Developing Literacy Teachers' Cultural Understanding and Communication: A Collaboration Between U.S. and E.U. Partners

Session Submission Type: Symposium

Abstract

This symposium session includes four research studies related to the two-year long TRANSABCs that investigated the implementation of the ABCs of cultural understanding and communication (a.k.a., the ABCs) (Schmidt, 1998; Schmidt & Finkbeiner, 2006, Finkbeiner & Lazar, 2015) with preservice and inservice teachers as well as business majors in various contexts around the globe. The will give insight into the implementation process of the project and present most important results.

Content Area

• Area 8: Literacy Learning and Practice in Multilingual and Multicultural Settings

Chair

• Shelley Xu, California State University, Long Beach

Discussant

• Shelley Xu, California State University, Long Beach

Individual Presentations

• Promoting Cultural Awareness through the ABCs: Insights from an International Research Study - Claudia Hilde Finkbeiner, University of Kassel

• Learning About Power and Inequality Through the ABCs Project - Althier M Lazar, Saint Josephs University

• The ABCs and Impact on Literacy Coaches - Patricia A. Edwards, Michigan State University; Susan V. Piazza, Western Michigan University

• Increasing Teacher Understanding of Different Cultures Through the ABCs - Jiening Ruan, University of Oklahoma