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Preparing Community-Oriented Teachers: Reflections From A Multicultural Service-Learning Standpoint, Marilynne Boyle-Baise

Diversity

The Banneker History Project (BHP) reconstructed the history of a local, segregated school. The Benjamin Banneker School served African American youth from 1913 to 1951. Oral histories from surviving alumni as well as primary documents from the times were sought. This article focuses on ways that one group of participants, 24 preservice teachers of color. experienced and interpreted the BHP. Data are reported in response to three questions: (a) Whose community does service learning serve? (b) What meanings do preservice teachers make of culturally responsive teaching? and (c) Does a community orientation count in teacher education? The author reflects on …

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 16, Número 4, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Cover 1
Contenido 2
Un Tiempo Festivo 3
El Hemisferio del Oeste 4
Conferencia sobre la Política del Idioma 5
Una Canción: Mi Ranchito 6
Personas 2
Emiliano Zapata 7
Clara Apodaca 8
Federal Writers’ Project 1
Francisco Gómez 9
¿Quién Soy? 10
Tiempos Lejanos por Dr. Nasario García 11,12
An Activity: Make a Bread Frame 13
Los Médicos y Las Médicas 14
Doctor Eric Romero 15
Un Acróstico sobre New Mexico Highlands University 16
New Mexico Department on Aging 17
Un Juego: Caras y Gestos 18
Por Qué Debemos Estar Alegres 19
Qué le Dijo y Preguntas Humorísticas 20 …

How Optional Usage Of The Web Affects Reading Comprehension, Jocelyn K. Tenorio

Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA

The purpose of this investigation is to consider whether using web-enhanced material improves proportionally students' reading comprehension skills. In addition student attitudes are considered. Two groups of students at the University of Montemorelos, Nuevo Leon, Mexico were chosen as a census: a group of nursing students taking a course on reading comprehension of nursing articles in English and a group of students studying to be teachers of English as a foreign language. Reading selections were uploaded on the internet using the WebCT platform. The students were to read the selections and answer quizzes. The students took a pre- and post-test …

The Lexical Approach: Collocation In High School English Language Learners, Claire Smith

The Edna L. Sterling Collection

Collocation skills were measured over time in a group of high School ELL students. Qualitative errors of Russian speakers versus Spanish speakers were analyzed.

International Students: Culture Shock And Adaptation To The U.S. Culture, Stefanie Theresia Baier

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

Annually thousands of international students attend US colleges and universities which requires them to adjust to a new environment, often accompanied by a culture shock experience.

This study analyzes to what degree cultural background, gender differences, language proficiency, self-confidence/self-efficacy, and social support networks impact the adjustment process of international students to the US culture.

Forty-five international students attending a Michigan community college were surveyed and interviewed to assess the relationship among self-confidence/self-efficacy, cultural background, gender and social support networks. Western students reported more positive cultural adjustment (M=29.0) than non-western students (M=29.0). Males adjusted better (M …

Swimmers Of African Descent 1988-2004, Eric H. Shanks

Health and Kinesiology Faculty Proceedings & Presentations

This power point presentation is a discussion of the participation levels in competitive swimming organizations. The presenter will suggest that African American participation in competitive swimming is far more frequent than generally believed.

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 16, Número 3, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Cover 1
Contenido 2
Personas 5
Jack Loeffler 3,4
Los Deditos 5
La Madre Tierra 6
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 7
Extracto de Don Quijote 8
Stories of Mexico’s Independence Days by Eliseo Torres 9
New Mexico Department of Agriculture 10
Leyendas 2
La Granada por Kahlil Gibran 11
The Mouse that Gnawed the Oak Tree Down by Vachel Lindsay 11
Unas Recetas para Otoño 2
Green Chile Spaghetti Carbonara 12
Sweet Rice Pudding 12
Una Actividad: Acrósticos 13
La Tierra 14
Historia: Dos Historias Interesantes 2
Los Lunas Decalogue 15
Otra Escritura Antigua 15
Remedios de la Gente Indígena …

Toward A Cleaner Whiteness: New Racial Identities, David Ingram

Philosophy: Faculty Publications and Other Works

The article re-examines racial and ethnic identity within the context of pedagogical attempts to instill a positive white identity in white students who are conscious of the history of white racism and white privilege. The paper draws heavily from whiteness studies and developmental cognitive science in arguing (against Henry Giroux and Stuart Hall) that a positive notion of white identity, however postmodern its construction, is an oxymoron, since whiteness designates less a cultural/ethnic ethos and meaningful way of life than a pathological structure of privilege and narrowminded cognitive habitus.

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 16, Número 2, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Cover 1
Contenido 2
Monstruos 3
Unos Monstruos de Taos 3
La Muchacha de la Carretera 4
Unos Monstruos de Santa Fe 5
2006 Elections in New Mexico 6
Ciencia 1
La Vía Láctea y el Sistema Solar 7
Unas Investigaciones 8
Educación 1
Southwest Hispanic Research Institute 9
Música 1
Dos Arbolitos 10
Personas 2
Chief Joseph 11
Mónica Lovato 12
Unos Repasos 2
Bruja, The Legend of La Llorona, un libro por Lucinda Leyba 13
Es Amor, un CD por Candace Vargas 13
Actividades 1
¿Qué/Quién Soy? 14
Remedios 1
Remedies Made from Herbs and Foods 15
La …

Flarr Pages #44: Uses Of Imovie, Brenda Romereim

FLARR Pages

Need a new idea to involve technology and fun? Using the Macintosh "iMovie" program or other movie making software, students can create movies in Spanish. You can use any topic to make a movie and the choice aspect is very attractive to students.

