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Race, Ethnicity, Interests, and Linguistic Variation at a Primarily Black Miami Middle School
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Nandi Rebeccah Cele Sims – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Miami, Florida has the highest percentage of foreign-born residents in any large US metropolis and is characterized by Caribbean culture and economic practice in a way that is unseen in many other US cities. Haitian immigrants have been flowing rapidly into historically African American communities since the 1970s. Adults who grew up in these…
Descriptors: Race, Ethnicity, Language Variation, African Americans
A Heideggerian Phenomenological Qualitative Study: Teachers' Perceptions of the Preparation Programs and Their Ability to Integrate Culturally Sustaining Practices in Instruction
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Jasiel Ayala – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Demographics in the United States are rapidly changing. It is projected that by the year 2050, the minority population of the country will instead be the majority (Craig & Richeson, 2017), and according to the Pew Research Center (2019), in some areas of the country, this is already the case. With changing demographics in the United States…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Cultural Awareness, Culturally Relevant Education, Teaching Methods
Unlocking the Code: Matters of Agency, Metalinguistic Skills, and Literacy Achievement for Speakers of Non-Mainstream American English
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Smith, Adrina O. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This study examined the latent factors of dialect variation as they relate to reading achievement of second grade students. Sociocultural theory, identity theories, and critical theory used against a metaphorical backdrop of a bundle of locks were used to illustrate the complexity of language variation and its effect on reading achievement within…
Descriptors: Metalinguistics, Nonstandard Dialects, Language Variation, Screening Tests
Making Sense of Language: How Representations of Language Inform Teachers' Work
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Lewis, Mark C. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Whether or not we are teachers, all of us must make sense of language. In doing so, we encounter representations of language, implicit or explicit descriptions which shift over time and are always tied to social and political interests. Teachers' work necessarily depends on these descriptions, which are deeply embedded within their…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Social Influences, Political Attitudes, Language Skills
Dueling Complexities: Experiences of Dual-Lang Immersion Teachers
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Sun, Valerie – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Dual-language immersion is an educational practice in which "literacy and content instruction" is provided in two languages at school (Howard et al., 2007, p.1). The students in these programs have been the center of many studies including student literacy development (Genesee & Jared, 2008), academic achievement (Lindholm-Leary,…
Descriptors: Language Variation, Literacy, Bilingual Education, Educational Policy
"Imagining the Moon": Critical Pedagogy, Discourse Tensions, and the Adult Basic Writing Classroom
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Siha, Alfred A. Z. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this qualitative action research study was to explore how critical pedagogy can foster writing competency and critical consciousness among adult basic writing students in a community college writing classroom. To this end, critical pedagogy and related critical discourses were used to theoretically frame this study. These theories…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Teaching Methods, Writing Instruction, Adult Students