria for designing curriculum without barriers to access inherent in Universal Design …

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 17, Número 3, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Cover 1
Contenido 2
La Educación 5
Dolores Gonzales 3
Doctora Gonzales: Dolores en la Gloria por Luisa Durán 4
Estudiantes del Mes de Clovis; Historia de Dos por Ana Iveth Olivas 5
Arte por Caine Chávez y Jude Segura 6
Arte por Autumn LaPlante y Caitlin Sengstack 7
Folklore 1
Dos Dichos 8
Literatura 4
A Prospector’s Experience (WPA). Respuesta al Crucigrama (de etapa #2) 9,10,11
Literatura Mexicana Antes de la Independencia 12,13
Literatura Nuevomexicana Antes de la Independencia Mexicana 14
Un Diccionario Pequeño: ¡Caramba! 15
A New Mexico History Book 1
Native American Languages by Dr. Chris Sims …

Teaching Language As A Political Act, Roberto E. Bahruth

Literacy, Language, and Culture Faculty Publications and Presentations

"The most powerful act in the world is to name something" Noam Chomsky "Any way of seeing the world is also a way of not seeing the world." Gregory Bateson

An important dimension of critical pedagogy includes the questioning of traditional terminology used to explain reality. In the process of schooling people often learn language which supports the thinking of the dominant paradigm. Many become fluent in the language of impossibility as they are schooled. In response to this, I always try to keep in mind two central points as I teach languages: One is to undo the damage of …

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 17, Número 2, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Cover 1
Contenido 2
La Educación 2
Victoria Davis de Sánchez 3,4,5
An Activity: Make a Book 6,7
Folklore 1
Dos Dichos 8
Literatura 4
Literatura de la Conquista de México 9
Literatura de la Conquista de Nuevo México 10
Nemecio Provincio (WPA) 11,12,13
Una Actividad: Conducir una Entrevista 14
Respuesta al Crucigrama (de etapa #1) 14
La Importancia de Juegos en la Educación 3
Regalos para Nuestro Hijos 15
Poemas por Luisa Crucita Durán 16
El Florón (de Cantemos al Alba) 17
Arte 1
El Proyecto del Torreón (NHCC) por Frederico Vigil 18
La Conservación del Agua 1
Learning …

Trends In Enrollment And Outcomes For Latino Children In Massachusetts Public Schools, Miren Uriarte, Nicole Lavan

Gastón Institute Publications

Looks at enrollment data related to Latino students in Massachusetts Public Schools since 1988.

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 17, Número 1, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Cover 1
Contenido 2
La Educación 1
Essays from Bilingual Education Pioneers: Según Yo, María Gutiérrez 3
Dos Dichos 4
Música 3
Cantemos al Alba por Tomás Lozano 5
Arre Borriquito, extracto de Cantemos al Alba 6
Hey, Mozart! 7
Estudiante del Mes: 1
MariJo Deaguero 8
Literatura 5
La Serpiente que Comió una Flor Roja 9
Slow Dance 10
Mrs. Lorencita Miranda from the WPA Writers’ Project 11
The First Tortilla 12
Vegetable Dreams 13
Una Actividad 1
La Educación: Una Escalera Hacia el Exito 14
A New Mexico History Book 2
Two Billion Years of Geological History in …

Acknowledging The “I” In Multicultural Education, Osman Ozturgut

Essays in Education

Banks (2001) claims for students to become successful in a diverse world, they need to have the ability to communicate and negotiate among diverse cultures. Some argue that when the cultural diversity and global tolerance are promoted within multicultural education, traditional elitism and its shortcomings would be overcome (Schugurensky, 2002). Others argue that multicultural education hinders the assimilation efforts and creating a divisive society (Bernstein, 1994).

