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Liberatory Praxis with Latinx Students Through the Synthesis of Humanizing Pedagogies and Curricula
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2018)
The Latinx population is the second-fastest growing in the U.S., accounting for 18% of the population, or nearly 58 million people as of 2016. This should be of particular interest to educators who work with youth in urban ...
A School Based Evaluation of the McKinney-Vento Act
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2018-06-15)
Student homelessness accounts for 40% of the homeless population and affects 30% of students in the U.S. at some point in their schooling careers (Canfield et al., 2016; Bassuk et al., 2014). It disproportionally affects ...
The Liminality of Being: The Obfuscation of Race on Scholarship of Undocumented Students in Public Education
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2018-06-15)
Plyer v. Doe (1982) provided undocumented youth access to public education, and in delivering the opinion of the court, Justice William Brennan quoted the ruling of Brown v. Board of Education, saying, “Today, education ...
Motivation in Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Game Based Learning: Why Am I Learning This?
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2018-03-15)
This paper discusses how Game Based Learning (GBL) provides a more collaborative learning experience while integrating Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS) features. First the paper discussion of the advantages of collaborative ...
English as a Foreign Language Capstone Portfolio: Danni Zhang, Spring 2018
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2018-03)
This EFL portfolio reflects what I have learned in the two-year program of English Language Learners in Vanderbilt University. It combines all I have learned in different courses and my own experiences in practicums. I ...
Developing Resilience: Acknowledging Racial and Systemic Issues
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2018-04-24)
Resilience is a trait which allows individuals to become “elastic” or “bounce back” from adverse
situations. Resilience has become a topic for kids in urban context and how they handle harsh
environments. Though resilience ...
Medical Student Response to Mistreatment by Patients
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2018-03-15)
Purpose: Medical student mistreatment is a pervasive problem in medical education. Recent studies have shown that patients and their families are responsible for a significant portion of reported mistreatment of medical ...
Shi: Capstone EFL Portfolio
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2018-03-01)
This capstone consists of three major parts under the theme of teaching English as a second language. In the first part, philosophy of teaching, I state the theories that I’ve learned and set as the basement for my future ...
A Move Towards Discourse Rich Mathematics through Action Research
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2018-01)
This paper explores the need for teacher development considering the typical ways of teaching mathematics are not aligned to common reform efforts and disciplinary practices. It takes a sociocultural perspective of learning ...