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It’S Not Just The Language: Culture As An Essential Element In Pre-Service Teacher Education, Linda Evans, Annmarie Gunn Nov 2011

It’S Not Just The Language: Culture As An Essential Element In Pre-Service Teacher Education, Linda Evans, Annmarie Gunn

Linda S. Evans

We’re not even two weeks into this course, and already I feel that the readings are speaking directly to me: to my prejudice, my (unadmitted) racism, my unresolved feelings about foreigners in my country, and all of the sentiments I hold dear about what it means to be American, and what those who are not native to this country “should” be doing to fit in. I am one of those people who have thought, if not actually said, that once they are in the United States, they need to speak English. So, now, I am ashamed that I have been …


Exploring Learner Language, Jason Martel Sep 2011

Exploring Learner Language, Jason Martel

Jason Martel

No abstract provided.


White Teachers, Race Matters, Ellen Bigler Jun 2011

White Teachers, Race Matters, Ellen Bigler

Ellen Bigler

Educational anthropologists address in their works the legacy of an enduring history of racial oppression in the United States. Drawing on observations from teaching courses on multicultural education I examine the ideologies of future white teachers forged in particular racial and class locations. Students' faith in the existence of equality of opportunity emerges as significant in shaping their receptivity in interrogating the status quo. Course activities provide contrary evidence, permitting greater engagement with anthropological theories.


Telling Stories, Ellen Bigler Jun 2011

Telling Stories, Ellen Bigler

Ellen Bigler

Examination of the public discourse of Euro-American senior citizens and minority speakers during a community debate on the educational needs of Latinos indicates sharply differing constructions of group identity and explanations for the social and educational status of ethnic minorities. Reasons for conflicts over multiculturalism are explored.


Cross-Cultural Moral Explorations In Plagiarism, Bradley Baurain Dec 2010

Cross-Cultural Moral Explorations In Plagiarism, Bradley Baurain

Bradley Baurain

No abstract provided.


Charter Schools, Market Capitalism, And Obama’S Neoliberal Agenda, Richard Mora, Mary Christianakis Dec 2010

Charter Schools, Market Capitalism, And Obama’S Neoliberal Agenda, Richard Mora, Mary Christianakis

Mary Christianakis

No abstract provided.


Morality, Relationality, And Listening Pedagogy In Language Education, Bradley Baurain Dec 2010

Morality, Relationality, And Listening Pedagogy In Language Education, Bradley Baurain

Bradley Baurain

Listening pedagogy in language education treats listening proficiency almost exclusively as a function or skill, the purpose of which is to generate products or outcomes desired by language users. Though listening is rhetorically acknowledged to be an active and complex process of making meanings within contexts and relationships, in practice teacher education and pedagogical discourse treat listening simply as a linguistic transaction and listening pedagogy as a technical and instrumental process of skill building, with the goal of enabling learners fluently to perform such transactions. Such a means-to-ends orientation, however, is inadequate or insufficient to encompass holistic moral and relational …


Children’S Text Development: Drawing, Pictures And Writing, Mary Christianakis Dec 2010

Children’S Text Development: Drawing, Pictures And Writing, Mary Christianakis

Mary Christianakis

No abstract provided.


Hybrid Texts: Older Children, Rap Music, And Writing, Mary Christianakis Dec 2010

Hybrid Texts: Older Children, Rap Music, And Writing, Mary Christianakis

Mary Christianakis

No abstract provided.


How Does The Cefr Work At The Upaep (Universidad Popular Autónoma De México)? A Reflection On The Adaptation Process, Colette Despagne, Roby Grossi Dec 2010

How Does The Cefr Work At The Upaep (Universidad Popular Autónoma De México)? A Reflection On The Adaptation Process, Colette Despagne, Roby Grossi

Colette Despagne

No abstract provided.


Voices, Identities, Negotiations, And Conflicts: Writing Academic English Across Cultures, Bradley Baurain, Ha Phan Dec 2010

Voices, Identities, Negotiations, And Conflicts: Writing Academic English Across Cultures, Bradley Baurain, Ha Phan

Bradley Baurain

No abstract provided.


Parents As “Help Labor”: Inner-City Teachers’ Narratives Of Parent Involvement, Mary Christianakis Dec 2010

Parents As “Help Labor”: Inner-City Teachers’ Narratives Of Parent Involvement, Mary Christianakis

Mary Christianakis

No abstract provided.