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Straubhaar, Rolf – Comparative Education Review, 2014
This article presents findings from 12 months of ethnographic observations of nonformal adult education classes offered by an internationally funded nonprofit, referred to in this article as Comunidades de Poder (CDP). The primary objective of this article is to examine the various contextual factors that influenced CDP teachers' instruction and…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Foreign Countries, Ethnography, Teaching Methods
Rubio Vallejo, David – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The interaction between root (i.e. non-epistemic) modal verbs and functional heads like tense and aspect has been investigated in a wealth of recent literature, particularly in the context of counterfactual conditionals (Iatridou, 2000; Arregui, 2009; a.o.) and actuality entailments (Bhatt, 1999; Hacquard, 2006). In this work, I continue this…
Descriptors: Verbs, Spanish, French, Morphemes
Ramirez, Jenesis J. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
During its inception in the Colonial Era, higher education was founded for the purpose of educating aristocratic white men (Cohen & Kisker, 2010). Today, men continue to hold the majority of institutional leadership positions and white men surpass the representation of women and men of all other races in professorial positions (Albertine,…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Women Faculty, Communities of Practice, Feminism
Orozco, Graciela L. – School Community Journal, 2008
Schools often consider themselves experts in a child's education. While school personnel are trained to work with children and families and certainly have much experience in the matter, the perspective and values of low-income parents are not always understood nor incorporated into the school culture. Since parent involvement has been shown to…
Descriptors: School Culture, Income, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship
Cowhey, Mary – Teaching Tolerance, 2009
In the author's school district, teachers and parents found a way to change the question. "How can their community support the grassroots leadership development and organizing efforts of low income parents and guardians to close the "opportunity gap"?" Together they learned to roar. In 2007, the author and her colleague created Families with…
Descriptors: Low Income, Community Support, Low Income Groups, School Community Relationship
Cowhey, Mary – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2010
In K-12 education, there is a saying. How can teachers close the "achievement gap"? In other words, if the students' parents speak little or no English, often lack formal education, and are strained by poor health, violence, inadequate housing and transportation, and the stresses of living in poverty, how can teachers be expected to bring those…
Descriptors: Low Income, Elementary Secondary Education, Academic Achievement, Parents as Teachers
Méndez, Tatiana; García, Andrea – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2012
This article derives from a critical discourse analysis study that reports the characteristics of elementary school students' power and solidarity relations in English as a foreign language classroom in Bogotá, Colombia, while we were doing our teaching English as a foreign language practicum. The study was based on theories of power and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Student Empowerment, English (Second Language)
Stratton, Susan – Journal of School Public Relations, 2006
This study explored ways to increase authentic participation of Mexican American parents in the education of their children. It focused on direct dialogue between Spanish-speaking parents and English-speaking school personnel and how dialogue facilitated group development. The design of the study included phenomenological inquiry and action…
Descriptors: Mexican Americans, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, Action Research
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Wilson, Robert E. – Hispania, 1977
Discusses the meanings that may be expressed in Spanish by this verb. (RM)
Descriptors: Language Usage, Semantics, Spanish, Standard Spoken Usage
Center for Law and Education, Washington, DC. – 1996
Based on the view that parents should participate in key decisions about their children's schooling, this booklet, in English and Spanish versions, provides advice and suggestions for parents on ways to be involved in their children's education. The booklet begins with a letter addressed to parents, outlining possible parental roles in their…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Elementary Secondary Education, Family School Relationship, Federal Programs
Bolinger, Dwight L. – 1961
Three examples are given of cases where differences between Spanish and English syntax and intonation patterns are taught best through direct translation. Grammatical difficulties caused by "gustar" are overcome through the use of translation using "appeal" rather than "please". Similarly, problems for native speakers of English arising with…
Descriptors: Intonation, Language Instruction, Language Usage, Romance Languages
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Sirbu-Dumitrescu, Domnita – Hispania, 1988
Spanish modal verbs may express necessity, obligation, probability, and possibility, in either their personal or impersonal modes. Analysis is based on examples of contemporary Madrid speech. Four modals, "poder,""deber (de)," tener que," and "haber que," are placed within a tripartite structure defined by…
Descriptors: Grammar, Phrase Structure, Regional Dialects, Second Language Learning
Alford, Sue, Comp. – Advocates for Youth, 2009
U.S. teen pregnancy and birth rates remain among the highest in the western world. And although Latina teens were the only group to experience a decline in birth rate between 2006 and 2007, they continue to experience the highest rates in most states and across the nation. About half of all Latina teens experience pregnancy before they reach their…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Females, Outreach Programs, Prevention
Martin, Rachel – 1999
This adult education curriculum, part of the Aprender Es Poder (To Learn Is Power) program, explores the themes of school success for Latino children, expands the work options and improves the working conditions of Latino adults, and identifies community issues. It is meant to be a resource for English as a Second Language Literacy and adult basic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Community Involvement, Curriculum
Bass de Martinez, Bernice – 1977
Bilingual teachers and program directors of northern New Mexico attended a workshop at New Mexico Highlands University to examine the curriculum designed to meet the needs of students within the bilingual bicultural setting. Participants were asked to redefine curriculum within the "workshop" setting. Consultants assisted the group in…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Bilingual Education, Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Design