Until The Land Was Understood - Spaniards Confront La Florida, 1500-1600,
2012
Louisana State University
Until The Land Was Understood - Spaniards Confront La Florida, 1500-1600, Paul E. Hoffman Phd
Hispanic Heritage of Florida Conference 2012
No abstract provided.
Lesson 5: “İhuelga!” (Strike!),
2012
University of South Florida
Lesson 5: “İhuelga!” (Strike!), Bárbara C. Cruz
Hispanic Heritage of Florida Conference 2012
Labor unions, workers’ rights, strikes, and boycotts all figure prominently Ybor City’s cigar manufacturing history. The strike of 1920-1921 serves as the focus of this lesson, shedding light on this important industry to Florida’s economy.
The Educational Achievement Gap As A Social Justice Issue For Teacher Educators,
2012
University of Dayton
The Educational Achievement Gap As A Social Justice Issue For Teacher Educators, Rachel M. B. Collopy, Connie L. Bowman, David A. Taylor
Teacher Education Faculty Publications
The educational achievement gap is a critical social justice issue. Catholic and Marianist conceptions of social justice in particular call people to work with others in their spheres of life to transform institutions in order to further human rights while promoting the common good. Drawing on key elements of Catholic teaching on social justice, we argue that the achievement gap constitutes a social injustice. We then offer a case illustrating collaboration between university-based teacher educators and school faculty to address the achievement gap through transforming the institutions of school and of teacher preparation. The Dayton Early College Academy (DECA), founded …
Community Events Flyer,
2012
University of South Florida
Community Events Flyer, Islac
Hispanic Heritage of Florida Conference 2012
No abstract provided.
Kit And Dick Schmoker Reading Center- By The Numbers,
2012
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Kit And Dick Schmoker Reading Center- By The Numbers, Guy Trainin, Amanda Hall, Britney Tonniges
Research and Evaluation in Education, Technology, Art, and Design
This is an infographic showing the activity at the UNL Reading Center since it's inception.
Agent Based Modeling As An Educational Tool,
2012
California State University - East Bay
Agent Based Modeling As An Educational Tool, Jonathan H. Fuller, Rodger Johnson, Vic Castillo
STAR Program Research Presentations
Motivation is a key element in high school education. One way to improve motivation and provide content, while helping address critical thinking and problem solving skills, is to have students build and study agent based models in the classroom. This activity visually connects concepts with their applied mathematical representation. “Engaging students in constructing [models] may provide a bridge between frequently disconnected conceptual and mathematical forms of knowledge.” (Levy and Wilensky, 2011)
Student-Teacher Interactions For Bringing Out Student Ideas About Energy,
2012
San Jose State University
Student-Teacher Interactions For Bringing Out Student Ideas About Energy, Benedikt W. Harrer, Michael Wittmann, Rachel Scherr
Faculty Publications
Modern middle school science curricula use group activities to help students express their thinking and enable them to work together like scientists. We are studying rural 8th grade science classrooms using materials on energy. Even after spending several months with the same curriculum on other physics topics, students' engagement in group activities seems to be restricted to creating lists of words that are associated with energy. Though research suggests that children have rich and potentially valuable ideas about energy, our students don't seem to spontaneously use and express their ideas in the classroom. Only within or after certain interactions with …
Implications Of The No Child Left Behind Legislation On Career And Technical Education,
2012
University of Southern Mississippi
Implications Of The No Child Left Behind Legislation On Career And Technical Education, Thomas Kyle Wallace
Dissertations
The passage of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation in 2001 brought about a multitude of education reform policies for education institutions that made the future of Career and Technical Education’s (CTE) role in secondary educations unclear. These mandates forced educational leaders to emphasize student enrollment in tracks that prepare them for post-secondary educational opportunities that require a stronger background in academic courses. The standards-based mandates required by NCLB legislation make promotion of CTE courses more difficult because these courses are primarily elective courses and have caused educational agencies to look at what CTE programs provide in terms of meeting …
Lesson 4: Changing Demographics Means Changing Political Power,
2012
Stewart Middle Magnet School, School District of Hillsborough County
Lesson 4: Changing Demographics Means Changing Political Power, Amanda Colborne
Hispanic Heritage of Florida Conference 2012
The Hispanic population has been growing steadily in Florida for a number of years. In this lesson, students will consider how the U.S. government differentiates between “race” and “ethnicity” and will learn which countries of origin are represented most in Florida’s Latin American immigrants.
Lesson 3: The Seminole Wars - A Brief Overview And The Role Of Black Seminoles,
2012
Stewart Middle Magnet School, School District of Hillsborough County
Lesson 3: The Seminole Wars - A Brief Overview And The Role Of Black Seminoles, Amanda Colborne
Hispanic Heritage of Florida Conference 2012
The Seminole Wars in Florida were some of the costliest wars in American history. This lesson will explore those conflicts and will look specifically at the role Black Seminoles played during this time period.
