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Homophonic Translation, Appositional Writing, And The Monster, Ryan Landry Clark
Homophonic Translation, Appositional Writing, And The Monster, Ryan Landry Clark
Theses and Dissertations
This dissertation features a combination of critical and creative work
exploring the ethics of appropriative writing and the reparative potential of homophonic translation. The opening essay examines the ethics of appropriation- based poetry and introduces the concept of what I call "appositional writing," a term to describe ethically-minded works of poetry that make use of appropriative writing methods. The next three parts of this dissertation are each appositional writing projects that make use of homophonic translation as the primary method of composition. "Arizona State Bill 1070: An Act" is a homophonic translation of the anti-immigration bill of the same name. …
A Medical Humanities Course: A Pertinent Pause On The Medical Beat, Kathleen Welch
A Medical Humanities Course: A Pertinent Pause On The Medical Beat, Kathleen Welch
The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning
This article summarizes the findings of one ethnographic study and demonstrates that, by emphasizing self- reflection and discussion, an interdisciplinary literature and medicine course provides medical students a brief but important, time for retrospection.
Writing Awareness, Gwen Gorzelsky
Writing Awareness, Gwen Gorzelsky
The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning
The author argues that, by practicing embodied, metaphoric ethnography, educators can revise their roles in classroom social systems and so pursue the goals of critical pedagogy.
New Locations For Discursive Agency: The Story Of Anandamai Ma, Mary Ann Cain
New Locations For Discursive Agency: The Story Of Anandamai Ma, Mary Ann Cain
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This paper aims to relocate our relationship to modes of knowledge that fall outside of Western rationalism and conceptual thought by relocating our understanding of agency through the figure of Anandamai Ma, a 20th century Hindu "saint.
Passion And Compassion : Teaching First Graders Reading Comprehension Through Kindness And The Works Of Kevin Henkes, Salvi Muzio
Passion And Compassion : Teaching First Graders Reading Comprehension Through Kindness And The Works Of Kevin Henkes, Salvi Muzio
Graduate Student Independent Studies
A literature review in the field of reading comprehension combined with a research-based curriculum created based on the experts and the author's personal experiences both in the classroom as a teacher and a student.
"For The First Time, All Over Again" : Reading Classic Children's Literature With Contemporary Children, Julia Hope Martin
"For The First Time, All Over Again" : Reading Classic Children's Literature With Contemporary Children, Julia Hope Martin
Graduate Student Independent Studies
This thesis explores a simple question: what happens when modern children are exposed to the "canon" of great children's literature for the very first time? How will contemporary children process and engage with texts that are over fifty years old? Using qualitative research with her own classroom of second graders, the author sets out to explore student reactions as they discovered a selected set of exemplary children's literature.
Manhattan Monarch, Melinda Chan
Manhattan Monarch, Melinda Chan
Graduate Student Independent Studies
Manhattan Monarch is an original children's book intended for early childhood students ages four years and up. It is the story of a Monarch butterfly floating high above the cityscape who invites the reader on an adventure through Manhattan. Includes colorful photographs that capture the butterfly's migration all the way from Manhattan to Mexico.
"En La Tierra De IráS Y No VolveráS..." : Using Spanish-Language Folktales As A Foundation For Lasting Biliteracy, Timothy Becker
"En La Tierra De IráS Y No VolveráS..." : Using Spanish-Language Folktales As A Foundation For Lasting Biliteracy, Timothy Becker
Graduate Student Independent Studies
Many dual language teachers struggle to find the Spanish-language resources they need to foster true biliteracy. This project begins to address this problem by offering an annotated bibliography of some appropriate Spanish language literature for the dual language classroom. It also includes a rationale and bibliography and provides suggestions for using the texts to teach students to identify the literary theme and to analyze the language structures used.
