scholarly journals Beyond the “English Learner” Frame: Transnational Funds of Knowledge in Social Studies

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dafney Blanca Dabach ◽  
Aliza Fones
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
English Learners ◽  
Citizenship Education ◽  
Immigrant Students ◽  
Funds Of Knowledge ◽  
English Learner ◽  
Formal Schooling ◽  
Social Studies Teacher ◽  
Inclusive Society ◽  
Forms Of Knowledge

<div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="section"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span>Transnationalism is a phenomenon that has consequences for education, broadly defined. Even as youth engage in transnational practices that expand their knowledge across borders, immigrant students in U.S. schools are often framed narrowly as “English learners” and their forms of knowledge may be erased. Synthesizing literature at the intersection of transnationalism and education, citizenship education, and funds of knowledge, we argue for the necessity of recognizing immigrant youth’s transnational funds of knowledge. We draw from a qualitative study to illustrate how a high school social studies teacher created space for students’ transnational funds of knowledge in the classroom, focusing on a Pakistani student’s return visit to his country of origin. The teacher’s orientation toward students’ transnational funds of knowledge served to counter assimilationist discourses while teaching U.S. civics. This article contributes to understanding how immigrants’ transnational experiences can widen narrow visions of citizen-building in formal schooling and build upon their assets for a more inclusive society. </span></p></div></div></div></div>

Translanguaging Pedagogy to Support Bi/Multilingual Students' Language Learning in Social Studies

2020 ◽  
pp. 233-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew R. Deroo
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Social Studies ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Immigrant Students ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Multilingual Students ◽  
Social Studies Teacher ◽  
Theoretical Frame ◽  
Academic Content

This qualitative case study investigates how Mrs. Vega, a high school social studies teacher, supported her emergent bi/multilingual immigrant students' development of academic, content-based language learning in a U.S. Government class. Drawing upon data collected as part of a larger ethnography and using translanguaging pedagogy as a theoretical frame, this chapter centers Mrs. Vega's translanguaging stance, design, and shift. Findings demonstrate the multiple and varied ways Mrs. Vega's pedagogy supported her students' already-present linguistic and cultural abilities in support of their disciplinary learning. Implications are provided for theory and practice.

Translanguaging Pedagogy to Support Bi/Multilingual Students' Language Learning in Social Studies

2022 ◽  
pp. 1231-1252
Author(s):  
Matthew R. Deroo
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Social Studies ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Immigrant Students ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Multilingual Students ◽  
Social Studies Teacher ◽  
Theoretical Frame ◽  
Academic Content

This qualitative case study investigates how Mrs. Vega, a high school social studies teacher, supported her emergent bi/multilingual immigrant students' development of academic, content-based language learning in a U.S. Government class. Drawing upon data collected as part of a larger ethnography and using translanguaging pedagogy as a theoretical frame, this chapter centers Mrs. Vega's translanguaging stance, design, and shift. Findings demonstrate the multiple and varied ways Mrs. Vega's pedagogy supported her students' already-present linguistic and cultural abilities in support of their disciplinary learning. Implications are provided for theory and practice.

scholarly journals Incorporating Citizenship Education Framework in Social Studies Teachers’ Education Programme in Sultanate of Oman

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Saif Al-Maamari ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Social Studies ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Citizenship Education ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
Initial Teacher Education ◽  
Sultanate Of Oman ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Preparation Programs ◽  
Social Studies Teacher

Educational system in Oman is attempting to educate Omani students to be "good" citizens in an increasingly globalized society. However, a few studies that have been conducted until now in Oman revealed a gap between the intentions of the educational policy of teaching citizenship education in the schools and the actual practices of teacher education preparation programs. Therefore, any endeavor to develop citizenship in Oman schools will not achieve its goals without taking teacher education into account both pre-service and in-service. Accordingly, the present study aims to propose a framework for developing citizenship education in the initial teacher education in Oman. This descriptive study highlighted the gap between the policy and practice in social studies teacher education. The international literature reveals that student teachers feel insufficiently prepared to develop citizenship and Omani student teachers are not exceptional. Thus, the present study proposed a framework to incorporate citizenship education in the current teachers' preparation programs. Furthermore, the study reveals the inadequate presence of the topic of citizenship in teacher education. Therefore, teachers' understanding of citizenship becomes shallow, which undoubtedly leads to superficial learning on the part of the students. Therefore, a framework was proposed to develop citizenship in teacher education. This framework consists of the rationale behind the change, the Layout of the ground for change in teacher education, the mechanisms of the change, and the areas of the change.

