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A Feminist Inquiry Into The Nature Of Creativity: A Case Study Of Alice Bartlett Woolf, Susan Lucinda Woolf Schulte

Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies ETDs

I did a case study of my mother because she was the most creative person I had ever known. However as I began my doctoral studies in creativity, I felt a lack, a gap, a large deficiency in the theories about, and descriptions of creative people. Wallace and Gruber, Howard Gardner, Feldman and Csikszentmihalyi studied creative people. Even though some of these people were very famous, I still thought I was not seeing a match for my mother's type of creativity. It was only when I began to read Feminist writers such as Judy Chicago, Carolyn Heilbrun and Catherine Bateson …

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 13, Número 4, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Cover 1 Contenido 2 La Religión 7 Los Cristianos en España 3 Los Moros en España 4 Los Judíos en España 5 Juan Diego 6 Una Carta Pastoral por Michael Sheehan 7,8 Quotes from the Archbishop's Forums on Drug Abuse 9 Public Policy: Religion in the Schools 10 Personalidades 3 Mari Luci Jaramillo 11 Madame Ambassador: A Shoemaker's Daughter 12 Quotes from Madame Ambassador: A Shoemaker's Daughter 13 El Abecedario de los Remedios por Roberto Mondragón 14,15 Night Sky G.B. Cornucopia 16 Chaco Canyon's Night Sky Program G.B. Cornucopia 17 Chocolate 3 Chocolate 18 Recetas con Chocolate 19 El Sheriff …

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 13, Número 3, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Cover 1 Contenido 2 La Historia 7 Public Policy: Historic Preservation New Mexico's Documentary Patrimony 3,4,5 El doctor Thomas E. Chávez 6 A Passage from Spain and the Independence of the United States 7 Citizen's Committee for Historic Preservation 8 Nacional Register of Historic Places 9 National Heritage Area 10,11 New Mexico Historical Review 12 Respuesta al Rompecabezas 12 Música 3 Ernestine Romero: La Jovencita 13 Guantanamera 14 El Corrido del Encerado de Trementina 15 El Abuso de Substancias 2 Información Médica 16 Red Ribbon Campaign 17 Literatura 2 Una Rana por Felipe Gonzales 18 La Escuelita en el Llano …

U.S Education: Passing Or Failing?, St Mary's University

President's Peace Commission - Programs

The President’s Peace Commission existed from 1984 to 2013 at St. Mary's University. The Commission fostered an ethical commitment to participate in the establishment of world peace and social justice.

This program is about bilingual education and using public money for private schools.

Flarr Pages #29: Writing At The Intermediate And Advanced Levels, Andre Lebugle

FLARR Pages

Writing in a foreign language is a demanding task, and students should therefore be thoroughly prepared for it. They may be given vocabulary and expressions to study in advance, . but this is of limited usefulness. Reading a story on which their narrations will focus will reap more benefits. Since language learning is based on imitation, reading is a prerequisite to writing.

Power, Linguistic Diversity And Education, Eva Núñez-Méndez

World Languages and Literatures Faculty Publications and Presentations

Brief editorial outlining the author's views on issues around diversity, bilingualism and multiculturalism, arguing for the benefits of multilingualism.

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 13, Número 2, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Cover 1 Contenido 2 La Elección 5 Pete Domenici Republicano para Senador al nivel nacional 3 Gloria Tristani Demócrata para Senador al nivel nacional 4 Cámara de Representantes Distrito #1 - Heather Wilson y Richard Romero 5 Cámara de Representantes Distrito #2 - Stevan Pearce and John Arthur Smith 6 Cámara de Representantes Distrito #3 - Tom Udall 7 Respuestas al Rompecabezas del mes pasado 7 Más sobre la Elección 8 John Sánchez Repúblicano para Gobernador 8 Bill Richardson Demócrata para Gobernador 9 David Bacon para Gobernador 10 Candidatos para Teniente Gobernador 11 Secretaria de Estado 12 Contador Estatal, Tesorero …

Latino Students In Springfield: An Educational Profile, Lorna Rivera

Gastón Institute Publications

With financial support from the National Council of La Raza, the Gastón Institute is developing "Educational Profiles" for the sixteen Massachusetts public school districts with the highest Latino student enrollments: Boston, Springfield, Lawrence, Worcester, Holyoke, Lowell, Lynn, Chelsea, New Bedford, Brockton, Fitchburg, Salem, Chicopee, Framingham, Haverhill, and Somerville. The profiles present basic data provided by the Massachusetts Department of Education including information on student enrollment, MCAS results, dropout rates, and student aspirations. We hope this information will be used by Latino students, parents, educators, and policy-makers to make informed decisions and improve public education for Latino students in Massachusetts.