Censorship And Fahrenheit 451, Natalie S. Grinnell, Michelle Stinson, Susan Miles
Censorship And Fahrenheit 451, Natalie S. Grinnell, Michelle Stinson, Susan Miles
Arthur Vining Davis High Impact Fellows Projects
The goal of this project was to apply the censorship found in Fahrenheit 451 to other situations present in different areas of “the real world”. The students, after doing so, would then create a video of images and their voice, discussing themes of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451and how it’s used in other areas outside of the book. The purpose is to have students use analysis in literature and applying it in different areas as well as to do so in a different way other than through writing. By using the video software, they are changing the way that traditional …
Teachers’ Experiences In And Perceptions Of Their12th-Grade British Literature Classrooms, Keisha Simone Mcintyre-Mccullough
Teachers’ Experiences In And Perceptions Of Their12th-Grade British Literature Classrooms, Keisha Simone Mcintyre-Mccullough
FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this study was to understand the experiences and perceptions of 12th-grade literature teachers about curriculum, Post-Colonial literature, and students. Theories posed by Piaget (1995), Vygotsky (1995), and Rosenblatt (1995) formed the framework for this micro-ethnographic study. Seven teachers from public and private schools in South Florida participated in this two-phase study; three teachers in Phase I and four in Phase II. All participants completed individual semi-structured interviews and demographic surveys. In addition, four of the teachers were observed teaching.
The analysis yielded three themes and two sub-themes: (a) knowledge concerned teachers’ knowledge of British literature content and …
Incarceration, Identity Formation, And Race In Young Adult Literature: The Case Of Monster Versus Hole In My Life, Tim Engles, Fern Kory
Incarceration, Identity Formation, And Race In Young Adult Literature: The Case Of Monster Versus Hole In My Life, Tim Engles, Fern Kory
Tim Engles
No abstract provided.
Incarceration, Identity Formation, And Race In Young Adult Literature: The Case Of Monster Versus Hole In My Life, Tim Engles, Fern Kory
Incarceration, Identity Formation, And Race In Young Adult Literature: The Case Of Monster Versus Hole In My Life, Tim Engles, Fern Kory
Faculty Research & Creative Activity
No abstract provided.
Front Matter
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Editor's message.
Jaepl, Vol. 19, Winter 2013-2014, Joona Smitherman Trapp, Brad Peters
Jaepl, Vol. 19, Winter 2013-2014, Joona Smitherman Trapp, Brad Peters
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Essays
Peter Elbow - Using Careless Speech for Careful, Well-Crafted Writing - Whatever Its Style
Keith Rhodes & Monica M. Robinson - Sheep in Wolves' Clothing: How Composition's Social Construction Reinstates Expressivist Solipsism (And Even Current-Traditional Conservatism)
Bradley Smith - The Journey Metaphor's Entailments for Framing Learning
Sarah Hochstetler - A Teacher's Terminal Illness in the Secondary Classroom: The Effects of Disclosure
Anna O. Soter - It's (Not) Just a Figure of Speech: Rescuing a Metaphor
Amy L. Eva, Carrie A. Bemis, Marie F. Quist, & Bill Hollands - The Power of the Poetic Lens: Why Teachers Need to Read …
A Teacher’S Terminal Illness In The Secondary Classroom: The Effects Of Disclosure, Sarah Hochstetler
A Teacher’S Terminal Illness In The Secondary Classroom: The Effects Of Disclosure, Sarah Hochstetler
The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning
How does it affect learning when cancer becomes the prevailing metaphor through which students see their teacher?
It’S (Not) Just A Figure Of Speech: Rescuing Metaphor, Anna O. Soter
It’S (Not) Just A Figure Of Speech: Rescuing Metaphor, Anna O. Soter
The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning
Look for ways that students can study metaphor in everyday language, rather than confine its study to poetry.
Sheep In Wolves’ Clothing: How Composition’S Social Construction Reinstates Expressivist Solipsism (And Even Current-Traditional Conservatism), Keith Rhodes, Monica M. Robinson
Sheep In Wolves’ Clothing: How Composition’S Social Construction Reinstates Expressivist Solipsism (And Even Current-Traditional Conservatism), Keith Rhodes, Monica M. Robinson
The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning
Reframing the theory of social construction from Romantic/ Classic perspectives yields surprising insights about writing studies.