“Using what you have” to teach for global citizenship

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Christoff
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
Citizenship Education ◽  
Global Citizenship ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Global Citizenship Education ◽  
Curriculum Framework ◽  
Social Studies Teacher ◽  
The Way

PurposeThis case study illustrates how one social studies teacher used the International Baccalaureate (IB) Middle Years Programme (MYP)' s framework and philosophy to teach for global citizenship. The research question that framed this study was: How is an IB MYP Individuals and Societies (I&S) teacher enacting their perceptions and understanding of global citizenship education? Findings illustrate that this teacher enacted a proactive pedagogy, using her own personal perceptions and what IB MYP offered her through their affective and cognitive frameworks to apply her conceptions of global citizenship education.Design/methodology/approachThe data for this single case study came from teacher semi-structured interviews (Rubin and Rubin, 2012), observations, field notes (Merriam and Tisdell, 2016) and teacher created documents. The goal for the teacher created documents was to provide detail, depth and evidence to support or contrast with what was found in the interviews and observations. Simultaneous, in vivo, and values coding were used to analyze the data and to get an overall picture of what the participant said, believed and practiced. Theories surrounding global citizenship education provided the lens for the study.FindingsThe findings are organized according to (1) the way this teacher's developed constructions of global citizenship and global citizenship education and IB led her to use the IB philosophy and framework to shape her beliefs and practices and (2) the way she embraced the tensions and possibilities inherent in her teaching for global citizenship in an IB MYP classroom to teach a proactive form of global citizenship education.Research limitations/implicationsThis research provides insight into the curriculum framework of IB MYP and the curriculum and instruction decisions of an I&S teacher. For the global citizenship education field, this study provides an example of how global citizenship can be incorporated into a social studies classroom.Practical implicationsFor social studies education, this study uncovered the possibilities present in the curriculum when a teacher is given the space to make their own instructional decisions. This study also gives guidance on how international curriculum frameworks can be utilized for global citizenship education. Finally, this study illustrates teachers must fully subscribe to IB and the MYP as a means of teaching for global citizenship for it to be beneficial.Originality/valueThis study has value because it highlights how a social studies teacher successfully uses an international curriculum framework to teach for global citizenship. Few studies have shown examples of teachers, especially IB MYP teachers, who are committed to teaching for global citizenship and use the tools they are given to center student choice and connect the content to their students' lives. Teachers and researchers will be able to view the pedagogical possibilities inherent in this teacher's global citizenship methods.

scholarly journals The Effect of Social Studies Lessons on Citizenship Perceptions of 7th Grade Syrian Immigrant Students

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hasan Bozkaya
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
Citizenship Education ◽  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Immigrant Students ◽  
Study Group ◽  
Qualitative Design ◽  
Purposive Sampling ◽  
Intercultural Interaction ◽  
Student Interview

Providing people to acquire some skills and concepts, social studies lessons interact with various branches of science. One of them is citizenship education. When citizenship education is examined, it is seen that effective citizenship education comes to the forefront in present democracies. Concepts and issues such as respect for differences, empathy, globalization, cooperation, solidarity, identity, unity, and the feeling of togetherness are important considering immigrant students’ acquiring citizenship awareness via intercultural interaction. The aim of this study is to determine the effect of social studies lessons on citizenship perceptions of 7th grade Syrian immigrant students. For this purpose, opinions of 14 Syrian immigrant students, who attended 7th grade in three different secondary schools in Hatay in 2019, were asked. The research was designed in qualitative design and phenomenology model. Purposive sampling method was used to determine Syrian immigrant students participating in the research. A semi-structured student interview form was used to collect data. It was found that, immigrant students in the study group of the research know their rights and responsibilities, respect the rights of others, feel responsible and have patriotism. They stated that citizenship education they received in social studies lessons contributed greatly to their acquisition of these values. Considering these findings, it was concluded that social studies lesson has an important effect on the formation of citizenship perceptions of Syrian immigrant students; enabling them to be connected with the environment they live in with a sense of belonging, while enabling them to become more sensitive and responsible citizens towards their environment.