There are many views on the benefits or shortcomings of multiculturalization of education. The question is not whether a multicultural education should be adopted but it is rather what we understand from multicultural education …

Tension And Conflict In Assessment, Viola Wong Yuk-Yue

Essays in Education

The paper aims at bringing out some of the intricacies and delicate issues related to language assessment in a discussion that places language learning in an educational context. The paper will include a study that has been carried out on the learning of English as a second language and the means of assessing English language proficiency among a group of first-year university Chinese students. Data were collected through interviews. The study highlights relationships among the espoused aims of the institution, the philosophy of the teaching and the aspiration of students as well as the resultant interactive forces that have given …

Factors Contributing To Career Success: Perceptions From African American Male School Administrators, Oliver Wilson

Dissertations

In this qualitative study, interviews were conducted with seven Black male school administrators in the Michigan school district who held the position of assistant principal or principal. The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceptions of Black male school administrators in Michigan school districts. The interviews were recorded and transcribed. Using a phenomenological approach the participant responses were codified, grouped, and analyzed for emergent themes. Five themes emerged as a result of the data analysis: (1) Colleague support is a key mechanism in the success of Black male school administrators. (2) Parental involvement is important in the success …

何壽基學校英語動力營 : 成效評估調查報告書 = Ho Sai Ki Dynamic English Camp Final Report, Asia-Pacific Institute Of Ageing Studies, Lingnan University 嶺南大學亞太老年學研究中心, 柏立基教育學院校友會何壽基學校

APIAS Research Report 研究報告

「何壽基學校英語動力營」旨在透過創造一個輕鬆有趣的環境讓學生活學活用大部份已在平日課堂上學到的英語，其主要目標爲：

1. 透過各種富趣味性的英語活動，培養學生的自信心及主動學習性，從而推動學生多聽及多說英語。
2. 透過團體活動，讓學生發揮團結精神及促進個人成長，並借助團隊精神改變個人行爲。
3. 透過比賽形式，激發學生的奮鬥心，同時學習「勝不驢、敗不餒」的道理，並透過建立互相扶助及鼓勵的小組文化，讓小組內較弱的組員能跟上進度。
4. 透過讓學生安排自己的起居飲食，訓練獨立性及自律性。
5. 創造一個給長者與學生互動的平台，促進長幼共融。

爲評估「何壽基學校英語動力營」的成效，本屮心推行了一項調查硏究，探討參與此計訓的學生在以下數方面的轉變：英語能力、知識的增進、個人的發展和團體合作。此外，亦包括了學生對這個「動力營」的評價與意見。

Interview Method Development For Qualitative Study Of Esl Motivation, Tae-Young Kim Dr.

Dr. Tae-Young Kim (김태영, 金兌英)

No abstract provided.

Exchange Faculty Perspectives On International Collaborations, Donal Mchale

Conference Papers

The main purpose of the paper is to document key issues in developing successful transatlantic faculty exchanges and to document perspectives and key learnings’ emanating from the development and implementation of an international exchange process.

Office Of Multicultural Affairs (Oma) Annual Report 2005-2006, Intercultural Student Engagement Office, Anthony Johnson, Deborah Kanston

Intercultural Student Engagement (ISE) Annual Reports

The Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) Annual Report 2005-2006 is a year in review containing a message from the director, staff updates, community programs, statistics and general report of the work of this office. Our Mission: People from all backgrounds bring value to the art and human conversations held at RISD. The Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) assists the RISD community-at-large in shaping a culturally inclusive and supportive environment that enables all its members the opportunity to fully contribute to and benefit from the total RISD experience. OMA coordinates enriching opportunities for cultural awareness, dialogue, and interaction. The office services …

The Incorporation Of Communicative Language Teaching Into The Elaboration Of Interactive Software For Esl/Efl Learning, Vladia Borges

Master's Theses, Dissertations, Graduate Research and Major Papers Overview

Investigates the extent to which currently available ESL/EFL software programs develop language skills according to the principles of Communicative Teaching and an interactive approach to computer use for language learning. An ESL/EFL software evaluation instrument was developed, tested for its reliability and validity, and then used to evaluate fifteen software programs. Results indicated that only two programs incorporated more than seventy percent of the technological, pedagogical, and individualization features associated with the principles of Communicative Language Teaching and an interactive approach to computer use for language learning.