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 13, Número 1, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Cover 1 Contenido 2 El Verano 3 Jardines del Bosque by Michael Miller 3,4 Las Fiestas de Española 5 Elogio a León Jorge Guerín por Estevan Arellano 6,7 Póliza Pública 2 Water: Crucial Resource Merits State Department 8,9 Las Acequias son hechas para sobrevivir por Paula García 10 National Park Service 2 Trees by Tim Windes 11 Why are so Many Piñón Trees Dying? by Debra Allen - Reid 12 La doctora Erlinda Gonzales - Berry 2 La doctora Erlinda Gonzales - Berry 13 Niñas Listas y Una Actividad 14,15 Poesías / Canciones 2 Bolas de Hierba Seca por Juan …

Looking Back At Esl70: Five Years In An Intenstive Language Institute, Claire P. Boise

MA TESOL Collection

This paper is an examination of the creation of, and the initial five years of operation of, ESL70, a non-academic, for-profit Intensive English Language Institute at Kingsborough Community College in New York City. Kingsborough Community College is part of the City University of New York (CUNY). This paper will examine the educational philosophy and application of ESL70 within both the historical and present academic context of CUNY, ESL70's endeavor to immerse non-native English speaking students in the study of English language, the business centered nature of ESL70, and the conflicts and issues that have arisen in response to being a …

The Anticanonical Lesson Of Huckleberry Finn, Sharon E. Rush

UF Law Faculty Publications

Some books included in the canon of American literature no longer belong there, because they presently lack normative approval. Adapting concepts found in constitutional law, an anticanon of American literature functions the way the anticanon of constitutional law would operate and explicitly removes books from the canon. In law, the anticanon identifies outdated interpretations of the constitution. In education, it is time to consider removing from the canon and placing in an anticanon books that are inconsistent with multicultural education. One such book is Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn, which is part of the canon of American literature and viewed as …

An Examination Of The Effects Of The America Reads Tutoring Program And Tutor Training On The Attitude And Academic Achievement Of Urban At-Risk Minority Students, Tami C. Al-Hazza

Theses and Dissertations in Urban Services - Urban Education

The American educational system is struggling to identify methods of preventing early reading failure. Many schools are implementing tutoring intervention programs to supplement classroom instruction and to help meet the needs of struggling at-risk readers. Although there is substantial research on tutoring programs that employ professional teachers, there is a dearth of research on the effectiveness of non-professional volunteer tutoring programs.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of the America Reads tutoring program and tutor training on the reading achievement and reading attitude of urban, at-risk, K–3 minority students. The population sample was drawn from four …

Incidental Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition, Shorouk Nour El-Din Ahmed Hnafy

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Using Photographic Storytelling To Cultivate Intercultural Awareness And Understanding With Immigrant And Refugee-Background Students, Sarah Lizdas

MA TESOL Collection

Photographs are an important visual aid to share our stories and expressions of culture. The need is great for the voices and stories of immigrant and refugee-background students to be heard, if they choose to share their stories. As English teachers, we can invite our students to participate in the contribution of an asset-based discourse rather than a deficit one regarding immigrants and refugee-background people in the US. How can we do this through ethnographic inquiry using photographs and storytelling? This paper includes a literature review to explore how photography and storytelling have been used to facilitate inter-cultural awareness and …

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 12, Número 9, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Cover 1
La Charrería 2
La Charrería (cont.) 3
La Charrería (cont.) 4
The Chililí Rodeo Club 5
Elfego Baca 6
Elfego Baca (cont.) 7
Elfego Baca Project 8
El Intérprete 9
El Intérprete (cont.) 10
Periódicos en Nuevo México 11
Felipe Gonzáles 12
Recess is not Forever 13
Somos Primos by Felipe Gonzlaes 14
Candidates for June Primary 15
Conduct a Primary 16
Entrevista con Myrna Argüello 17
Entrevista con Myrna Argüello (cont.) 18
Dos Deportistas de Roswell 19
El Cuando de Rosa Mandel 20
Un Honor para Alex Valdez 21
The State of Health in New Mexico - …

