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(Un)knowing Diversity: Researching Narratives of Neocolonial Classrooms through Youth's Testimonios
(Un)knowing Diversity tells the powerful stories of five minoritized American youths’ school experiences. In their own words, we learn what it is like to go to school, what helps, what does not, and who these students are becoming. The author outlines the practice of testimonio work, then interprets each narrative, identifying the fixed, fluid, concurrent, and dynamic processes that serve to both map and unmap youth in schools—offering the possibility of decolonization. She identifies postcolonial and neocolonial concepts such as hybridity, nationalism, authenticity, ambivalence, transnationalism, and surveillance. The volume, which includes a study guide with questions and assignments suitable for undergraduate and graduate coursework, will be useful in qualitative methods courses, multicultural foundations courses, and courses in education and sociology.
“...Sharing with fellow educators ‘urgent messages’ from young students of color, [this book] reveals how...they participate in, resist, question, and redefine the limits of identity, culture, language, and nation. Through thoughtful synthesis of theory (postcolonialism) and method (testimonio) the author unpacks how those who live in and struggle from the margins wrestle with the complexities and contradictions of decolonization, of arriving at hybrid locales. ...Cultural workers—whether faculty or graduate students or those engaged in community work—who engage postcolonial, multicultural, and transnational perspectives and stories will appreciate and learn from this oeuvre.” —Nina Asher, Ed.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
“Speaking to teacher candidates, teacher educators, teachers, and parents, Tricia Gallagher- Geurtsen brilliantly opens a space for the conversation about the multiplicity and complexity of children’s lives. She brings the concept of hybridity into the light and urges us to reconstruct the cultural identities of our students. This volume is a poignant example of the future of multicultural education. Excellently written, grounded in postcolonial theory and testimonio methodology, this visionary text will be useful in graduate educational foundation courses as well as in teacher development workshops.” —Djanna Hill, Ed.D., Professor, William Paterson University
“(Un)knowing Diversity is an inspiring and critical postcolonial project that...challenges educators and all Americans to talk to and actually listen to minority students' voices and experiences. The youths’ testimonios in this book rightfully highlight the complexity of minority youths’ identities, the changing meanings of what it means to be American, and above all, the ever so important need to decolonize a schooling system that does not meet the needs of minoritized students. For anyone authentically concerned with the future of U.S. public education—this book is a must read.” —Luis Urrieta Jr., Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of Texas at Austin; Author of Working from Within: Chicana and Chicano Activist Educators in Whitestream Schools
Tricia Gallagher-Geurtsen received her Ed.D. from Teachers College, Columbia University. She is a former bilingual teacher who collaborates with teachers and administrators to better meet the needs of culturally and linguistically diverse students. She carries out research, writes, and speaks about postcolonial interpretations of schooling.
99 Ideas and Activities for Teaching English Learners..(for course adoption)
How could I use it in my course?
Preservice and inservice teachers really appreciate studying, analyzing, and using this research-based book as part of a university course. Professors or course instructors can use the book in a variety of ways:
- assign a chapter and a paragraph written reflection on the lesson ideas and research-base
- for inservice teachers or preservice teachers in a practicum, assign a mini-lesson utilizing one of the strategies and a reflection of teaching and learning
- direct teachers to show how each of the 99 lesson ideas support language acquisition or not based on course concepts and research
- ask teachers to rank-order the 99 ideas based on TESOL or WIDA standards
- compare the SIOP Model to other sheltering instructional models introduced in the course
Book description
This long-awaited new book by acclaimed authors MaryEllen Vogt and Jana Echevarria offers research-based, SIOP®-tested techniques for lessons that include the eight SIOP® components. The 99 ideas and activities in this book include a few familiar techniques that have been shown to be especially effective for ELLs, as well as many new ideas for SIOP® teachers. All promote student-to-student and teacher-to-student interaction and involvement proven to be so necessary for English language acquisition and content development. This book is surely to become an indispensable resource for teachers of English learners.
