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Using Their Own Stories: A Culturally Relevant Response To Intervention, Maggie Struck, Mark D. Vagle Oct 2017

Using Their Own Stories: A Culturally Relevant Response To Intervention, Maggie Struck, Mark D. Vagle

The Journal of Balanced Literacy Research and Instruction

Driven by sociocultural theories, First Author, Maggie conducted a critical action research study of her attempts to enact culturally relevant practices in a Response to Intervention (RtI) reading group. A grounded theory approach informed the analysis of her data. In this paper, we theorize three themes that were generated from the data analysis. We assert that in order to prevent RtI from becoming another unsuccessful, de-contextualized, large-scale effort, teachers and students would benefit from a culturally relevant response to intervention—a commitment to locate the contextual contingencies in which RtI is being implemented; to pay attention to what happens in the …


Balancing Literacy With Other Curricular Demands: An Autobiographical Account, Mary F. Rice Oct 2017

Balancing Literacy With Other Curricular Demands: An Autobiographical Account, Mary F. Rice

The Journal of Balanced Literacy Research and Instruction

This paper is an autobiographical account of one junior high teacher’s attempts to teach a Balanced Literacy curriculum with an emphasis on her experiences with English language learners (ELLs). The account is framed chronologically from her first days of teaching through her final semester and is organized by her attention to her state’s old English/language arts core, her state’s new English/language arts core, the World-class Instructional Design Association (WIDA) standards for ELLs and finally, the Common Core Curriculum Standards (CCSS). At the end of her autobiography, the author emphasizes the lessons she learned about trying to overlay Balanced Literacy with …


Using Balanced Literacy For Delivering Culturally Relevant Pedagogy To Prepare Teachers: A 20-Year Perspective On Dreamkeepers, Nicholas Daniel Hartlep, Tatiana Joseph Oct 2017

Using Balanced Literacy For Delivering Culturally Relevant Pedagogy To Prepare Teachers: A 20-Year Perspective On Dreamkeepers, Nicholas Daniel Hartlep, Tatiana Joseph

The Journal of Balanced Literacy Research and Instruction

The purpose of this article is to highlight the teaching practices of two teacher educators who teach at universities in the Midwest. The authors detail the myriad ways in which they use a balanced literacy approach that is culturally relevant in their courses at Illinois State University (Normal, IL) and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Milwaukee, WI), to more effectively prepare PK-12 urban educators. The authors point to the demographic imperative, as shifting demographics continue, the need for highly effective teachers who can teach our nation’s culturally and linguistically diverse PK-12 students becomes ever more critical.


Text Selection For Read-Alouds: The Influence Of Topic In Children’S Discussions Of Literary Texts, Kim Skinner Oct 2017

Text Selection For Read-Alouds: The Influence Of Topic In Children’S Discussions Of Literary Texts, Kim Skinner

The Journal of Balanced Literacy Research and Instruction

In today's classrooms, the teacher’s text selection for read-alouds directly impacts students’ opportunities to systematically participate in higher order thinking about texts. This ethnographic study examined the discursive processes and practices over time of elementary students (and their teacher) before, during, and after teacher-led read-aloud discussions of literary texts in an after-school philosophy club. The study investigated the student opportunities for talking, thinking, and understanding provided by discussing the controversial topics of the texts. The analyses illustrate the consequences to student thinking and meaning-making when controversial texts are used in read-alouds as a springboard for discussion, as well as the …


English Language Learners: Problems And Solutions Found In The Research Of General Practitioners Of Early Childhood, Douglas Bell, Barry L. Bogan Oct 2017

English Language Learners: Problems And Solutions Found In The Research Of General Practitioners Of Early Childhood, Douglas Bell, Barry L. Bogan

The Journal of Balanced Literacy Research and Instruction

Increasing numbers of English Language Learners (ELLs) in early childhood classrooms have created challenges for in-service teachers in the general education setting. Traditional teacher preparation programs tend to lack a curriculum that focuses on second language teaching and learning. This paper reviews the problems facing teachers with regard to teaching at the level of research based best practices for ELLs. In addition, a critical examination of the literature has yielded basic solutions for practitioners. These solutions encompass programmatic (classroom) aspects, teacher training, and classroom pedagogy. The authors have concluded that based on the present literature, more research is needed to …


Infusing Technology Into The Balanced Literacy Classroom, Jennifer Shettel, Kevin Bower Oct 2017

Infusing Technology Into The Balanced Literacy Classroom, Jennifer Shettel, Kevin Bower

The Journal of Balanced Literacy Research and Instruction

This article focuses attention on how technology is being utilized in classrooms, with an emphasis on literacy learning. The authors explore the integration of technology within a balanced literacy classroom and identify three levels of technology integration commonly found within a typical K-12 classroom. Specific examples are provided for each level and classroom vignettes from the second author’s classroom are utilized. In addition, the authors provide suggested resources throughout the article for further exploration.