In-Betweenness: Religion And Conflicting Visions Of Literacy, Loukia K. Sarroub

Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Faculty Publications

In this article, I examine the multiple uses of religious and secular text at school, home, and in the community. Specifically, I focus on how Yemeni American high school girls employ religious, Arabic, and secular texts as a means for negotiating home and school worlds. The frame of reference—in-betweenness—is a powerful heuristic with which the contextual uses of texts and language among the Yemeni American students can be delineated. In-betweenness signifies the immediate adaptation of one’s performance or identity to one’s textual, social, cultural, and physical surroundings. During 1997–1999, I conducted ethnographic fieldwork in the Yemeni and Arab community in …

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 12, Número 8, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Cover 1
La Charrería 2
La Charrería (cont.) 3
La Charrería (cont.) 4
The Chililí Rodeo Club 5
Elfego Baca 6
Elfego Baca (cont.) 7
Elfego Baca Project 8
El Intérprete 9
El Intérprete (cont.) 10
Periódicos en Nuevo México 11
Felipe Gonzáles 12
Recess is not Forever 13
Somos Primos by Felipe Gonzlaes 14
Candidates for June Primary 15
Conduct a Primary 16
Entrevista con Myrna Argüello 17
Entrevista con Myrna Argüello (cont.) 18
Dos Deportistas de Roswell 19
El Cuando de Rosa Mandel 20
Un Honor para Alex Valdez 21
The State of Health in New Mexico - …

A Review Of The Literature On Bilingual Education, Lorna Rivera

Gastón Institute Publications

Changes in bilingual education will have an important impact on the future well-being of the growing Latino community in Massachusetts. This report summarizes some of the major research findings regarding the purposes and effectiveness of bilingual education. Questions that will be addressed include: What are the existing bilingual education models? Which bilingual education models work best? Should there be time limits for bilingual education? Do immigrants resist learning English? Does speaking another language interfere with learning? Should bilingual students be exempt from state-mandated testing? Are bilingual teachers qualified? Are bilingual education students more likely to dropout?

It is hoped that …

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 12, Número 7, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Cover 1
Programa del Español Como Lengua de Herencia 2
Programa del Español Como Lengua de Herencia (cont.) 3
La Doctora María Dolores Gonzales 4
María Cristina López 5
An Activity: Conduct a Survey 6
The Family Development Program 7
Baby Love Book and Toddler Love 8
Un Concurso 9
La Raza: Un Periódico Nuevo 10
Eres mi Padre, mi Amigo y mi Hermano 11
Eres mi Padre, mi Amigo y mi Hermano (cont.) 12
El Duke por Juan García 13
Chico Martínez 14
excerpts from A Community Quilt 15
Tobias Rene Maldonado 16
Valentín de la Sierra 17
The …

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 12, Número 6, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Cover 1
Rebecca Vigil- Girón 2
El Buró de Elecciones 3
Administración de la Etica 4
Noticias Breves 5
Una Actividad 6
Geología de las Montañas Organos 7
A Story for All Drivers 8
A Story for All Drivers (cont.) 9
Otero County Native Plant Society 10
Pricky Pear Cookies 11
Making Recycled Paper with Pressed Flowers 12
Easter Customs in New Mexico 13
Pesach 14
Four Hundred Years of Faith 15
Seasonal Recipes: Charoses y Panocha 16
Entrevista Con Loreta Gutiérrez 17
Entrevista Con Loreta Gutiérrez (cont.) 18
St. Patrick's Day 19
Un Juego: El Patio de mi Casa …

Learning The Chinese Language In An Australian School, Ruilan Yuan

Shannon Research Press

This study deals with the learning of Chinese as a foreign language across school grades in South Australia. The purposes of the study are briefly to measure student achievement in learning the Chinese language across grade levels from Year 4 to Year 12 over a period of 12 months; investigate the factors that influence learners' continuing with the study of the Chinese language; and identify the factors that influence student achievement in learning the Chinese language within and between school grades. The term 'Chinese language' in this study refers to the Mandarin Chinese language, rather than the many other dialects …

Interpersonal And Pedagogical Communication: An Argument For Natural Communication Practices In The Romanian Efl Classroom, Dana-Anca Cehan

MA TESOL Collection

The paper explores aspects of EFL classroom discourse in the Romanian context and pleads for the use and cultivation of natural communication practices and relevant language behavior in the classroom.

