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Structured Word Inquiry: A Critical Literacy Framework for Educators
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Hastings, Kathryn; Trexler, Megan – Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, 2021
In this essay, we reinterpret critical literacy through our engagement with structured word inquiry (SWI). By reflecting upon our experiences within a literacy practicum for educators earning their reading specialist certification, we demonstrate how SWI can provide students and educators with opportunities to transcend the limitations of a scope…
Descriptors: Critical Literacy, Reading Skills, Reading Instruction, Power Structure
An Integrated Curriculum in Collegiate-Level German Studies with Accompanying Proficiency Ratings
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Bernhardt, Elizabeth; Nissler, Paul; Leffell, Cici Malik – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 2020
The contemporary watchword within curricular discussions in German is integration across multiple linguistic levels and literacy dimensions. This article contributes to the discussion by chronicling how one university responded and contributed to curricular currents in German, constructing concrete documents reflective of those currents. The…
Descriptors: German, Second Language Instruction, Curriculum Development, Oral Language
Preparing Our Students for the Professional World: Integrating Thematic Assignments and Teamwork into the Art History Survey Course Design
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Leda Cempellin – International Journal of Education & the Arts, 2024
Art and design students in higher education often prioritize design skills over written communication. With the opportunity to restructure courses around increased asynchronous flexibility arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, the author of this manuscript (who is also the course instructor) has developed a hybrid-blended course design in the art…
Descriptors: Courses, Art Education, Design, COVID-19
It All Made Sense: ASL-First Approach in Classroom Practice
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Emily Jo Noschese – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2025
This qualitative study delves into the innovative Bilingual Grammar Curriculum. The curriculum aims to enhance bilingualism and linguistic skills among deaf students by integrating American Sign Language instruction and written language grammatical structures. The researcher conducted in-depth interviews with 12 experienced educators of the deaf…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Deafness, Bilingual Education, Grammar
Literacy Learning in the Twenty-First Century: How Much Have We Learnt?
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Clark, Margaret M. – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2017
Languages differ in the way that speech and meaning are represented in written form: in English, the correspondences are variable. Thus, in learning to read in English there is need for an approach that combines alphabetic decoding and a mastery of sight vocabulary. Teaching children to read should develop from an analysis of the skills and…
Descriptors: Literacy, Written Language, Speech Communication, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence
The Role of the Formal Written Curriculum in Standards-Based Reform
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Bergqvist, Ewa; Bergqvist, Tomas – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2017
More than 15 years after the introduction of a standards-based curriculum reform, the mathematics teachers are positive towards the reform message but have not changed their classroom practice accordingly. To improve the impact of future reforms, it is important to learn from this situation and to better understand the role of the national policy…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Educational Change, Academic Standards