Cultural Considerations for Vocabulary Instruction in the Urban Classroom

• In Event: Sheraton Roundtable Session Nine
  In Roundtable Session: Urban Learning, Teaching and Research SIG Roundtable One (Table 19)

Abstract

In Cultural Considerations for Vocabulary Instruction in the Urban Classroom, the presenter challenges attendees with the task of being reflective and intentional in their use of instructional materials and teaching practices in the literacy classroom. Using storytelling, the presenter craftily illustrates how her years spent teaching in the elementary classroom enabled her to thrive in her scholarship as a researcher and teacher educator. Perhaps you will laugh. You may even shed a tear. Ultimately, the presenter charges attendees with defying the deficit thinking that accompanies literacy instruction for urban student populations and challenges them to leverage community funds of knowledge as the literacy wealth they have always been.

Authors

• Cheron Hunter Davis, Florida A&M University
  Presenting Author

• Tiyana Herring, Florida State University
  Presenting Author