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Keynote at the MELEd conference Minnesota November 2015 discussing how to best understand and meet the needs of struggling English learners in our schools
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- 1. malpeduca)on.com ©2015 MALP, LLC Building Bridges to Academic Success Through Culturally Responsive Teaching Keynote MELEd Conference Minneapolis, MN November 6, 2015 Dr. Andrea DeCapua
- 2. malpeduca)on.com ©2015 MALP, LLC
- 3. malpeduca)on.com ©2015 MALP, LLC Ways of thinking and lear2ing are shaped by prior lear2ing ex6eriences
- 4. malpeduca)on.com ©2015 MALP, LLC Struggling ELs Appropriate grade-level education Age-appropriate literacy Grade-level content knowledge Identity as learner No / interrupted / limited formal education No / low literacy Missing grade-level content knowledge Incomplete identity as learner Other ELs
- 5. malpeduca)on.com ©2015 MALP, LLC Prior schooling?
- 6. malpeduca)on.com ©2015 MALP, LLC Ways of Learning Continuum No schooling, New to print Full par@cipa@on formal educa@on
- 7. malpeduca)on.com ©2015 MALP, LLC Layers of the Instructional Context Curriculum, Instruc)on, and Assessment Culturally Responsive Teaching Societal Factors Bedrock Layer
- 8. malpeduca)on.com ©2015 MALP, LLC Teachers and learners assume that 1. the goals of K-12 instruction are a) to produce an independent learner b) to prepare that learner for life after schooling 2. the learner is ready to a) engage in literacy-based, school-related tasks b) participate and demonstrate mastery on an individual basis
- 9. malpeduca)on.com ©2015 MALP, LLC Underlying Cultural Differences
- 10. malpeduca)on.com ©2015 MALP, LLC
- 11. malpeduca)on.com ©2015 MALP, LLC
- 12. malpeduca)on.com ©2015 MALP, LLC Informal Ways of Learning Formal Education
- 13. malpeduca)on.com ©2015 MALP, LLC Academic Tasks • Definitions Ø What is a tree? • True/False Ø New York City is the capital of New York State Ø St. Paul is the capital of Minnesota • Classification Ø Categorize these objects
- 14. malpeduca)on.com ©2015 MALP, LLC
- 15. malpeduca)on.com ©2015 MALP, LLC Sample Task Flynn, 2007 What do dogs and rabbits have in common?
- 16. malpeduca)on.com ©2015 MALP, LLC • Oral transmission / written word • Collectivism / individualism • Informal ways of learning / formal education Three Underlying Cultural Differences
- 17. malpeduca)on.com ©2015 MALP, LLC Teachers and learners assume that 1. the goals of K-12 instruction are a) to produce an independent learner b) to prepare that learner for life after schooling 2. the learner is ready to a) engage in literacy-based, school-related tasks b) participate and demonstrate mastery on an individual basis
- 18. malpeduca)on.com ©2015 MALP, LLC (Ibarra, 2001)
- 19. malpeduca)on.com ©2015 MALP, LLC Struggling ELs US Schools CONDITIONS PROCESSES ACTIVITIES Aspects of Learning Different Learning Paradigms Shared Responsibility Individual Accountability Pragmatic Tasks Academic Tasks Interconnectedness Oral Transmission Independence Written Word Future RelevanceImmediate Relevance
- 20. malpeduca)on.com ©2015 MALP, LLC Mutually Adaptive Learning Paradigm® MALP® ü Instructional Model ü Elements from students’ learning paradigm ü Elements from formal educational learning paradigm ü Transitional approach to developing identity as learner by reducing cultural dissonance
- 21. Mutually Adap)ve Learning Paradigm – MALP® Struggling ELs U.S. Schools Interconnectedness Independence Shared Responsibility Individual Accountability Pragma@c Tasks Academic Tasks ACCEPT CONDITIONS COMBINE PROCESSES FOCUS on NEW ACTIVITIES with familiar language & content Immediate Relevance Oral Transmission WriPen Word with Future Relevance malpeduca@on.com Immediate relevance
- 22. malpeduca)on.com ©2015 MALP, LLC • Students work collaboratively to produce a final product • Learner-centered vs. teacher-centered MALP and Projects
- 23. malpeduca)on.com ©2015 MALP, LLC A. Accept Conditions for Learning A1. I am making this lesson/project immediately relevant to my students. A2. I am helping students develop and maintain interconnectedness. B. Combine Processes for Learning B1. I am incorporating both shared responsibility and individual accountability. B2. I am scaffolding the written word through oral interaction. C. Focus on New Activities for Learning C1. I am focusing on tasks requiring academic ways of thinking. C2. I am making these tasks accessible with familiar language and content. MALP Teacher Planning Checklist©
- 24. malpeduca)on.com ©2015 MALP, LLC Carol’s Civil War Project Student ages: 15-‐21 Prior educa@on: 3rd – 8th grade Home countries: Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Hai@ Carol: Social Studies & ESL
- 25. malpeduca)on.com ©2015 MALP, LLC How am I making this lesson immediately relevant to my students?
- 26. malpeduca)on.com ©2015 MALP, LLC How am I helping students develop and maintain interconnectedness?
- 27. malpeduca)on.com ©2015 MALP, LLC How am I incorporating both group responsibility and individual accountability?
- 28. malpeduca)on.com ©2015 MALP, LLC How am I scaffolding the written word through oral interaction?
- 29. malpeduca)on.com ©2015 MALP, LLC What new academic tasks am I introducing?
- 30. malpeduca)on.com ©2015 MALP, LLC What am I doing to make the new tasks accessible to my students?
- 31. malpeduca)on.com ©2015 MALP, LLC A. Accept Conditions for Learning A1. I am making this lesson/project immediately relevant to my students. A2. I am helping students develop and maintain interconnectedness. B. Combine Processes for Learning B1. I am incorporating both shared responsibility and individual accountability. B2. I am scaffolding the written word through oral interaction. C. Focus on New Activities for Learning C1. I am focusing on tasks requiring academic ways of thinking. C2. I am making these tasks accessible with familiar language and content. MALP Teacher Planning Checklist©
- 32. malpeduca)on.com ©2015 MALP, LLC Formal Educa@on Informal Ways of Learning Orality Collec@vism Deficit View Dissonance View Ways of Learning Continuum
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- 34. malpeduca)on.com ©2015 MALP, LLC Questions?