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Introduction | |
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Culture, Literacy, and Learning | |
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What Is Culture? | |
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Individualism versus Collectivism | |
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Collectivistic Cultures | |
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Individualistic Cultures | |
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A Continuum-Not a Dichotomy | |
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How Does Culture Influence Learning? | |
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Formal Education | |
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Pragmatic and Academic Ways of Thinking | |
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Assumptions and Culturally Based Pedagogy | |
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Literacy | |
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What Is Literacy? | |
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SLIFE Achievement Gap or Cultural Dissonance? | |
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For Further Exploration | |
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Two Different Learning Paradigms | |
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Conceptualizing a Learning Paradigm | |
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Conditions for Learning in the Two Settings | |
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Processes for Learning in the Two Settings | |
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Activities for Learning in the Two Settings | |
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Two Contrasting Learning Paradigms | |
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For Further Exploration | |
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An Introduction to MALP: The Mutually Adaptive Learning Paradigm | |
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Addressing Cultural Dissonance | |
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Establish and Maintain Communication | |
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Identify Priorities | |
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Build Associations | |
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The Mutually Adaptive Learning Paradigm | |
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Teachers Accept Students' Conditions for Learning | |
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Students and Teachers Combine Processes for Learning from Both Paradigms | |
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Students Learn New Classroom Activities | |
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For Further Exploration | |
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Infusing Lessons with MALP | |
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Lesson Planning and Academic Task Objectives | |
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Social Studies Scenario | |
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Discussion of Christina's Lessons | |
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Using the MALP Checklist | |
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Math Scenario | |
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Discussion of Rick's Lessons | |
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For Further Exploration | |
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Project-Based Learning | |
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What Is Project-Based Learning? | |
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Oral Interaction in the Classroom | |
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What Is a Project and What Is Not? | |
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Project-Based Learning and MALP | |
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Accept Conditions for Learning | |
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Combine Processes for Learning | |
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Focus on New Activities for Learning | |
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Implementing Project-Based Learning | |
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Project-Based Learning and the Curriculum | |
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For Further Exploration | |
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Projects Targeting Academic Thinking | |
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Why Target Academic Thinking? | |
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Mapping Time | |
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Timelines | |
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Collections | |
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The Mystery Bag | |
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Autobiography | |
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Transitions | |
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Bookmarking | |
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Delicious.com | |
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For Further Exploration | |
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Sample Project-Class Surveys | |
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Why Class Surveys? | |
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Introducing the Concept of Surveys | |
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Select the Topic | |
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Create and Organize the Questions | |
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Conduct the Survey | |
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Analyze and Quantify the Results | |
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Draw Conclusions | |
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Report on the Survey | |
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Disseminate the Results | |
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After the Survey-Following Up | |
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For Further Exploration | |
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Reflecting on MALP | |
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Ms. Kempinski Makes the Journey | |
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Revisiting Cultural Dissonance | |
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Vuong Makes the Journey | |
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Education Is Just the Beginning … | |
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For Further Exploration | |
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References | |
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Index | |