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Direct linkCaldas, Blanca – L2 Journal, 2020
Freire (2005) encourages people to take "critical ownership of the formation of ourselves" (p. 44) in order to be able to act upon the world in what he (1993) calls "praxis." This praxis consists of the development of critical consciousness leading to transformative action. Critical consciousness and praxis should be conceived…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Teaching Methods, Self Concept, Transformative Learning
Download full textAlfaro, Cristina; Bartolomé, Lilia – Issues in Teacher Education, 2017
Mexicanos/Chicanos in the United States have historically suffered derision and mistreatment by the mainstream culture because of their use of nonstandard Spanish and English, as well as codeswitching (alternating between two or more languages or language varieties). In the field of education, codeswitching and the use of nonstandard English and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Teachers, Language Usage, Nonstandard Dialects, Working Class
Mein, Erika; Esquinca, Alberto – Theory Into Practice, 2017
In this article, we demonstrate ways in which teachers, working within the context of rapidly changing demographics in our country, can create inclusive classroom environments that promote the development of engineering literacies and identities, particularly among bilingual students. We draw on our experience working with two projects funded by…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Self Concept, Code Switching (Language), Role
Olmedo, Irma M. – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2009
This article examines the efforts of a school in a Mexican community in Chicago to help children and parents capitalize on the language and culture of their 2 worlds. It builds on the concepts of border crossings and hybridity, metaphors used to describe the sociocultural and linguistic reality of people living transnationally. Some US communities…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Mexican Americans, Urban Areas, Cultural Influences
Russell, Todd T.; Madrigal, Julio F. – 1998
Residents of the U. S.-Mexico border region have the immense task of reconciling two different and often incompatible cultures, traditions, and languages. The cultural and environmental conditions of the South Texas border region are briefly described, and economic and social conditions are reviewed. The unique counseling needs of borderlanders of…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Code Switching (Language), Counseling
Peer reviewedGalindo, D. Letticia – Bilingual Review/Revista Bilingue, 1996
Illustrates how women from the frontier of Laredo, Texas, use, describe, and view the hybrid of Spanish and English spoken at the borderlands as a result of culture and language contact among Mexicans of various backgrounds and Anglos. Categorizes the attitudes toward language choice into intraethnic and interethnic classifications. (32…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Code Switching (Language), Culture Contact, English (Second Language)