Effect Of Increased Exposure To Informational Text On Teacher Attitude In The Elementary Classroom, Heather D. Kindall, Janet Penner-Williams Oct 2017

Effect Of Increased Exposure To Informational Text On Teacher Attitude In The Elementary Classroom, Heather D. Kindall, Janet Penner-Williams

The Journal of Balanced Literacy Research and Instruction

Common Core State Standards and our changing society requires that informational text, an often neglected genre, receive an equal proportion of time in K-4 classrooms. Research has shown that teacher attitude and belief play a central role in teaching practice, and informational text has historically been viewed in a negative light by elementary teachers. In this study the authors look at pre-service elementary teacher education as an avenue for an attitude change in regards to informational text. Attitudes toward specific genres were analyzed using a pre/post survey with a treatment group receiving focused instruction on using informational text. The results …


Proverbs: Wisdom Of The Ages In Contemporary Literacy Instruction, Bonnie Johnson Oct 2017

Proverbs: Wisdom Of The Ages In Contemporary Literacy Instruction, Bonnie Johnson

The Journal of Balanced Literacy Research and Instruction

Proverbs, sayings that give advice or offer insights about life, are found in all countries and cultures. They are used in societies with writing systems and in those whose communications rely on oral traditions. Proverbs are concise, some rhyme, several use alliteration, and many are metaphorical. They can be found in ancient and contemporary literature. This article discusses the multicultural nature of proverbs and gives examples from various locales. The article also illustrates how proverbs lend themselves to interdisciplinary literacy integration. The use of proverbs in implementing specific grade-level Common Core State Standards is addressed. Resources for proverb study are …


Building On What Children Bring: Cognitive And Sociocultural Approaches To Teaching Literacy, Catherine Compton-Lilly Oct 2017

Building On What Children Bring: Cognitive And Sociocultural Approaches To Teaching Literacy, Catherine Compton-Lilly

The Journal of Balanced Literacy Research and Instruction

This paper examines what is meant by “building on what children bring.” While many educators maintain that teachers need to build on what children bring to classrooms, the field of education has constructed different understandings of what this entails. This paper explores two different conceptions of what children bring: those grounded in cognitive theories about reading and those grounded in sociocultural theories of reading/literacy. I suggest that despite historical splits in the reading/literacy field that educators must balance cognitive and sociocultural considerations in order to access the vast range of knowledges that children bring to literacy learning. After exploring cognitive …


A Comparison Of Pass Rates Across Three Language Screeners For Spanish-English Bilingual Children, Mariajose Bosanko Oct 2017

A Comparison Of Pass Rates Across Three Language Screeners For Spanish-English Bilingual Children, Mariajose Bosanko

LSU Master's Theses

There is limited research regarding the efficacy of the language screening process, especially for bilingual populations. The purpose of this study was to examine the pass rates of three language screeners when administered to Spanish-English bilingual and ELL children. A total of ten Spanish-English bilingual children enrolled in either Pre-K, kindergarten, or first grade completed each screener. The screeners were: the Preschool Language Scales Spanish Screening Test-Fifth Edition (PLSSST-5; Zimmerman et al., 2012a), the Bilingual English Spanish Oral Screener (BESOS; currently in development; Lugo-Neris et al., n.d.), and the Diagnostic Evaluation of Language Variation-Screening Test (DELV-S; Seymour et al., 2003). …


Fall 2017 Catalog, Lsu Press Oct 2017

Fall 2017 Catalog, Lsu Press

LSU Press Seasonal Catalogs

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Critical Multicultural Education As An Analytical Point Of Entry Into Discussion Of Intersectional Scholarship: A Focus On Race, As Well As Class, Gender, Sexuality, Dis/Ability, And Family Configuration, Christine Clark, Mara Sapon-Shevin, Mark Brimhall-Vargas, Tarryn Mcghie, Sonia Nieto Sep 2017

Critical Multicultural Education As An Analytical Point Of Entry Into Discussion Of Intersectional Scholarship: A Focus On Race, As Well As Class, Gender, Sexuality, Dis/Ability, And Family Configuration, Christine Clark, Mara Sapon-Shevin, Mark Brimhall-Vargas, Tarryn Mcghie, Sonia Nieto

Taboo: The Journal of Culture and Education

No abstract provided.


Lesbophobia As A Barrier To Women In Coaching, Tracy Keats Sep 2017

Lesbophobia As A Barrier To Women In Coaching, Tracy Keats

Taboo: The Journal of Culture and Education

No abstract provided.


Education For Whom? Word Problems As Carriers Of Cultural Values, Anita Bright Sep 2017

Education For Whom? Word Problems As Carriers Of Cultural Values, Anita Bright

Taboo: The Journal of Culture and Education

No abstract provided.


Abo-Digitalism: Youth Identity, Critical Pedagogy, And Popular Media, Colin Scheyen Sep 2017

Abo-Digitalism: Youth Identity, Critical Pedagogy, And Popular Media, Colin Scheyen

Taboo: The Journal of Culture and Education

No abstract provided.


