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Cultural Arts And Diversity: Rainbow Multicultural Theater Troupe, A History And Education Model, Maria Antoinette Olivo Jan 2013

Cultural Arts And Diversity: Rainbow Multicultural Theater Troupe, A History And Education Model, Maria Antoinette Olivo

Theses Digitization Project

This study will explore ethnic and cultural theater history offering a point of view of theater from the African American, Chicano Latino American, Asian American, and Native American experience; as well as a view by international theater artists who influence many artists and educators of color, and who influence cultural arts and diversity programs. information about student persistence and perseverance in attaining and education is explored ans evidence supporting the notion that cultural arts and diversity programs do in fact help students to achieve their goals.


Whole Language Curriculum For English Learners In Elementary Schools, Norma Alicia Alvarado Jan 2010

Whole Language Curriculum For English Learners In Elementary Schools, Norma Alicia Alvarado

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this project is to propose a pedagogy that adds, builds, and uses the student's language and culture to speak, read and write English. This project establishes the need for a comprehensive model of instruction for English learners in elementary schools.


Broadcast News Production In The Classroom As A Student Mediation For Bilingual And Cross-Cultural Education, Kristina Fabricius Jan 2007

Broadcast News Production In The Classroom As A Student Mediation For Bilingual And Cross-Cultural Education, Kristina Fabricius

Theses Digitization Project

"Broadcast News Production in the Classroom as a Student Mediation for Bilingual Education" describes a curricular design to meet interactive literacy projects for the K-12 Bilingual Education classroom. The author has designed or adapted mediation structures for use to implement "Broadcast News Production" in the classroom specifically for Bilingual and Cross-cultural Education. The study is theoretical and based on research.


Teaching Character Education In Primary Grades Using Multicultural Children's Story Books, Gilbert Mwangi Muraguri Jan 2006

Teaching Character Education In Primary Grades Using Multicultural Children's Story Books, Gilbert Mwangi Muraguri

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this curriculum project is to offer K-3 regular education and 4-8 Special Education teachers ideas and activities for integrating character education into their regular curriculum. The whole group activities, games, art ideas, and more will help the teacher teach character education in a fun way and help students learn how to be caring and productive citizens.


Foreign-Language Immerision As Preferred Bilingual/Biliterate Program Model For Elementary English Education In Taiwan, Shih-Hao Huang Jan 2005

Foreign-Language Immerision As Preferred Bilingual/Biliterate Program Model For Elementary English Education In Taiwan, Shih-Hao Huang

Theses Digitization Project

The primary goal of this project is to clarify the contexts of English as Foreign-language instructional program in Taiwan. Bilteracy is the acquistion and learning of the decoding and encoding of print, using two linguistic and cultural sytems in order to convey mesages in a variety of contexts. Through learning biliteracy, second-language learners gain benefits in cognitive and cultural development.


Bicultural Identity And Emergent/Developmental Reading Strategies In English As A Foreign Language In Taiwan, Yuqing Wang Jan 2005

Bicultural Identity And Emergent/Developmental Reading Strategies In English As A Foreign Language In Taiwan, Yuqing Wang

Theses Digitization Project

This project demonstrates teaching strategies designed to illustrate bicultural identity development and reading skills in an English as a Foreign Language program for the elementary school level..


Autonomous Elementary English Learning In Korea Using Mediated Structures, Backyoung Kim Jan 2004

Autonomous Elementary English Learning In Korea Using Mediated Structures, Backyoung Kim

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this project is to address the need for cultural awareness through mediated reading structures and dual language acquisition in the English as a foreign language (EFL) situation.


Registers Of Supplication And Demand In English-As-A-Foreign-Language Technical Writing, Kuang-Je Chen Jan 2004

Registers Of Supplication And Demand In English-As-A-Foreign-Language Technical Writing, Kuang-Je Chen

Theses Digitization Project

This project introduces theoretical discussion on five aspects of writing: register, genre, pragmatics, functional writing, and social function the goal of this project aims at improving business peoples' technical writing competence.


