Category: Publications
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Equitable Policy and Practice for English Learners: What Should Teachers and School Leaders Know and Do
Professor and Chair George Bunch created this open-access module in a series of professional learning resources for teachers and teacher educators.The module challenges deficit orientations toward the education of English Learners and proposes alternative viewpoints for explaining challenges facing this population, recognizing the strengths that speakers of languages other than English bring to the classroom,…
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Academic Literacy in Mathematics
Professor Judit Moschkovich published the 2023 chapter “Academic Literacy in Mathematics to Frame Mathematical Writing Research and Practice: Writing and Revising for Mathematical Practices” in the volume Illuminating and Advancing the Path for Mathematical Writing. The chapter addresses how Moschkovich’s academic literacy in mathematics framework informs research and practice on mathematical writing.
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Walls, Bridges, Borders, Papers: Civic Literacy in the Borderlands
Assistant Professor Michelle Aguilera published this 2022 article in Research in the Teaching of English, demonstrating the ways in which a third-grade teacher in the Southwest responded to students’ concerns about Trump’s rhetoric about immigration and constructing a border wall throughout his campaign and inauguration. Through the collection of field notes, interviews, and students’ writing,…