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Victor A. Lozada; Jorge F. Figueroa – NABE Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
This article argues for the extension of the three goals of two-way dual language education to move beyond bilingualism and biliteracy, academic achievement, and cross-cultural understanding for all students and include critical consciousness. After a short history of the colonial aspects of the history of bilingual education in the United States,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Educational Objectives, Educational History, Critical Literacy
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Smith, Patriann – Reading Teacher, 2022
Across the globe, students increasingly use literacies to cross boundaries, locally and globally, virtually and geographically, willingly and involuntarily. They cross these boundaries with versatile linguistic backgrounds that allow them to effectively navigate new school and life worlds. Many students who cross boundaries are students of color…
Descriptors: Minority Group Students, Code Switching (Language), Race, Immigrants
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Romero Walker, Alexis – Journal of Media Literacy Education, 2021
Media educators must address their personal teaching philosophies to adequately participate in anti-racist pedagogy. Using critical media literacy principles, educators can be aware of student's bodies and performance in relation to reinforced systems of whiteness in the media classroom. This article proposes ways for higher education media…
Descriptors: Critical Literacy, Media Literacy, Teaching Methods, Racial Bias
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Misiaszek, Greg William – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2022
This article will discuss Paulo Freire's global influences on environmental pedagogies and argue that ecopedagogical reinventions are essential for 'quality' education, as touted in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) #4, for global, all-inclusive 'development' that is planetarily sustainable. The politics of how 'development' is…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Environmental Education, Global Approach, Teaching Methods
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Kelly, Lauren Leigh – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2023
Purpose: This qualitative research study examines classroom observations and transcripts, teacher and student interviews and student writing to investigate how white English teachers can cultivate students' critical literacies regarding race and oppression through classroom literature. As research and practice in the field of critical literacy has…
Descriptors: White Teachers, English Teachers, Race, Critical Literacy
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Cook, Victoria; Maine, Fiona; Cermáková, Anna – London Review of Education, 2022
The concept of cultural literacy as a dialogic social practice celebrates alternative perspectives. Navigating multiple perspectives in dialogue requires high 'tolerance of ambiguity' characterised by a positive, open and flexible attitude towards uncertainty. This article aims to explore how provisional language is used in classroom dialogue to…
Descriptors: Critical Literacy, Dialogs (Language), Cognitive Style, Perspective Taking
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Jin, Jing; Liu, Yina – Literacy, 2023
Learning Mandarin Chinese as a heritage or additional language at Chinese complementary schools has long been a tradition for many Asian Canadians. However, research that looks at teachers' experiences and perceptions in Canadian settings, especially the power dynamics embedded in biliteracy development at complementary schools, is scant.…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Literacy Education, Mandarin Chinese, Second Language Learning
McHolme, Lindsay – ProQuest LLC, 2023
In the United States, adult education for emergent multilingual language learners (EMLL) is governed by the American Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA). The AEFLA defines literacy as an individual's ability to read, write, and speak in "English." This definition erases the multilingual and multicultural assets that adult EMLLs…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Critical Literacy, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Jackson, Glenn – Language and Education, 2021
To engage in critical praxis, teachers of literary response writing need concepts and methods for understanding the efficacy of teaching practices in helping students develop particular dispositions towards texts and the social issues they represent. In this article, the author uses concepts from Legitimation Code Theory (LCT) and Systemic…
Descriptors: Linguistics, English, Language Arts, Grade 8
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Algryani, Ali; Syahrin, Syerina – Arab World English Journal, 2021
The study investigates learners' awareness of their linguistic landscape (LL) and perspectives on the use of LL as part of classroom teaching and learning. It also examines the course instructor's pedagogical perspective on the use of LL. The study aims to explore the potential benefits of utilizing bilingual public signage representing…
Descriptors: Translation, Case Studies, Teaching Methods, Metalinguistics
Seltzer, Kate; de los Ríos, Cati V. – National Council of Teachers of English, 2021
This brief aims to contextualize and promote translanguaging as an approach to educating bi-/ multilingual students in US literacy classrooms. Broadly, "translanguaging" has been defined as "the deployment of a speaker's full linguistic repertoire without regard for watchful adherence to the socially and politically defined…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Metalinguistics, Bilingualism, Multilingualism
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Sibanda, Rockie – Reading & Writing: Journal of the Literacy Association of South Africa, 2022
Background: In South Africa, developing criticality among learners is essential for their careers in school and outside school. However, knowledge and understanding of critical literacy within the schooling context is unclear, with only patchy guidance available for teachers. Objectives: An intervention project was set up to discover how community…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries, Critical Literacy
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Esquivel, Johanna – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2020
This case study focuses on the diverse discourses Latinx bilingual students bring to class to make sense of power relations in the world. The study implements critical literacy practices such as read-alouds, discussions, writing, and drawing activities that help students critique and disrupt power discourses embedded in texts and visuals. With the…
Descriptors: Critical Literacy, Discourse Analysis, Spanish, English (Second Language)
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Weninger, Csilla – Classroom Discourse, 2020
This paper examines classroom discourse from English lessons that implemented a critical literacy unit focused on a contextualised social issue. Utilising the theoretical notion of frame, the analysis of classroom excerpts highlights how ideologies about English teaching and learning at times enter the discourse of the classes, not only overtly…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Ashley S. Boyd; Taylor Bereiter – English Journal, 2017
The authors identify the necessity of focusing on and pluralizing understandings of transgender youth experiences and trans-specific topics. This is especially important for preservice teachers, who will be the ones to have similar discussions with their own students in the future. The authors describe a series of classroom activities and…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Language Usage, LGBTQ People, Class Activities
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