What makes 99 Ideas and Activities for Teaching English Learners with the SIOP® Model a must-have?
- Offers step-by-step directions and examples of content and language objectives for all ideas and activities.
- Provides use-tomorrow ideas and activities for implementing the eight components of the SIOP® Model.
- Includes 12 sample lesson plans that illustrate how a particular activity can be effective for ALL students, and all of these sample lessons are adapted for both elementary and secondary students.
- Features classroom-ready content and language objectives for all relevant activities.
March, 2007
Aligns with Application of Common Core State Standards for English Language Learners.
Aligns with Application of Common Core State Standards for English Language Learners.
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99 Ideas and Activities for Teaching English Learners...
99 Ideas and Activities for Teaching English Learners with the SIOP Model [Paperback]
This long-awaited new book by acclaimed authors MaryEllen Vogt and Jana Echevarria offers research-based, SIOP®-tested techniques for lessons that include the eight SIOP® components. The 99 ideas and activities in this book include a few familiar techniques that have been shown to be especially effective for ELLs, as well as many new ideas for SIOP® teachers. All promote student-to-student and teacher-to-student interaction and involvement proven to be so necessary for English language acquisition and content development. This book is surely to become an indispensable resource for teachers of English learners.
What makes 99 Ideas and Activities for Teaching English Learners with the SIOP® Model a must-have?
- Offers step-by-step directions and examples of content and language objectives for all ideas and activities.
- Provides use-tomorrow ideas and activities for implementing the eight components of the SIOP® Model.
- Includes 12 sample lesson plans that illustrate how a particular activity can be effective for ALL students, and all of these sample lessons are adapted for both elementary and secondary students.
- Features classroom-ready content and language objectives for all relevant activities.
March, 2007
Aligns with Application of Common Core State Standards for English Language Learners.
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Building Essential Vocabulary
Teach
vocabulary in any language with over 400 reproducible photo cards,
games, puzzles, and activities! ALL of the activities provided are
effective for ALL children, whether they are learning a first, second,
or even a third language. The photo cards and games can be reproduced
and used for classroom "English" activities, and additional sets can be
sent home with the children for "home" language learning. Important
themes include: actions, colors, shapes, clothing, food, everyday
objects, school tools, people, careers, toys, family, and many more! 96
pages.
all ages
all grades
Material Code: 0170
Aligns with Application of Common Core State Standards for English Language Learners.
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Chalk Talks: Visual Cues Discussions and Conversation
Discover the transformative learning power of using your own students' lives—their stories, their ideas, their real-life concerns—as a basis for your lessons! How is this possible? The secret is in the symbols—simple drawings that serve as immediate cues for speaking. You’ll learn how to quickly and easily use these symbols to create lessons on the spot. This highly acclaimed resource shares over 100 ideas for lesson topics, 32 photocopiable lessons, a practical symbol guide, and a dictionary of over 500 easy-to-copy symbols with both an English and a Spanish index. A MUST for every language teacher's library.
all ages
all grades
Material Code: 0280
Aligns with Application of Common Core State Standards for English Language Learners.
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Classroom Teacher’s ESL Survival Kit
This is the ideal book for ESL Fundamentals for Mainstream Teachers in Elementary and Middle Schools--this resource book features 130 reproducible activities for teachers of grades 2-8 who have ESL and newcomer students. The book also contains hundreds of insights, practical ideas, notes on culture shock and language acquisition, plus strategies, tips, and lesson plans to help social and academic adjustment. Activities help develop vocabulary, listening skills, reading, writing, following directions, math, health, and more, giving teachers a wealth of ready-to-use classroom material. The easy-to-read text and clearly illustrated activity pages will provide months of stimulating language-learning tasks.
ages 7-18
grades 2-12
Material Code: 0460
Aligns with Application of Common Core State Standards for English Language Learners.
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