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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Salazar, Maria del Carmen; Franquiz, Maria E. – Multicultural Perspectives, 2008
This article explores the journey of one English as a Second Language (ESL) teacher who held rigid boundaries that negatively impacted the academic resiliency of her Mexican immigrant students. As she transformed her pedagogical orientation, she created permeability in her curricular practices. With the elements of "respeto" (respect), "confianza"…
Descriptors: Role Models, Immigrants, English, Mexicans
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Franquiz, Maria E.; Brochin-Ceballos, Carol – Multicultural Perspectives, 2006
In this article we examine a theoretical concept: cultural citizenship. Educators of color typically advance this theoretical perspective because it provides a way of probing into ways students' differing linguistic and cultural resources can be made visible and effectively included in literacy events both in and outside of school. Through this…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Foreign Countries, Visual Literacy, Literacy