Current Issue Teaching the Holocaust in the English Classroom: Connecting Students to Develop Their Empathy 21 Mar 202021 Mar 2020 Amber Tilley, Northland Pines High School, Eagle River, WI,atilley @ npsd.k12.wi.us The inscription on the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum wall read, “For the dead and the living, we must…
Symposium: Teaching in Rural Districts… An Autoethnographic Exploration of Judaism in a Rural Louisiana School 30 Oct 201831 Oct 2018 Danielle M. Klein, PhD Candidate, Department of Education, Louisiana State University, Dklei16 @ lsu.edu I lived the first 18 years of my life in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in a suburb where people…
Symposium: Inclusive Education as Literacy Pedagogy for Historically Marginalized Learners… Re-Envisioning School Literacy Practices That Engage Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Families 31 Oct 201721 Feb 2018 Dian Mawene (mawene @ wisc.edu) and Halil Cakir (cakir @ wisc.edu) are doctoral students in the Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.…
Symposium: Inclusive Education as Literacy Pedagogy for Historically Marginalized Learners… Literacy, Culture & Language: A Vision for Cultural Literacy Practices Through Black American Sign Language 31 Oct 201722 Nov 2017 Mary L. Johnson, graduate student in Educational Policy Studies and program coordinator UW-Madison’s College Access Program, mjohnson49 @ wisc.edu Larry Love, doctoral student in the Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and…
Symposium: Inclusive Education as Literacy Pedagogy for Historically Marginalized Learners… “Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe!”: Navigating the Tension between Empowering Youth through Hip-Hop Literacies and Existing School Behavioral Norms 31 Oct 201722 Nov 2017 A.J. Dahl, cross-categorical special education teacher currently residing in Madison, received his general masters in special education from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and eagerly returned to the field to teach…
Symposium: Inclusive Education as Literacy Pedagogy for Historically Marginalized Learners… “Those Kids Down the Hall” Are Now in My Elementary Classroom: Now What? 31 Oct 201722 Nov 2017 Jessica McQueston, doctoral student in Special Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison, mcqueston @ wisc.edu Abstract. McQueston illustrates how peer-mediated strategies were used with the Special Olympics “Young Athletes” program. These modifications allowed teachers…
Symposium: Inclusive Education as Literacy Pedagogy for Historically Marginalized Learners… Sweet Home Wisconsin: Discovering Rural Diversity Through Literacy 31 Oct 201722 Nov 2017 Katie McCabe, doctoral candidate in Special Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison, kmccabe4 @ wisc.edu Abstract. McCabe advises educators to provide rural school students with a reading and writing curriculum highlighting rural diversity…
Symposium: Inclusive Education as Literacy Pedagogy for Historically Marginalized Learners… Guest Editor’s Introduction: Inclusive Education as Literacy Pedagogy for Historically Marginalized Learners 31 Oct 201722 Nov 2017 Taucia Gonzalez, Assistant Professor, School of Education, Rehabilitation Psychology & Special Education, Taucia.Gonzalez @ wisc.edu Abstract. This work is the result of a group of University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate students fiercely committed…
Vol 59, No 1-2 (2017) Creating Positive Relationships in the Classroom, Even When It Seems Impossible 28 Oct 201723 Nov 2017 Dolores Greenawalt, Bryant & Stratton College, dogreenie @ hotmail.com Abstract. For instructors who work with minority students, it can be difficult to find a connection if they have had little to no…
Vol 59, No 1-2 (2017) A Celebration of Language: What It Means for ELLs to Have a Bilingual Identity and How Teachers Can Celebrate Their Bilingualism in the Classroom 28 Oct 201726 Apr 2018 Holly Fait, Silverbrook Intermediate School, West Bend, hfait @ wbsd-schools.org Abstract. Fait reviews research on what it means to have a bilingual identity and how factors such as family, the community, and…