Flarr Pages #45: Teaching Teresa: Some Considerations And Suggestions, Part I, Thomas C. Turner

FLARR Pages

St Teresa of Avila.(1515-1582), since 1970 a Doctor of the Church, founder of the discalced Carmelite Order of Spain, is perhaps the most important figure of Spanish mysticism. She was, as well. despite almost insurmountable resistance, one of the greatest reformers of Spain. Her success was remarkable and she still serves as a model for women of today, with her "determination" to get things done in a male ·dominated world. The purpose of this article is to offer some considerations and suggestions for teaching certain aspects of St Teresa's life and times. Sources are recommended.

Flarr Pages #46: Teaching Teresa: Some Considerations And Suggestions, Part Ii, Thomas C. Turner

FLARR Pages

St Teresa of Avila.(1515-1582), since 1970 a Doctor of the Church, founder of the discalced Carmelite Order of Spain, is perhaps the most important figure of Spanish mysticism. She was, as well. despite almost insurmountable resistance, one of the greatest reformers of Spain. Her success was remarkable and she still serves as a model for women of today, with her "determination" to get things done in a male ·dominated world. The purpose of this article is to offer some considerations and suggestions for teaching certain aspects of St Teresa's life and times. Sources are recommended.

Flarr Pages #47: Etymology In The Foreign Language Classroom, Richard Stanley

FLARR Pages

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Flarr Pages #48: Multi-Media In The Foreign Language Classroom: Let's Get Organized!, Kathryn Droske

FLARR Pages

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Flarr Pages #49: Las Madres Takes On A New Meaning For Bemidji State University Students Who Travel To Argentina, April Larson

FLARR Pages

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Levels Of Consciousness, Archetypal Energies, And Earth Lessons: An Emerging Worldview, Carroy U. Ferguson

Carroy U "Cuf" Ferguson, Ph.D.

Worldviews emerge from our individual and collective Levels of Consciousness at given points in time and space and from what we come to “believe” is possible or not. In my own experience, my research on Consciousness, and my study of various cultures, societies, and Consciousness literature, I have identified at least seven Levels of Consciousness, twenty-five Archetypal Energies, and various Earth Lessons, which we seem to commonly experience as human beings, in our own unique personal, societal, and global life spaces.

2005 Multicultural Development Plan, Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Resources

No abstract provided.

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 16, Número 1, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Cover 1
Contenido 2
¡Bienvenidos Otra Vez a AMIGOS! 3
Ciencia 1
History of the Universe 4
Exhibición 1
Between Fences 5
Personas 1
Ernie Quintana 6
El Idioma 2
Spanish City Should be Proud of Language (David Roybal) 7,8
A Program Called Heritage Language 8
Educación 1
Un Programa Universitario Bilingüe en Trabajo Social 9,10,11,12
Eventos 2
An Event at White Sands 12
Museum of Space History, Alamogordo 12
Actividades 1
Palabras y Frases Revueltas 13
Libros 2
Albuquerque Remembered (Howard Bryan) 14
La Familia de Aragón y el padre Martínez 15
Federal Writers’ Project 1
The Early Life …

Equity And Technology, Jamel K. Donnor

School of Education Book Chapters

"Technology has always occupied an important space within the American education system. Serving mainly as an instructional aid for the teacher, technology has varied in form beginning with the blackboard (and textbook) to more advance devices such as the radio, film, television, and videotape recorder (VCR). The introduction of technology to schools in many ways is part of the discussion on the purpose of education. Debates on the purpose of education have varied from socializing students to the cultural values of American society by emphasizing the precepts of democracy (e.g., citizenship); preparation for the workforce; to the development of a …

Critical Literacy Vs. Reading Programs: Schooling As A Form Of Control, Roberto E. Bahruth

Literacy, Language, and Culture Faculty Publications and Presentations

In the United States, despite years of educational research demonstrating the ineffectiveness and harm caused by reading programs based upon a behaviorist paradigm, political mandates of state and federal programs insist upon their continued use. One might conclude that this insistence is born out of ignorance, however, it seems clear that the populations most harmed by these programs are the poor and minorities. Privileged class students are also harmed because of the "literalcy" (shallow "literacy") these programs produce. I discuss the politics of literacy and language programs in the United States and how they serve to oppress as they reproduce …

