Inquiry Approaches to Bilingual/Heritage Language Curriculum Design
“In problem-posing education, people develop their power to perceive critically the way they exist in the world with which and in which they find themselves; they come to see the world not as a static reality, but as a reality in process, in transformation.” (Freire)
In this course we will explore the power and potential of designing our learning environments around inquiry-based and problem-posing approaches with bilingual learners. We will familiarize ourselves with the foundation of these approaches, and draw clear links between their fundamental goals and the goals of creating rich multilingual and multiliteracies environments with heritage/bilingual learners. We will build our confidences around the differences between project based learning, critical service learning, and youth participatory action research with guest instructors J Eik (University of Arizona) and Dr. Josh Prada (Indiana University-Purdue). Using built-in collaboration time, participants will design, implement, and share units to bring these pedagogies and transformative beliefs about the potential of an education for collective self-determination into the multilingual classroom.
Thurs | Fall 2019/Spring 2020 | 6:00 - 8:00 pm (CST)
Meeting Dates
- October 24 & 31
- November 7 & 14
- December 5, 12 & 19
- January 23, 30
- February 6
- March 5, 12 & 19
- April 16 & 23
Limited to the first 30 registrants.
Registrations accepted online until 9/23/20, at noon.
Cost Information
Fee - $TBA
Included in the Fee: The event fee includes instruction.
Early Bird/Group Discount: Save $50 if registered by April 30 for Early Bird discount OR save $50 if three (3) from the same school or organization register. Only one discount available per registrant. Discounts will NOT be combined.
Prior to Attending Information
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Prerequisites
This course is designed for people who have taken the Introduction/Critical Approaches to Heritage Language Education course (through UW-Whitewater or the CARLA Summer Institute). If you are interested in this course, but have not yet taken Critical Approaches to Heritage Language Education, contact the instructor for options. Instructor email cushingj@uww.edu.
15 Week Certificate Course
Inquiry Approaches to Bilingual/Heritage Language Curriculum Design will be web-based, synchronous meetings (using Zoom, Google Classroom and Flipgrid). Meetings will be held on Thursdays, 6-8pm CST.
Texts
All readings will be provided by instructors. We suggest participants also familiarize themselves with the Berkeley YPAR Hub website: http://yparhub.berkeley.edu/
Outcomes
- Outcomes Examine how our pedagogies and curriculum align with goals for transformative learning with multilingual youth of color.
- Familiarize yourself with resources to support project based learning, critical service learning, and youth participatory action research.
- Strengthen our understandings and capacities regarding project based learning, critical service learning, and collaborating with youth in participatory action research projects.
- Collaborate with fellow heritage/bilingual teachers to design multilingual learning environments rooted in inquiry and problem-posing.
- Integrate learnings from previous courses (arts integration, critical literacies, multimodal literacies, critical race theories, content-based instruction, intraethnic studies frameworks, etc.) with new learnings.
- Design and try out at least one inquiry-based and/or problem-posing approach with multilingual learners in your teaching environment, process dilemmas, and seek feedback from colleagues in the course.
- Sharing of units and other materials designed throughout the course.
“People are fulfilled to the extent that they create their world (which is a human world), and create it with their transforming labor.” (Freire)
What You Will Need to Attend
- Required book
- A computer, tablet, or smartphone
- A reliable internet connection (hard-wired connections work best)
- A microphone (external mics preferred)
- Webcam
Course Credit
Do not register on this site if seeking course credit.
- Current UW-Whitewater students seeking graduate or undergraduate credit please register using WINS.
- Non-UW-Whitewater students seeking credit please contact Continuing Education Services before registering at contined@uww.edu.
- If you have a non-teaching degree and are seeking initial teaching licensure, please education@uww.edu before registering.
- If you have teaching license and are seeking additional licensure in world (heritage) language education, please email education@uww.edu before registering.
Instructors
J. Eik Diggs
Teacher
