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Developing Agency for Global Citizenship through the Implementation of Human Rights Education
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2013-05-10)
The world we live in today is one in which we can communicate to people on other continents instantly through Skype, Email, Facebook, and even by telephone. We have more cross-cultural encounters presently than in any other ...
Serving Students in Diverse Classrooms
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-06-15)
Like all people, adolescent members of racial, linguistic, and socio-economic class minorities are in possession of norms and values from their home cultures that influence how they see and act in the world. Unlike those ...
Successful Practices in Culturally Responsive Educational Programming for Immigrant and ELL Parents
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-06-15)
This paper identifies the need to improve the academic achievement of immigrant and ELL children, particularly those living in conditions of poverty and proposes to do so by increasing parental involvement in children’s ...
“Basking in the mirror of yesterday’s glory…”: Engaging Disengaged Readers
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-06-15)
In the paper I explore some of the history of disengaged readers and segue into an exploration of the ways in which more recent literature discusses disengaged readers. I conclude with implications as to how the more recent ...
Zero Tolerance’s Harmful Effects: Its Origins, Misinterpretations, and Discriminatory Nature
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-06-15)
Zero tolerance policies that mandate expulsion for a variety of student behaviors have become extremely prevalent in almost all schools today. These policies originated as federal law in the 1980s and transitioned into the ...
Alphabet Soup: Making Sense of Spelling Instruction
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-09-15)
This essay explores the orthographic discipline of spelling instruction. More specifically, the spelling of English words is examined and the resulting suggestions for implementation and instruction in the classroom are ...
The Civil Rights Movement and Service-Learning: Practicing the Lessons of Activism
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2013-03-01)
This project, which consists of a literature review and a social studies unit, investigates linking education about the Civil Rights Movement to a service-learning project. The social constructivist learning theory and ...
Using Readers Theater to Engage All Learners
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-09-15)
This paper investigates the process and benefits of Readers Theater in order to determine its usefulness within a variety of instructional settings. It discusses ways that Readers Theater has been implemented in real ...
Bridging the Gap: Increasing Parent and Family Involvement in the Early Education of English Language Learners
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-06-15)
This essay addresses the matter of how to connect with and involve the parents and families of English Language Learners in their children’s literacy education at the early elementary level as well as why this topic deserves ...
Louisville Freshman Academies: Merging Academics and Community
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2010-05)