Five Approaches To Literacy In Correctional Education, Thom Gehring, Gary H. Sherwin

Journal of Critical Issues in Educational Practice

This article introduces literacy from a few “big picture” perspectives, and then reviews five paradigms that have shaped the teaching and learning of literacy in residential confinement institutions for juveniles and adults. The paradigms are specific to correctional education, but they will be familiar to all alternative teachers and advocates of literacy instruction.

University Diversity Committee: Where Diversity And Dedication Meet, Mary Texeira

Journal of Critical Issues in Educational Practice

No abstract provided.

The Power Of Visuals: Picture Books As Invitations To Literacy, Mary Jo Skillings

Journal of Critical Issues in Educational Practice

When young children are exposed to picture books, they are building important bridges to literacy. Picture books are sometimes defined as a storybook with a dual narrative. That is, the illustrations and text work interdependently, the integration of the visual and the verbal tell the story. The illustrations add a new dimension that extends beyond the words on the page; together, the text and pictures make the story stronger. A well crafted picture book is a feast for the eyes of a young child. The illustrations awaken and develop the child’s visual, mental, and verbal imagination.

Aesthetic Knowing: Essential To The Development Of Heart And Mind., Laura Howzell-Young, Susan Daniels

Journal of Critical Issues in Educational Practice

Children are biologically wired to experience their world through rich sensory, affective, aesthetic, and imaginal experiences. Children thirst for art, music and movement, and these modes are utilized widely to learn the varied languages of literacy: the alphabet, numbers, vocabulary, body-sense and more. Yet, in response to meeting higher and more prescribed standards at the elementary and secondary levels, there is a tendency to narrow the curriculum, to consider art and music expendable, to view social-emotional development as external to the schoolhouse. This narrowing is happening just as our global culture is moving again toward multiple kinds of communication: toward …

A Curriculum Unit For 8th Grade Students Of Spanish: ¿CóMo Eras Tú De NiñO? (What Were You Like As A Child?), Cheyenne A. Jones

Graduate Student Independent Studies

The following Independent Study, written in partial fulfillment for a Master of Science degree in Middle-Level Education from Bank Street College, is a nine-lesson curriculum unit on the study of imperfect tense verbs in Spanish. The unit, titled ¿Cómo eras tú de niño? (What Were You Like As a Child?) was designed for 8th grade English-speaking students of Spanish.

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 16, Número 9, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Cover 1
Contenido 2
Flores 3
Flores de Nuevo México 3
Flor y Canto 4
Una Actividad: Flores de Papel 5
La Educación Bilingüe 5
David Briseño 6
Bilingüismo en Bernalillo 7
El Periódico de LNE 8,9
Ejemplos del Periódico de LNE 10
La Lectura por Daniel García 11,12
Respuesta al Crucigrama de etapa #8 12
Una Actividad: ¿Quién Es? 13
Miguel García 14
La Literatura 2
Between Worlds by Bill Richardson 15
The Legend of Fire by the Concha Family 16
Federal Writers’ Project 1
Mrs. Juan Valdez 17,18
Poesía 2
"Mi Hermanito" por Nasario García 18
El Departamento …

A Pilot Study On A Holistic Model Incorporating A Psycholinguistic Approach Accelerating Second Language Acquisition, Julie C. Catton

Dissertations, Masters Theses, Capstones, and Culminating Projects

Students learning a second language commonly confront insurmountable obstacles in the language acquisition process, due to the ineffectiveness of traditional, grammar-first methods. This creates detrimental effects on the learner and his or her self-esteem. Existing literature contains information about problems created by traditional approaches, the effectiveness of a natural approach and key elements necessary to establish it. The purpose of this study is to examine the failings of traditional methods and to review some important natural ways that remedy these failings, yet have their own shortcomings. This study reports efforts to improve natural approaches through on-going research at La Catalina …

Don't Go There: When To Abandon Lesson Plans And Venture, Humbly, Into Ground Zero, Sue Norton

Articles

This paper discusses pedagogical styles that are appropriate in the classroom.

