Faculty Publications
Document Type
Report
Keywords
Bilingual Education; Consciousness Raising; Cultural Awareness; Culturally Relevant Education
Abstract
This paper describes how the University of Northern Iowa's San Antonio Regional Student Teaching Program developed a course to provide cultural information on Hispanic Americans for its predominantly white student teachers. The course was delivered over 2 semesters; with students doing most work in five 2-hour meetings on campus. During the student teaching semester; they implemented the ideas and activities that they had created during the course. The paper presents the course syllabus; which offers a background on Hispanics and five sessions that emphasize how to reach Hispanic students; Mexican and Mexican American culture (holidays; food; art; and music); literature for students and teachers/exemplary authors; books; and activities; Mexican American historical perspectives and Mexican American heroes; and bilingual education and other critical issues. The sessions include strategies; field trips; handouts; and assignments. (Contains 23 bibliographic references.) (SM)
Department
Student Field Experience
Original Publication Date
2002
Object Description
1 PDF file (19 pages)
Repository
UNI ScholarWorks, Rod Library, University of Northern Iowa
Copyright
©2002 Christine Canning, Mary Salazar-Guenther, and Julio Polanco-Noboa
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Canning, Christine; Salazar-Guenther, Mary; and Polanco-Noboa, Julio, "Reflecting Latino Culture in Our Classrooms: A Quick Start for Teachers." (2002). Faculty Publications. 5673.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/facpub/5673
Comments
ERIC Document - ED464066 found in the ERIC Database