scholarly journals Teachers’ Views on Citizenship Subjects within the Context of Social Studies Literacy Regarding Identity Formation and Acquisition of Citizenship Awareness of Immigrant Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 82
Author(s):  
Hasan Bozkaya
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
Identity Formation ◽  
Citizenship Education ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Immigrant Students ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Social Studies Teachers ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Social Rules

While immigrant students, who live in Turkey, have their own values at home, they encounter Turkish culture and values at school and in their social life. This situation brings along certain tensions in identity formation processes. Citizenship education aims to prepare students for social life by providing them with the necessary knowledge and skills to grow up as democratic citizens. Therefore, citizenship education has an important function in the identity formation of children. Therefore, citizenship education has an important function in the identity formation of children. The aim of this research is to determine teachers’ views about citizenship subjects regarding identity formation and citizenship awareness in the context of social studies literacy. Case study, which is one of the qualitative research methods, was used in this study. Data was gathered via a semi-structured teacher interview form. The data of the research was obtained via Social Studies teachers that work in Secondary Schools in Hatay, Turkey, during 2019-2020 academic year. For this purpose, semi-structured interviews were performed with 15 Social Studies teachers. Descriptive analysis technique was used to analyze the data obtained as a result of semi-structured interviews. The data obtained from the research was evaluated; the findings were defined and interpreted. Accordingly, it was concluded that citizenship issues have a unifying and integrating structure, both individually and socially, in identity formation and realizing citizenship awareness, and also influence the adoption of social rules and transforming them into behavior.

scholarly journals The Effect of Social Studies Lessons on Citizenship Perceptions of 7th Grade Syrian Immigrant Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hasan Bozkaya ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
Citizenship Education ◽  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Immigrant Students ◽  
Study Group ◽  
Qualitative Design ◽  
Purposive Sampling ◽  
Intercultural Interaction ◽  
Student Interview

Providing people to acquire some skills and concepts, social studies lessons interact with various branches of science. One of them is citizenship education. When citizenship education is examined, it is seen that effective citizenship education comes to the forefront in present democracies. Concepts and issues such as respect for differences, empathy, globalization, cooperation, solidarity, identity, unity, and the feeling of togetherness are important considering immigrant students’ acquiring citizenship awareness via intercultural interaction. The aim of this study is to determine the effect of social studies lessons on citizenship perceptions of 7th grade Syrian immigrant students. For this purpose, opinions of 14 Syrian immigrant students, who attended 7th grade in three different secondary schools in Hatay in 2019, were asked. The research was designed in qualitative design and phenomenology model. Purposive sampling method was used to determine Syrian immigrant students participating in the research. A semi-structured student interview form was used to collect data. It was found that, immigrant students in the study group of the research know their rights and responsibilities, respect the rights of others, feel responsible and have patriotism. They stated that citizenship education they received in social studies lessons contributed greatly to their acquisition of these values. Considering these findings, it was concluded that social studies lesson has an important effect on the formation of citizenship perceptions of Syrian immigrant students; enabling them to be connected with the environment they live in with a sense of belonging, while enabling them to become more sensitive and responsible citizens towards their environment.

The Reduction of Islam and Muslims in Ontario's Social Studies Textbooks

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehrunnisa Ahmad Ali ◽  
Nashwa Salem ◽  
Béchir Oueslati ◽  
Marie Andrew ◽  
Lisa Quirke
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
Social Studies Textbooks ◽  
Inclusive Society

Representations of Islam in Ontario's social studies textbooks portray a dehistoricized view of a religion that is disconnected from other monotheistic religions. The varied and complex socio-political and ideological locations of Muslims in historical and current contexts are reduced to simplistic, often negative depictions, either as irrational aggressors or victims of poverty and underdevelopment. More nuanced, historically grounded, and multifaceted representations are called for, in order to promote a more inclusive society in Ontario.

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