John Wesley White
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University of North FloridaLocation
Jacksonville, Florida Area United StatesOccupation
Associate ProfessorIndustry
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About
I teach and conduct research in the areas of English Language Arts/Literacy and Reading Methods for the Content Areas. In layman's terms, I teach graduate and undergraduate students who wish to become secondary English teachers (6-12th grades) and I teach preservice teachers in other content areas (Social Studies, Math, Science, Art, etc.) how to help 6-12th grade students become better readers and writers. My research is primarily focused on two areas: a) making secondary English content and pedagogy more relevant to today's students, technologies, and cultures and; b) examining the conflicts that result between discourse processes, especially students' native discourses and those of ...