Latina Agency through Narration in Education - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Latina Agency through Narration in Education write by Carmen M. Martinez-Roldan. This book was released on 2021-02-16. Latina Agency through Narration in Education available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Drawing on critical and sociocultural frameworks, this volume presents narrative studies by or about Latinas in which they speak up about issues of identity and education. Using narratives, self-identification stories, and testimonios as theory, methodology, and advocacy, this volume brings together a wide range of Latinx perspectives on education identity, bilingualism, and belonging. The narratives illustrate the various ways erasure and human agency shape the lives and identities of Latinas in the United States from primary school to higher education and beyond, in their schools and communities. Contributors explore how schools and educational institutions can support student agency by adopting a transformative activist stance through curricula, learning contexts, and policies. Chapters contain implications for teaching and come together to showcase the importance of explicit activist efforts to combat erasure and engage in transformative and emancipatory education.
Racial Dimensions of Life Writing in Education
Racial Dimensions of Life Writing in Education - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Racial Dimensions of Life Writing in Education write by Lucy E. Bailey. This book was released on 2022-09-01. Racial Dimensions of Life Writing in Education available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This collection presents life writing projects that explore or represent the racial dimensions of life writing research in diverse educational spaces using diverse methodologies and inquiry approaches. We believe this collection is long overdue. To quote Melva R. Grant and Signe E. Kastberg’s succinct phrasing (this volume) “racialized inquiry matters.” While some rich texts explore the racial aspects and anti-racist potential of social science research (Blee, 2018; Lopez & Parker, 2003; Sefa Dei & Johal, 2005; Twine & Warren, 2000), and include examples from educational contexts, there are no collections which focus on the intersections of life writing inquiry as educative projects that highlight racial dimensions of the work and lives under study. Drawing from Toni Morrison’s enduring wisdom, a visionary writer whose work has explored the racial dimensions of culture and lived experience, we centralize race in life writing in this collection rather than obscuring it or leaving it as a lurking, absent presence in the craft. Racial Dimensions of Life Writing Research offers a wealth of ideas and perspectives from which scholars, teachers, and students can draw to support their work. The 14 chapters in this collection attend to national, international, and local concerns, include varied theoretical and methodological approaches, and reflect a range of ethnic and racial heritages. Chapters consider practical, theoretical, ethical, and educational issues involved in projects concerning under-represented educational actors important for the terrain of life writing. The authors include established and emerging scholars— university researchers, directors, and professors, academic advisors, graduate and undergraduate students, activists, and former elementary and secondary school teachers. It is our hope that this volume will spark conversation, debate, and reflection and will be a valuable resource that inspires scholarship about how race and its intersections shape the life-writing inquiry process. ENDORSEMENT: "This is an exceptionally important volume interrogating intersections of race, racism and life writing. Authors recenter life narrative as a necessary anchor for studying, teaching about, and learning through complex racial dynamics. This book should be read by any of us serious about studying and advancing knowledge on race and writing." — Richard Milner, Vanderbilt University
Quality Education for Latinos and Latinas
Quality Education for Latinos and Latinas - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Quality Education for Latinos and Latinas write by Rita Portales. This book was released on 2005-06-01. Quality Education for Latinos and Latinas available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. As educators and legislators across the country debate how to improve public schools, the most vital factor often disappears from the equation—the relationship between the teacher and the student. According to veteran educators Rita and Marco Portales, this relationship is the central issue in the education of students, especially Latino/a students who often face serious barriers to school success because of the legacy of racism, insufficient English-language skills, and cultural differences with the educational establishment. To break down these barriers and help Latino/a students acquire a quality education, the Portaleses focus attention on the teacher-student relationship and offer a proven method that teachers can use to strengthen the print and oral skills of their students. They begin by analyzing the reasons why schools too often fail to educate Latino/a students, using eloquent comments from young Latinos/as and their parents to confirm how important the teacher-student relationship is to the student's success. Then they show how all educational stakeholders—teachers, administrators, state education agencies, legislators, and parents—can work together to facilitate the teacher-student relationship and improve student education. By demonstrating how teachers can improve students' reading, critical thinking, writing, and oral communication skills across the curriculum, they argue that learning can be made more relevant for students, keeping their interest levels high while preparing them for academically competitive colleges.
Lessons from a Dual Language Bilingual School
Lessons from a Dual Language Bilingual School - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Lessons from a Dual Language Bilingual School write by Tatyana Kleyn. This book was released on 2024-08-13. Lessons from a Dual Language Bilingual School available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This edited book showcases the lessons, successes and challenges of starting and growing a fully bilingual school. Reflecting on the first 10 years of Dos Puentes Elementary School in New York City, it explores the evolution of the school through its four founding pillars: (1) bilingüismo, biliteracidad y multiculturalismo, (2) las familias son partners, leaders and advocates, (3) investigaciones and hands-on learning, and (4) partnerships with universities, organizations y la comunidad. The chapter authors include families, teachers, school administrators and university partners, centering the voices of those directly involved in the school community and highlighting key moments in the life of the school. At the end of each chapter, researcher commentary contextualizes these experiences within the wider literature and discusses implications and next steps for the field of bilingual education. This book will be of interest to pre- and in-service teachers and school administrators, particularly those looking to develop bilingual programs in their own context.
A Narrative Inquiry of Latina/o Teachers in Urban Elementary Schools
A Narrative Inquiry of Latina/o Teachers in Urban Elementary Schools - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Narrative Inquiry of Latina/o Teachers in Urban Elementary Schools write by Erica Hernandez-Scott. This book was released on 2017. A Narrative Inquiry of Latina/o Teachers in Urban Elementary Schools available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Latina/o teachers are underrepresented in the educational workforce. As such, the purpose of this narrative inquiry is to explore the experiences of Latinas/os who are teaching in urban school districts. The central question addressed by this narrative inquiry was: To what do Latina/o teachers attribute to their academic and career attainment? The sub-questions that helped achieve the central question were: 1) What experiences contributed to Latina/o teachers earning bachelor’s degrees in elementary education? 2) What experiences contributed to Latina/o teachers becoming employed as teachers in urban elementary schools? The site selected for this study resides in a medium-sized, Midwestern city. Within the selected site, purposeful, criterion and maximum variation sampling was used to identify participants. Written documents, semi-structured interviews, and focus-group interviews were used to construct a narrative profiles for each participant. Analysis of the narratives constructed began with enumerative, descriptive coding to identify chunks, or units of analysis, and their frequency. That led to the construction of interpretive codes by grouping descriptive codes into common categories and the construction of themes. The themes that emerged were family support, peer support, teacher/mentor support, specific preparation for urban teaching, and commitment to social justice and change agency. The results and findings can be used to improve conditions for Latina teachers and Latina/o learners in urban schools. The meaning constructed is significant in that it uncovers stories that can be used to support education in urban communities, diversify the teaching force, and increase the recruitment, retention, and effective preparation of Latina/o teachers for urban schools.
