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Storying Literacies, Reimagining Classrooms: Teaching, Research, and Writing as Blurred Translating
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McManimon, Shannon K. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
I theorize teaching and researching as practices of "blurred translating" that center antioppressive education (Kumashiro, 2002) and storytelling (e.g., Frank, 2010; Zipes, 1995, 2004). Based in listening, research and teaching as blurred translating are relational, contextual, and ongoing processes oriented toward transformation and…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Grade 6, Critical Literacy, Participant Observation
Middle School Students' Conceptual Change in Global Climate Change: Using Argumentation to Foster Knowledge Construction
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Golden, Barry W. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This research examined middle school student conceptions about global climate change (GCC) and the change these conceptions undergo during an argument driven instructional unit. The theoretical framework invoked for this study is the "framework theory" of conceptual change (Vosniadou, 2007a). This theory posits that students do not…
Descriptors: Evidence, Magnet Schools, Persuasive Discourse, Self Efficacy
Educational Reform and Teachers' Decision Making: Relationship between the Intended and the Implemented Reading Curriculum in Dominican Primary Schools
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Scheker Mendoza, Ancell – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this dissertation is to characterize and analyze the specific implementation decisions made by teachers in Dominican primary schools. A new curriculum was developed in 1995 as part of a Ten-Year Plan to reform the educational system. Analyzing what teachers do and the factors that shape their instruction is relevant for improving…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Implementation, Reading Comprehension, Qualitative Research