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Courtney, Matthew B. – Journal for Multicultural Education, 2021
Purpose: This study aims to document the impact of an 80-h virtual Spanish language immersion program on four elementary school leaders in Kentucky. Design/methodology/approach: This study used a mixed methods approach. Each subject participated in three semi-structured interviews with the researcher and a standardized oral language assessment.…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Instructional Leadership, Spanish, Immersion Programs
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De Paleville, Daniela Terson – Advances in Physiology Education, 2019
The purpose of this outreach program was to promote elementary school students' understanding of human physiology and exercise science. I conducted this outreach event for 421 pre-kindergarten through grade 5 students attending a Spanish-immersion elementary school within a large, urban public school district in Kentucky. To meet the needs of the…
Descriptors: Physiology, Elementary School Students, Immersion Programs, Spanish
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Linares, Rebecca E. – Teachers College Record, 2022
Context: Transnational emergent multilingual (TEM) adolescents are young people who maintain emotional, social, economic, and physical connections and networks to more than one country, often a home country and a host country. Because of their linguistic identities and varied schooling experiences, when they enroll in U.S. public schools, many are…
Descriptors: Literacy, Multilingualism, Self Concept, Native Language
Smith-Justice, Ella M. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This mixed-methods study explores the self-efficacy beliefs of foreign language teachers in central Appalachia, which encompasses eastern Kentucky, north-central Tennessee, southwestern Virginia, and southwestern West Virginia. The participants in this study are high school foreign language teachers in the region; 81 participants completed an…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
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Larson, Kajsa C. – Hispania, 2015
This current study presents a unique approach to the examination of Hispanic film through the incorporation of a civic engagement project, the Mayerson Student Philanthropy Project (MSPP), into the curriculum. Students examined and assessed important global issues, and how they are portrayed in films from several Spanish-speaking countries, while…
Descriptors: Films, Spanish, Teaching Methods, Citizen Participation
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Alvarez, Steven; Alvarez, Sara P. – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2016
Research examining ethnolinguistic community schools (GarcĂ­a, Zakharia, & Otcu, 2013) proposes that local spaces not directly affiliated with schools sustain bilingualism and identity. Though researchers often theorize about how community schools sustain home language literacies, less research examines how local public spaces sustain…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Spanish, Mentors, English (Second Language)
Thomas, William R. – Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2009
As the 21st century's first decade draws to a close, America's public school students are participating in online academic classes in increasingly large numbers. More than one million K-12 public school students took online courses in the 2007-2008 school year, according to an estimate in a recent Sloan Consortium survey. This represents a 47…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Public Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Online Courses
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Arrowsmith, Heather E.; Cole, Henry P.; Mazur, Joan M. – Health Education Journal, 2009
Objective: A Spanish language version of an exercise about adolescent horseback riders' exposure to traumatic brain injuries was integrated into the Spanish curriculum in a rural Kentucky high school. Design: An exploratory case study design with two groups of students. Setting and Method: Thirty-eight students, enrolled in intermediate Spanish IV…
Descriptors: Rural Youth, Recreational Activities, Accident Prevention, Head Injuries
Kentucky State Dept. of Education, Frankfort. – 1994
The materials describe Kentucky's strategy for reforming the state standards for introductory Spanish second language instruction. They begin with a course description outlining the shift in orientation from grammar instruction to development of communicative competence. A subsequent section suggests ways in which the teacher might identify…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Communicative Competence (Languages), Course Content, Course Descriptions