Who And What Should We Educate Our Students To Be? An Inquiry Into The Curriculum Of Multiculturalism In Education, Liping Wei Sep 2017

Who And What Should We Educate Our Students To Be? An Inquiry Into The Curriculum Of Multiculturalism In Education, Liping Wei

Taboo: The Journal of Culture and Education

No abstract provided.


Perspectives On The Editor’S Mentoring-For-Democracy Role In Publication, Caroline R. Pryor, Carol A. Mullen, Tricia Browne-Ferrigno, Sandra Harris Sep 2017

Perspectives On The Editor’S Mentoring-For-Democracy Role In Publication, Caroline R. Pryor, Carol A. Mullen, Tricia Browne-Ferrigno, Sandra Harris

Taboo: The Journal of Culture and Education

No abstract provided.


Preparing Teacher-Researchers For Local-Global, Multicultural Classrooms: Prospects For Postcritical And Feminist Qualitative Methodologies, Katharine Sprecher Sep 2017

Preparing Teacher-Researchers For Local-Global, Multicultural Classrooms: Prospects For Postcritical And Feminist Qualitative Methodologies, Katharine Sprecher

Taboo: The Journal of Culture and Education

No abstract provided.


“Can We Just Get Rid Of The Classroom?” Thinking Space, Relationally, Sophia Rodriguez Sep 2017

“Can We Just Get Rid Of The Classroom?” Thinking Space, Relationally, Sophia Rodriguez

Taboo: The Journal of Culture and Education

No abstract provided.


Ricanstruction Sites: Race, Space, And Place In The Education Of Diasporican Youth, Jason G. Irizarry, René Antrop-González Sep 2017

Ricanstruction Sites: Race, Space, And Place In The Education Of Diasporican Youth, Jason G. Irizarry, René Antrop-González

Taboo: The Journal of Culture and Education

No abstract provided.


Dreaming And Surviving In Heterotopia: First-Generation Immigrant Girls’ Pursuit Of The American Dream In New York City, Kaoru Miyazawa Sep 2017

Dreaming And Surviving In Heterotopia: First-Generation Immigrant Girls’ Pursuit Of The American Dream In New York City, Kaoru Miyazawa

Taboo: The Journal of Culture and Education

No abstract provided.


Sonic Cartography: Mapping Space, Place, Race, And Identity In An Urban Middle School, Walter S. Gershon Sep 2017

Sonic Cartography: Mapping Space, Place, Race, And Identity In An Urban Middle School, Walter S. Gershon

Taboo: The Journal of Culture and Education

No abstract provided.


Students’ Bodily Carvings In School Spaces Of The Post-Apartheid City, Aslam Fataar Sep 2017

Students’ Bodily Carvings In School Spaces Of The Post-Apartheid City, Aslam Fataar

Taboo: The Journal of Culture and Education

No abstract provided.


The Merchandizing Of Identity: The Cultural Politics Of Representation In The “I Am Canadian” Beer, Peter Pericles Trifonas, Effie Balomenos Sep 2017

The Merchandizing Of Identity: The Cultural Politics Of Representation In The “I Am Canadian” Beer, Peter Pericles Trifonas, Effie Balomenos

Taboo: The Journal of Culture and Education

No abstract provided.


The Don Of Hockey: Making Comments And Offers We Can’T Refuse, Giuliana Cucinelli, David Pickup Sep 2017

The Don Of Hockey: Making Comments And Offers We Can’T Refuse, Giuliana Cucinelli, David Pickup

Taboo: The Journal of Culture and Education

No abstract provided.


What Does Quebec Want? The Hockey Sweater As Canadian Identity: A Contemporary Reading, Sandra Chang-Kredl Sep 2017

What Does Quebec Want? The Hockey Sweater As Canadian Identity: A Contemporary Reading, Sandra Chang-Kredl

Taboo: The Journal of Culture and Education

No abstract provided.


Discourse, Linguistic Production, And Subjectivity: Disney-Fying Language, Joao “Jota” Rosa Sep 2017

Discourse, Linguistic Production, And Subjectivity: Disney-Fying Language, Joao “Jota” Rosa

Taboo: The Journal of Culture and Education

No abstract provided.


A Critical Complex Epistemology Of Practice, Joe L. Kincheloe Sep 2017

A Critical Complex Epistemology Of Practice, Joe L. Kincheloe

Taboo: The Journal of Culture and Education

No abstract provided.


Reconstructing Neo-Confucianism, Linguistics, And Third Spacewith Curriculum Studies: A Critical Discussion Of Hongyu Wang’S The Call From The Stranger On A Journey Home: Curriculum In A Third Space, Yan Cao Sep 2017

Reconstructing Neo-Confucianism, Linguistics, And Third Spacewith Curriculum Studies: A Critical Discussion Of Hongyu Wang’S The Call From The Stranger On A Journey Home: Curriculum In A Third Space, Yan Cao

Taboo: The Journal of Culture and Education

No abstract provided.


Table Of Contents Sep 2017

Table Of Contents

Taboo: The Journal of Culture and Education

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