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Incorporating Multicultural Education Criteria Into Project Learning Tree Curricula, Alondra Marcela Blandon
Incorporating Multicultural Education Criteria Into Project Learning Tree Curricula, Alondra Marcela Blandon
Theses Digitization Project
Many environmental educators have realized that in order to effectively teach environmental sensitivity and literacy, they must approach their audience through a cultural context. Thus, environmental education lessons need to incorporate strategies used in multicultural education in order to be more culturally inclusive. This project includes the identification of multicultural education criteria and the application of these to three lessons from Project Learning Tree: PreK-8 Environmental Education Activity Guide.
Using Asian-American (Korean) Literature In The Primary Classroom To Promote Identity And Cultural Awareness, Terri Soon-In Hong
Using Asian-American (Korean) Literature In The Primary Classroom To Promote Identity And Cultural Awareness, Terri Soon-In Hong
Theses Digitization Project
This project addresses the significance of facilitating positive bicultural identities for Asian-American children through the use of Asian-American (specifically Korean) literature in the classroom curriculum.
Mexican-American Learning Styles In A Socioliterate Approach To Writing For English Learners, Natalia Pedersen
Mexican-American Learning Styles In A Socioliterate Approach To Writing For English Learners, Natalia Pedersen
Theses Digitization Project
The primary goal of this project is to provide a unit of instruction that addresses the critical English skills of oracy, writing, and intercultural proficiency. The curriculum features the social-construction-of-knowledge approach and the socioliterate approach. In addition, it includes an emphasis on Mexican-American values, learning styles, and intercultural communication, showing how they are interrelated and how they affect oral and written language proficiency and intercultural communication competence.