Lesson 2: Tampa’S Cuban Sandwich,
2012
Bloomingdale High School, School District of Hillsborough County
Lesson 2: Tampa’S Cuban Sandwich, Samantha Cook
Hispanic Heritage of Florida Conference 2012
Some historians maintain that the Cuban sandwich has more to do with Tampa than with Havana. In this lesson, students will learn how, with the input of several immigrant groups in Tampa, the “mixto” became the iconic Cuban sandwich.
Lesson 1: Spanish Exploration Of Florida,
2012
Bloomingdale High School, School District of Hillsborough County
Lesson 1: Spanish Exploration Of Florida, Samantha Cook
Hispanic Heritage of Florida Conference 2012
Using Garner’s multiple intelligence learning theory, the Teachers Curriculum Institute’s visual discovery strategies, and CRISS reading strategies, students will become familiar with the exploration of Florida by Juan Ponce de León.
Lesson 2: St. Augustine’S Turn Around: From A Small Town To A Tourist Destination For Presidents,
2012
Stewart Middle Magnet School, School District of Hillsborough County
Lesson 2: St. Augustine’S Turn Around: From A Small Town To A Tourist Destination For Presidents, Amanda Colborne
Hispanic Heritage of Florida Conference 2012
Once a small town with few residents, St. Augustine went through remarkable changes in the beginning of the 20th Century, transforming into a major tourist attraction. This lesson explores the transformation of St. Augustine from small town to major tourist attraction in the beginning of the 20th century.
Lesson 1: Retracing The Steps Of De León And De Soto,
2012
Stewart Middle Magnet School, School District of Hillsborough County
Lesson 1: Retracing The Steps Of De León And De Soto, Amanda Colborne
Hispanic Heritage of Florida Conference 2012
Juan Ponce de León and Hernando de Soto both explored Florida in the 16th century. By reading short passages and annotating maps, students will learn more about these historic voyages.
Lesson 5: Spanish Explorers In Florida,
2012
Lawton Chiles Elementary, School District of Hillsborough County
Lesson 5: Spanish Explorers In Florida, Alesha Looper
Hispanic Heritage of Florida Conference 2012
Students will work in pairs to log facts about the Spanish exploreres and their personal background, sponsors, motives, dates, the route they traveled, and their impact on Florida today. Each pair of students will learn about their Spanish explorer and then will report out through creating a matrix.
Lesson 4: Spanish Ybor City In The 19th & 20th Centuries, Today, And Tomorrow,
2012
Lawton Chiles Elementary, School District of Hillsborough County
Lesson 4: Spanish Ybor City In The 19th & 20th Centuries, Today, And Tomorrow, Alesha Looper, Daryl Saunders
Hispanic Heritage of Florida Conference 2012
This lesson addresses the beginning years of the Spanish influence in Ybor City, its current status, and trends for the future.
Lesson 3: Operation Pedro Pan - How 14,000 Children Came To Live In America Without Their Parents,
2012
Lawton Chiles Elementary, School District of Hillsborough County
Lesson 3: Operation Pedro Pan - How 14,000 Children Came To Live In America Without Their Parents, Alesha Looper, Daryl Saunders
Hispanic Heritage of Florida Conference 2012
Operation Pedro Pan was the name given to the 22-month clandestine program involving the political exodus of more than 14,000 Cuban children to the United States in the early 1960s. Fearing communist indoctrination and the rumor of patria potestad — the government assuming legal guardianship of their children— Cuban parents sent their unaccompanied (minor) children to the United States.
Lesson 2: Life In Colonial Florida,
2012
Lawton Chiles Elementary, School District of Hillsborough County
Lesson 2: Life In Colonial Florida, Alesha Looper
Hispanic Heritage of Florida Conference 2012
Creating mental maps are useful tools for clarifying assumptions and comprehension of a given place. This lesson affords students the opportunity to reflect on their own neighborhood and consider how cultural, social, and economic components influence its composition. They will also learn how early Spanish settlers helped to contribute to the cultural, social, and economic dimensions of Florida.
Lesson 1: Juan Ponce De León The Explorer,
2012
Lawton Chiles Elementary, School District of Hillsborough County
Lesson 1: Juan Ponce De León The Explorer, Alesha Looper, Bárbara C. Cruz, Daryl Saunders
Hispanic Heritage of Florida Conference 2012
The purpose of this lesson is for students to learn who Ponce de León was, why he is an important figure in Florida’s history, and what an explorer is and does.
Original Political Cartoon Methodology And Adaptations,
2012
Eastern Illinois University
Original Political Cartoon Methodology And Adaptations, John H. Bickford Iii
Faculty Research and Creative Activity
This paper is grounded on the premise that effective educators base lessons on rich and intriguing content which is relevant to students’ lives, implement the content using engaging and age-appropriate methodology, and measure students’ learning through authentic assessments. In order to support practicing teachers’ effective implementation of best practice methodology and assessment, educational researchers investigate the interconnections between content, methodology, and assessment. As technology facilitates teaching methodologies and learning assessments, meaningful activities such as students’ original political cartooning should be examined, detailed, and adapted. In this article, the methodological suggestions for, and adaptations of, students’ original political cartoons guide educators …