El "Pentagonismo": Idioma Del Neoliberalismo, Roberto E. Bahruth

Literacy, Language, and Culture Faculty Publications and Presentations

Las escuelas represenran instiruciones con un incuestionable potencial progresivo. Sin embargo, en los EUU los centros escolares del Estado están organizados para facilitar un alfabetismo superficial en los ciudadanos, de manera que no estén en condiciones de cuestionar la terminología de la educación, ni eI program a imperialista que se sustenta. Para quicnes, dentro de ese país, estamos comprometidos con una pedagogía crítica, capaz de frenar y revertir la enajenacíon de nuestro pueblo, se hace imprescindible en primer lugar retar Ia terminología tradicional y reemplazarla con un idioma realmenre critico. EI idioma demuestra mucho de las orientaciones ideológicas de los …

The Social Integration Of Latino Newcomer Students In Midwestern Elementary Schools: Teacher And Administrator Perceptions, Catherine Lasso, Nelson Soto

Essays in Education

Midwestern communities have experienced rapid influxes of Latino immigrants in recent years. Public schools in areas that were previously white and monolingual are now challenged to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse student population. There is a substantial body of research on the academic needs of Hispanic immigrants, especially in terms of English language instruction. However, little is known about how these newcomer children are adjusting socially at school. The purpose of this study is to explore teacher and administrator perceptions of Latino student social integration, which is conceptualized as how these children interact with their U.S. born peers …

An Anglo-American Rethinks Native American Education: Can We Avoid Yesterday’S Tragedies?, Mitchell J. Moore

Essays in Education

“It’s ironic that Indian people are not allowed to be experts in themselves—it’s usually someone else ‘defining’ the Indian” (Pewewardy, 1992, p.5). Tragically, this is an accurate representation of much of the history of Native American education. Major changes have taken place in the last thirty years to correct this tragedy and to return the education of Native Americans to Native Americans. Progress, however has been slow; years of cultural, geographic and educational genocide by Europeans and Non-Indigenous governments have been difficult to overcome. To understand the historical underpinnings of the modern Native American education movement, three general eras of …

2005 Diversity And Multicultural Education Project, Houston-Rogers Consulting, Inc.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Resources

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The Evaluation Of The Use Of Technology/Electronic Media In Teaching Or Delivering Instructions/Lectures At A Florida University: History, Philosophy And Practices, Iwasan D. Kejawa

Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

According to the previous survey conducted by Florida Atlantic University Student Academic Affairs department in 2001, it was indicated that faculty uses of teaching and learning technologies/electronic instruction media to teach and deliver their lectures at the college were lacking.

With the current research study, investigations were thoroughly made and suggestions are provided on the improvement of faculty performance in the use of technologies at the institution to teach and convey knowledge to their students. In this report, the institutional personnel and its administration are made aware whether all existing technologies are being optimally used by faculty. This study also …

The Effects Of The Michigan Transition Outcomes Project, Jane E. Finn

Dissertations

This study investigated whether the Transition Outcomes Project used in Michigan resulted in improved compliance with the transition components required by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1997 (IDEA 1997) and interviewed staff who have implemented this model to identify their perceptions ofhow it affected the transition planning process for students with disabilities. The study used qualitative and quantitative measures. The quantitative measures studied the effectiveness of the model, while the qualitative measures investigated the perceptions of the school personnel who implemented the model in their district.

Findings showed that the Michigan Transition Outcomes Project is an effective model …

High-Stakes Testing And Special Populations, Gary H. Sherwin, Todd Jennings

Journal of Critical Issues in Educational Practice

This opinion paper critically examines the use of high-stakes testing on special populations. Without appropriate accommodations, standardized exams are not valid for some students with special needs. Unfortunately, many classroom teachers who must initiate testing accommodations lack knowledge of appropriate accommodations and regularly fail to provide the necessary testing accommodations. The deficit understanding of testing accommodations makes comparisons between classrooms, schools, and districts invalid since some scores loose validity. Solutions specific to standardized testing and students with special needs are offered and a more encompassing solution to the problems incurred from these tests when used for high-stakes is suggested.

High-Stakes Testing And Assessment: One Is Not The Other, Enrique Murillo, Alayne Sullivan

Journal of Critical Issues in Educational Practice

Since the institution of the common school and the advent of universal education, Americans have placed tremendous faith in public schools. Public education cultivates an informed citizenry, one of the pillars of a liberal democracy. But more importantly, schools are a repository for our common dreams of human potential and individual self-actualization. Because they so thoroughly shape the lives and life-chances of our youth, school issues are freighted with an emotional charge. Education remains the last fully public American institution, one in which millions of students cast their common lot daily and strive to become better readers, better citizens, better …

Conversation Strategies In Egyptian T.V. Programs, Ashraf Mohamed Ali Abdou

Archived Theses and Dissertations

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Attitudes. Do They Really Make A Difference?, Deanne C. King

Student Dissertations & Theses

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between maintenance of physical fitness, over a two-year period, and attitudes toward physical education and fitness testing among elementary students. Participants in this study consisted of 199 elementary school children. Differences in Fitnessgram scores between Hispanic and Caucasian boys and girls at various ages were compared. A 2 (gender) by 2 (ethnicity) by 5 (birth year) by 4 (testing session, repeated measure) analysis of variance (ANOVA) was computed for the Mile Run and BMI scores. The hypothesis that those students who had high positive attitudes toward physical education, or high …