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Full-Text Articles in Curriculum and Instruction
Cohesion In Spoken And Written Dialogue: An Investigation Of Cultural And Textual Constraints, Johanna Destefano, Rebecca Kantor
Cohesion In Spoken And Written Dialogue: An Investigation Of Cultural And Textual Constraints, Johanna Destefano, Rebecca Kantor
Rebecca Kantor
Interactions of language, culture, minority group membership, and literacy instruction in schools have evidently spelled success for some children but not for others. The purpose of this study was to explore an area of intersection among language use, ethnolinguistic group membership, and literacy learning materials to provide additional insight into the higher rates of literacy problems in urban black and Appalachian cultures. Specifically, it investigated how the informal discourse modes, exemplified by mother-child dialogue in a child's home environment, compared and contrasted with more formal discourse modes, exemplified by dialogue among characters in basal reader stories and in children's storybooks. …
Cultural Vibrancy: Exploring The Preferences Of African American Children Toward Culturally Relevant And Non-Culturally Relevant Lessons, Darlene Sampson, Dorothy Garrison-Wade
Cultural Vibrancy: Exploring The Preferences Of African American Children Toward Culturally Relevant And Non-Culturally Relevant Lessons, Darlene Sampson, Dorothy Garrison-Wade
Dorothy Garrison-Wade
Despite the laudable intent of various educational initiatives in raising the achievement level of all children, limited progress has been made. In an effort to diminish the achievement gap of students of color, some researchers have examined the cultural relevancy of the curriculum in promoting student achievement. The purpose of this mixed methods study was to explore the preferences of African American children toward culturally relevant and non-culturally relevant lessons, through a six-week series of lessons in an American History classroom. Critical Race Theory and Racial Identity Development provided the theoretical underpinnings of this study. This study takes place in …
Enhancing The English-Language Oral Skills Of International Students Through Drama, Chamkaur Gill
Enhancing The English-Language Oral Skills Of International Students Through Drama, Chamkaur Gill
Chamkaur Gill
Ten non-English-speaking-background students of Bond University were observed to identify the effects of drama on oral English. Over a period of twelve weeks (two hours per week), elements of their oral English communication were measured. The weeks were divided into four lots of three weeks each, with the first three weeks made up entirely of communicative non-drama-based (CNDB) lessons, weeks four to six comprising only communicative drama-based (CDB) methodology, weeks seven to nine reverting to CNDB methodology, and the final three weeks being made up of CDB strategies again. The hypothesis of this study was that all the participants would …
Cap Writing: Variations (Youtube Recording), Joy Barnes-Johnson
Cap Writing: Variations (Youtube Recording), Joy Barnes-Johnson
Joy Barnes-Johnson
When reluctant writers are "stuck" using others' works as a stimulus for their own work encourages creativity while also building conventions
Cap Writing: Transcribing (Youtube Recording), Joy Barnes-Johnson
Cap Writing: Transcribing (Youtube Recording), Joy Barnes-Johnson
Joy Barnes-Johnson
Transcription is a useful technique for developing literacy among reluctant writers.
Review Of The Book: Standing On The Outside Looking In: Underrepresented Students’ Experiences In Advanced Degree Programs By Mary F. Howard-Hamilton Et Al. (Eds.), Zeynep Isik-Ercan
Review Of The Book: Standing On The Outside Looking In: Underrepresented Students’ Experiences In Advanced Degree Programs By Mary F. Howard-Hamilton Et Al. (Eds.), Zeynep Isik-Ercan
Zeynep Isik-Ercan
No abstract provided.
“I Go To School Six Days A Week”: The Role Of Cultural And Religious Practices Within Hybrid Turkish-American Communities In Supporting Academic And Socioemotional Growth, Zeynep Isik-Ercan
“I Go To School Six Days A Week”: The Role Of Cultural And Religious Practices Within Hybrid Turkish-American Communities In Supporting Academic And Socioemotional Growth, Zeynep Isik-Ercan
Zeynep Isik-Ercan
No abstract provided.
Cross-Cultural Moral Explorations In Plagiarism, Bradley Baurain
Cross-Cultural Moral Explorations In Plagiarism, Bradley Baurain
Bradley Baurain
No abstract provided.
Morality, Relationality, And Listening Pedagogy In Language Education, Bradley Baurain
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 …
Voices, Identities, Negotiations, And Conflicts: Writing Academic English Across Cultures, Bradley Baurain, Ha Phan
Voices, Identities, Negotiations, And Conflicts: Writing Academic English Across Cultures, Bradley Baurain, Ha Phan
Bradley Baurain
No abstract provided.
The Aesthetic Classroom And The Beautiful Game, Bradley Baurain
The Aesthetic Classroom And The Beautiful Game, Bradley Baurain
Bradley Baurain
No abstract provided.
Course Design And Teacher Development In Vietnam: A Diary Project, Bradley Baurain
Course Design And Teacher Development In Vietnam: A Diary Project, Bradley Baurain
Bradley Baurain
No abstract provided.
A Faith-Based Case For The Dream Act, Bradley Baurain
A Faith-Based Case For The Dream Act, Bradley Baurain
Bradley Baurain
No abstract provided.
Multilevel And Diverse Classrooms, Bradley Baurain, Ha Phan
Multilevel And Diverse Classrooms, Bradley Baurain, Ha Phan
Bradley Baurain
No abstract provided.
Christian Witness And Respect For Persons, Bradley Baurain
Christian Witness And Respect For Persons, Bradley Baurain
Bradley Baurain
Respect for persons has been widely acknowledged and discussed as a key moral dimension in education and teaching English to speakers of other languages. Christians believe in this value, particularly as it is articulated within scripture and tradition. Recent critics, however, seem to perceive a basic incompatibility between a Christian religious imperative to bear witness to one’s faith and a moral imperative to respect other persons. Beginning from an argument that all teaching is teaching for change, this essay makes a case that the two are not only not contradictory, but in fact should be consanguineous. Key issues explored include …
Small Group Multitasking In Literature Classes, Bradley Baurain
Small Group Multitasking In Literature Classes, Bradley Baurain
Bradley Baurain
Faced with the challenge of teaching American literature to large, multilevel classes in Vietnam, the writer developed a flexible small group framework called ‘multitasking’. ‘Multitasking’ sets up stable task categories which rotate among small groups from lesson to lesson. This framework enabled students to work cooperatively in a variety of formats and the teacher to generate a wide range of materials and activities efficiently. It also spurred students to develop more independent learning skills and the teacher to experiment more freely with new techniques. In a narrative and reflective format, in terms both of what he expected and what he …
Solving The Multilevel Dilemma, Bradley Baurain