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Roessingh, Hetty – TESOL Journal, 2020
This article highlights the potential of teacher read-alouds of informational texts for building academic vocabulary. These represent the general, high-utility words with Greek and Latin roots and the discipline-specific words associated with increased academic rigor of curriculum in the upper elementary grades. The author provides the theoretical…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Academic Standards, Difficulty Level, Oral Language
Player, Grace; Bachoo, Gabby; Lopez, Cindy – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2022
Teacher education (TE) programs have been historically white spaces that too often devalue and marginalize women of color (WOC) and their intellectual contributions. This paper, cowritten by two graduates of a predominantly White institution TE program and one of their professors --all three authors WOC with familial roots in Latin America --…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Teacher Educators, Minority Group Teachers, Women Faculty
Miller, Kristine A. – Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 2019
With roots in the Latin "curious", meaning "full of care or pains, careful, assiduous, inquisitive," the word "curiosity," like this forum on "Current Challenges to Honors Education," grows out of both the pain and promise of critical inquiry. This essay takes up the challenge of moving honors from the…
Descriptors: Honors Curriculum, Universities, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
Pampush, James D.; Petto, Andrew J. – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2011
Commonly used technical anatomy and physiology (A&P) terms are predominantly rooted in Latin and Greek vocabulary, so it is commonly inferred that a solid grounding in Latin and Greek roots of medical terminology will improve student learning in anatomy and related disciplines. This study examines the association of etymological knowledge of…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Physiology, Undergraduate Students, Latin
Segrera, Francisco López – Journal of International and Comparative Education, 2015
Higher education in Latin America has deep roots back to the Spanish colonisation in the Hispanic countries. In Brazil, a former Portuguese colony, this sector did not emerge until the nineteenth century and in the Anglophone Caribbean, not until the twentieth. Now in the twenty-first century throughout the region it is subject to the global reach…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational History, Foreign Policy, Neoliberalism
Salto, Dante J. – Higher Education Policy, 2022
Despite their common historical roots, two higher education systems in Latin America differ dramatically in their financing mechanisms. In Argentina, the national government completely subsidizes undergraduate programs in public institutions, while Chile relies mostly on tuition fees charged to individuals attending public institutions. Through…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Higher Education, Educational Policy
Appe, Susan; Rubaii, Nadia; Líppez-De Castro, Sebastian; Capobianco, Stephen – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2017
Engagement is widely recognized by higher education institutions, nation-states, and international organizations as the third pillar in the mission of university education. Despite the global reach of this concept, published research is disproportionately based on examples from the United States. This article brings to light the rich and extensive…
Descriptors: Universities, Institutional Mission, Social Justice, Social Responsibility
Guido, Maria Grazia; Iaia, Pietro Luigi; Errico, Lucia – Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2019
This paper reports on a research project in Responsible Tourism (Prayag, Hosany, & Odeh, 2013) carried out at the University of Salento in collaboration with the local administrations of some seaside resorts in Southern Italy affected by migrants' massive arrivals. This project, which involves tourists, migrants, university students in…
Descriptors: Tourism, Migrants, Transportation, Social Responsibility
Glas, Katharina; Cardenas-Claros, Monica S. – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2013
Chilean youth are currently demanding access to better-quality education for all: greater democracy and curricula that respect the country's indigenous cultural roots form part of their petitions. This article puts forward a twofold pedagogical proposal for English Language Teaching intended to foster intrinsic motivation and democratic…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Indigenous Knowledge
Iannone, Carol – Academic Questions, 2002
George W. Bush did signal his views on diversity during his campaign for the presidency, but what he said inexplicably aroused little notice. Campaigning in Miami on 25 August 2000, in a speech devoted to U.S.-Latin American relations, Bush presented a view of America that one would never have thought to hear from the lips of a U.S. presidential…
Descriptors: Political Campaigns, Ethnic Diversity, Student Diversity, Affirmative Action