tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102691172012-02-16T07:19:39.175-08:00Painted Cakes Do Not Satisfy HungerComments on Contemporary Society, Culture, Education and PoliticsRichard Spurgeonnoreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10269117.post-1106273651483494142005-01-20T18:08:00.000-08:002005-01-20T18:20:15.906-08:00Valley Junction, Iowa - January 17, 1942
My father's favorite family story is the one he tells about the day I was born. It was January 1942, and the coldest winter in memory. A Canadian blizzard had blown into Iowa shortly after New Year's Day and stayed. It was so cold that the frozen milk bottles had cream standing two inches above the bottle with the caps perched on top. It had snowed Richard Spurgeonnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10269117.post-1106267166029771632005-01-20T16:23:00.000-08:002005-01-20T16:26:06.030-08:00The Power of Culture: Teaching Across Language Difference, Zeynep F. Beykont, Ed.
The Connection Between Language, Culture, Social Justice, and Education
In classrooms across the country, but particularly in states that have the linguistic diversity of Texas, Massachusetts and California, teachers face the challenge of teaching students whose cultural and linguistic backgrounds are different Richard Spurgeonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10269117.post-1106266862677712732005-01-20T16:19:00.000-08:002005-01-20T16:37:23.100-08:00A Paradigm Change in Education
Different Students - A Different Approach
English Language Learners and speakers of non-standard English dialects are struggling in our schools. I am proposing a change in the educational paradigm:
From a literature-based early childhood education/developmental model to an information-based, Second Language Acquisition Model Utilizing the Concepts of Top-Down, Richard Spurgeonnoreply@blogger.com0