The Power Of The Poetic Lens: Why Teachers Need To Read Poems Together, Amy L. Eva, Carrie A. Bemis, Marie F. Quist, Bill Hollands
The Power Of The Poetic Lens: Why Teachers Need To Read Poems Together, Amy L. Eva, Carrie A. Bemis, Marie F. Quist, Bill Hollands
The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning
Poetry reading circles can become the means for new (and experienced) teachers to reflect on their professional growth.
Thoughts On Teaching As A Practice Of Love, Sharon Marshall
Thoughts On Teaching As A Practice Of Love, Sharon Marshall
The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning
Approaching classroom diversity from a Nichiren Buddhist perspective guides students toward a “value-creating education.”
Fear Not The Trunchbull: How Teaching From A Humorous Outlook Supports Transformative Learning, Kathleen J. Cassity
Fear Not The Trunchbull: How Teaching From A Humorous Outlook Supports Transformative Learning, Kathleen J. Cassity
The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning
Empirical and historical evidence suggest that humor is a key tool for discovering ways in which learning can become transformative.
Connecting, Helen Walker, Bob Randolph, Leigh Ann Chow, Andrea Saylor, Jill Moyer Sunday, Kattie Hogan, Matt Ittig, John Patrick Cleary
Connecting, Helen Walker, Bob Randolph, Leigh Ann Chow, Andrea Saylor, Jill Moyer Sunday, Kattie Hogan, Matt Ittig, John Patrick Cleary
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Connecting
Helen Walker - Gratitude
Bob Randolph - Poetry Teacher's Prayer
Leigh Ann Chow - What Teachers Carry
Andrea Saylor - A Brief History of Holy Writing
Jill Moyer Sunday - For My Students
Kattie Hogan & Matt Ittig - Lines on the Body: Confronting Personal Experiences through Poetry
John Patrick Cleary - New Teacher
Back Matter
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No abstract provided.
Learning And Teaching In Other Ways, Ilene Dawn Alexander
Learning And Teaching In Other Ways, Ilene Dawn Alexander
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A teaching and learning consultant suggests that “oscillating narratives” are the means for helping unconventional students become critically aware.
Stillness In The Composition Classroom: Insight, Incubation, Improvisation, Flow, And Meditation, Ryan Crawford, Andreas Willhoff
Stillness In The Composition Classroom: Insight, Incubation, Improvisation, Flow, And Meditation, Ryan Crawford, Andreas Willhoff
The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning
Studies of brain images provide scientific justification for encouraging meditation among young writers.
Using Careless Speech For Careful, Well-Crafted Writing— Whatever Its Style, Peter Elbow
Using Careless Speech For Careful, Well-Crafted Writing— Whatever Its Style, Peter Elbow
The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning
Bringing the resources of speech to writing enables writers to understand and attain written eloquence.
The Journey Metaphor’S Entailments For Framing Learning, Bradley Smith
The Journey Metaphor’S Entailments For Framing Learning, Bradley Smith
The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning
Analysis of differing frames for learning to write shows that the journey metaphor best serves our efforts to convey how writing and learning are linked.
Book Reviews, Judy Halden-Sullivan, Karen Walker, Timothy Shea, Julie Nichols, Edward Sullivan
Book Reviews, Judy Halden-Sullivan, Karen Walker, Timothy Shea, Julie Nichols, Edward Sullivan
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Book Reviews
Judy Halden-Sullivan - Making the Familiar Unfamiliar
Karen Walker - Ritchhart, Ron, Mark Church, and Karin Morrison. Making Thinking Visible. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2011.
Timothy Shea - Jobrack, Beverlee. Tyranny of the Textbook. New York: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2012.
Julie Nichols - FitzGerald, William. Spiritual Modalities: Prayer as Rhetoric and Performance. University Park, PA: Penn State Press, 2012.
Edward Sullivan - Quesada, Donna. The Buddha in the Classroom: Zen Wisdom to Inspire Teachers. NY: Skyhorse Publishing, 2011.
It Takes A Team: A Semester Success Story Of Writing, Receiving, And Executing A Grant In One Semester With An English 1110.01 Class, Robert A. Eckhart, Michelle Battista
It Takes A Team: A Semester Success Story Of Writing, Receiving, And Executing A Grant In One Semester With An English 1110.01 Class, Robert A. Eckhart, Michelle Battista
Robert A. Eckhart