Viewing classroom discourse not only in pedagogical terms but also as a social event, the paper provides a dual perspective on the varied EFL classroom discourse strategies. Some characteristic classroom discourse features, such as its micro-functions, language switching and typical turn-taking are examined and compared to the characteristics of natural encounters. It is argued that the language teachers who ascribe to interpersonal goals in classroom discourse can enhance their students’ …

Applications Of The I-Thou-It Framework To Teaching English As A Foreign Language In Macedonia, Zora Busovska

MA TESOL Collection

This paper is based on David Hawkins’ framework of the I-Thou-It with an expanded and personalized interpretation. It aims at defining more precisely the roles of the I, the Thou, and the It in the author’s classroom. The paper also cites research related to this framework and compares the findings, differences and similarities of author’s research with those of other researchers. The paper examines each of the roles and the interplay that takes place between and among them.

The paper explains the advantages of the subject-centered classroom, i.e. dominance of the It. Thus, the emphasis of the paper is on …

Exploiting The Auditory, Visual, And Kinesthetic Modalities In The Language Lab, Christine P. Brennan Mori

MA TESOL Collection

The primary purpose of this paper is to introduce new methods of maximizing the traditional language lab by overlaying a framework of the perceptual modalities on different classroom activities.

Question Forms And Their Use: A Self Reflective Examination Of The Use Of Questions And Feedback In Two Self Observed Taught Lessons, Chris Mangham

MA TESOL Collection

This project is a self reflective study examining my use of question forms in two self observed lessons. The second lesson having been planned and taught in a way that was informed by findings resulting from the first lesson. The question forms examined were taken from a variety of sources and are defined in this paper. The main aim of the project was to discover if, through awareness of how I use questions, it was possible to increase the fluency of student responses. A further aim was to see if students were able to use more of their language skills …

Inclusion Of Host Culture In International Schools: A Case Study Of The British School Of Cotonou, Alisha L. Jacobsen

MA TESOL Collection

This paper is a case study of The British School of Cotonou, an international school located in Benin, West Africa. The case study examines the common claim international schools make about providing international education. A closer look at the composition of the teaching and administrative staff, the curriculum, the teaching methodologies, and parent-teacher attitudes about the importance of learning about one’s host country shows the opposite. International education cannot be attained without including the host culture in the international school’s learning environment. Examples of the parent-teacher survey are included, as well as summaries of survey results.

The Moorish Influence On Spanish Language, Civilization, And Culture, Tommy Genoris Erwin

MA TESOL Collection

This project examines the vast contributions made by Moors to the Spanish language, civilization and culture. The project will also try to clarify as to whom the Moors were, where they came from, and the specific contributions that they made during lengthy rule of Spain. This project is divided into five major sections. The introduction explains why this topic was chosen and the audience for whom the information is intended. The second section explores the background, achievements and contributions that were made by the Moors during their 800 (eight hundred) year domination of Spain. The third section addresses more specifically, …

Simplification And Personalization Of French Grammar, Regina Dee

MA TESOL Collection

The materials included in this project have been developed as a result of my emerging understanding of French grammar since I began studying it in 1976. I began teaching a French Activities class in 1986 to eighth graders at St. Andrews and third and fourth graders at an elementary school in Baltimore as a student at Morgan State University. While I was completing my student teaching at Baltimore City College Preparatory School, I found that my students had difficulties understanding textbook explanations. I therefore began to create my own explanations during sessions when students came for after school help. I …

Spanish For School Nurses: A Specialized Program For Use In Teaching Basic Spanish To Nurses Who Work In A Multicultural Environment, William Earl Wood Jr.

MA TESOL Collection

During the past twenty years, there has been a great influx of Spanish speaking people into the United States, especially the state of North Carolina. This increase of Spanish speakers has had an impact on all areas of society: employment, housing, health care, transportation, and education. This project focuses on language training for a specialized group who has a daily need to communicate in this new environment: school nurses. It examines materials that are currently available to teach nurses the Spanish language. It discusses the language requirements that nurses use to function in a multicultural environment. It looks at some …

The Role Of Nifl Content Standards And Casas Competencies In An Esl Adult Education Teacher’S Course Development, Mary Anne Sullivan

MA TESOL Collection

This project explores the relevance of the National Institute of Literacy (NIFL) Equipped for the Future (EFF) Content Standards to an Adult Education ESL Teacher’s course development and the prioritization of the CASAS competencies in an Adult Education ESL Teacher’s course development. It examines their role among other sources of input for teacher course development. And finally it concludes that the degree of implementation of the EFF Content Standards and CASAS competencies is dependent on the appropriateness to the context.