47.096-4 - Welcoming, Encouraging, and Celebrating the Authentic Voices of K–12 Students of Color

• In Event: 47.096 - MTCC Roundtable Session 20

Session Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

This symposium inspires hope for teachers of K-12 students-of-color. Author 1’s presentation examines how her classroom dialogue and student writing protocols engaged middle school-aged youth about the mainstream and non-dominant Englishes within their linguistic repertoire while heightening their metalinguistic awareness. Author 2 presents findings from classroom inquiry examining ways that translanguaging impacted the writing development of her dual language immersion elementary students. Author 3 presents findings from her teacher research facilitating a ‘community of practice’ within English 12: African American Voice—a school-board approved high school course that she designed and teaches which examines how “Blackness” has contributed to, been influenced by, and has transformed America. Each presentation illuminates pedagogies that welcome, encourage, and celebrate the authentic voices of students-of-color.

Sub Unit

• Division K - Teaching and Teacher Education / Division K - Section 04: Multicultural, Inclusive, & Social Justice Frameworks in PK-16+ Settings

Chair

• Danny C. Martinez, University of California - Davis

Papers

• Investigating How and Why My Sixth Graders Use Mainstream English, Ebonics (African American Vernacular English), Spanglish, and Hmonglish - BernNadette Thokozile Best-Green, University of California - Davis

• Bilingual Third-Grade English Language Learners and Spanish Language Learners Use Translanguaging - Elizabeth Vieyra, Palm Springs Unified School District

• Cultural and Critical Teaching: Why Black Studies Matter - Donja Thomas, Gahanna Jefferson Schools