Examining The Relationship Between Student Support Services And Student Outcomes At A Four-Year Institution, Angela Williams

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This study identified and examined the service variable combination(s) provided by Student Support Services (SSS) TRIO program that had a statistically significant relationship with program participants’ academic performance and retention. SSS is a federally funded program designed to increase the retention and graduation rates of undergraduate first-generation, low-income, disabled college students. While SSS has played a significant role in the retention of disadvantaged students, scarce empirical research exist which examine the combination of SSS services that affect students’ academic performance and retention. Considering SSS programs will probably not experience large increases in federal support in the future and given the …

Lesson Study Meets Siop: Linking Two Successful Professional Development Models, Andrea Honigsfeld Ed.D., Audrey Cohan Ed.D.

Faculty Works: EDU (1995-2023)

In response to recently identified research priorities by TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) and AERA, the objective of this documentary account is to describe and evaluate a professional development project for in-service teachers working with diverse English Language Learners (ELLs). The purpose of our project was to merge two distinct professional development models for teachers who educate ELLs without prior training or certification. The “lesson study” approach, which began in Japan as a professional development movement was adapted and combined with the SIOP (Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol) Model. Findings from a combination of quantitative and qualitative …

A Multicultural Comparison Of Engineering Students, Zaki Shakir Seddigi, Luiz Fernando Capretz

Electrical and Computer Engineering Publications

A multicultural personality profile of engineering students is presented in this work. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) was used as an instrument to sort personality types of engineering students at both King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in Saudi Arabia and University of Western Ontario in Canada. The paper discusses the differences and similarities in the personality profile of Saudi and Canadian engineering students and its implications for engineering education in the light of the MBTI scales.

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 16, Número 8, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Cover 1
Contenido 2
Hispanic Culture Day at the Legislature, February 13, 2007 4
Remarks from Ben Altamirano 3
First Place Essay Winner: Leeana López 4,5
Third Place Essay Winner: Taylor Roach 6,7
Gente Homenajeada en 2007 8,9
Comida 1
Unas Comidas Americanas: Chile y Chocolate 10
México 11
Personas 3
Fray Angélico Chávez 12
César Chávez 13
Mela Leger 14,15
Una Actividad: Llene el Blanco/Fill in the Blank 16
Un Juego: Brinca la Cuerda 17
Remedios para Diabetes y Asma 18
El Departamento de Seguridad Pública 19
Federal Writers’ Project 1
Interview with José García y Trujillo 20,21,22
Crucigrama …

Flarr Pages #54: Isn't Culture A Blast!, Andre Lebugle

FLARR Pages

No abstract provided.

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 16, Número 7, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Cover 1
Contenido 2
Educación 1
Ida Sánchez Carrillo 3
"Emerald in the Pine Forest 4,5
Limericks for Saint Patrick’s Day 6
Parteras 7
España 8
La Ciencia 1
El Viento 9
El Departamento de Carreteras y Transportación 10
Teléfonos Celulares 11
Federal Writers’ Project 1
The Hot Tamale Man 12,13
Vitaminas de Sabiduría 13
Una Actividad: Un Mensaje de Teléfono 14
Libros 2
Abuelita’s Secret Matzahs 15
Mujeres Valerosas 16
Música 2
Antonia Apodaca 17
"Un Par de Golondrinas" 18
Respuesta al Crucigrama del mes pasado 19
Un Juego: Trompos 20
El Gigante 21,22
"El Pájaro" por Octavio Paz …