Using Research Based Teaching Strategies With Bilingual Students, Miriam Perez Blum Jan 2004

Using Research Based Teaching Strategies With Bilingual Students, Miriam Perez Blum

Theses Digitization Project

This project examines instructional approaches that have been used to teach literacy to the English language learner. It also examines elements of the Foundation for California Early Literacy Learning (2003) and how they become integrated into daily classroom instruction.


Social Distance, Motivation And Other Factors Contributing To Success In Language Acquisition And Achievement Among Adolescent Mexican Immigrants, Alice Yvette Muniz-Cornejo Jan 2002

Social Distance, Motivation And Other Factors Contributing To Success In Language Acquisition And Achievement Among Adolescent Mexican Immigrants, Alice Yvette Muniz-Cornejo

Theses Digitization Project

Adolescent immigrant English learners who enter U.S. schools at the secondary level are faced with challenges that distinguish their experience in second language acquisition from that of children and adults. Some of the challenges they face include limited time to acquire academic English proficiencey in reading and writing, difficulty in assimilating into English speaking American culture, and limited programs and services at the secondary level.


Critical Thinking About Crosscultural Differences Between Chinese And Americans In English Education In Taiwan, Chih-Liang Huang Jan 2002

Critical Thinking About Crosscultural Differences Between Chinese And Americans In English Education In Taiwan, Chih-Liang Huang

Theses Digitization Project

This project is designed to teach crosscultural differences in English education in Taiwan employing a strategy-based curriculum. By comparing crosscultural differences between Taiwan and American cultures, students will have a strong desire to learn English in order to know more about American culture.


The Importance Of Art In A Multicultural Curriculum, Shelly Sheree Beck Jan 1999

The Importance Of Art In A Multicultural Curriculum, Shelly Sheree Beck

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this project is to address the growing need for multicultural education through the use of art. It identifies several approaches to teaching multicultural education and the importance it has on the development of today's students.


The Importance Of Multicultural Education, Ann Marie Pearson Jan 1999

The Importance Of Multicultural Education, Ann Marie Pearson

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.


Improving And Enhancing Art Education And Multicultural Education Using Technology As A Vehicle, Vincent Ray Delay Jan 1998

Improving And Enhancing Art Education And Multicultural Education Using Technology As A Vehicle, Vincent Ray Delay

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.


The Effectiveness Of Support Sources For Beginning Bilingual Teachers In Southern California, Lupe Davalos Jan 1997

The Effectiveness Of Support Sources For Beginning Bilingual Teachers In Southern California, Lupe Davalos

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.


Learning To Identify Tolerance Issues Through Literature With Art As A Response, Patricia Ann Rifkin Jan 1996

Learning To Identify Tolerance Issues Through Literature With Art As A Response, Patricia Ann Rifkin

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.


Bilingual Policies Are Affected By Alternative Programs And Public Opinion: (A Study Of Alternative Bilingual Programs And Public Opinion In California From 1994-1996), Katherine Lynn Kimura-Gorecki Jan 1996

Bilingual Policies Are Affected By Alternative Programs And Public Opinion: (A Study Of Alternative Bilingual Programs And Public Opinion In California From 1994-1996), Katherine Lynn Kimura-Gorecki

Theses Digitization Project

The researcher reviewed the Eastman Project, immersion programs, the Westminister Program and anti-bilingual sentiment to conclude that bilingual policies are affected by alternative programs and public opinion.


Classroom As Text: A Study Of The Integration Of Multiculturalism, Penny Marie Drake Jan 1995

Classroom As Text: A Study Of The Integration Of Multiculturalism, Penny Marie Drake

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.


Assisting Hispanoamericano Parents To Recognize Children's Literacy Requirements By Recontextualizing The Academic Language Of Social Studies, Martín Christopher Ruiz Jan 1993

Assisting Hispanoamericano Parents To Recognize Children's Literacy Requirements By Recontextualizing The Academic Language Of Social Studies, Martín Christopher Ruiz

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.