ED737-003
Winter 2006
Issues in Language and Literacy Diversity
Tuesdays, 1 – 4 pm
This will be the initial, experimental offering of a new course within the Literacy, Language, and Learning Disabilities unit, but open to all students. It is anticipated that subsequent versions of this course will be part of the core requirements in the unit.
The course will examine theory and research around the concept of diversity as it pertains to learning and development, with a particular focus on literacy and language development and their role in learning. We will interpret diversity to include social, cultural, and linguistic difference and disability. The course will examine the relationship of diversity along multiple dimensions to learning, educational institutions, and instructional dynamics. We will also discuss how the concept of discourse communities can aid us in conceptualizing diversity and in understanding the educational challenges and opportunities afforded by diversity as individuals strive to become literate.
Halliday, M.A.K. 1978. “Language and social man.” Chapter 1 in Language as social semiotic. London: Arnold.
Labov, W. (1972). The logic of nonstandard English. In Labov, W. (Ed.), Language in the inner city: Studies in the Black English vernacular. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
Stone, C. A. (in press). Contemporary approaches to the study of language and literacy development: A call for the integration of perspectives. In C. A. Stone, E. R. Silliman, B. Ehren, & K. Appel (Eds.), Handbook of language and literacy: Development and disability. New York: Guilford Press.
Kalyanpur, M., & Harry, B. (1999). Legal and epistemological underpinnings of the construction of disability. In Culture in special education (pp. 15-45). Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.
Deschenes, S., Cuban. L., & Tyack, D. (2001). Mismatch: Historical perspectives on schools and students who don’t fit them. Teachers College Record, 103, 525-547.
Eisenhart, M. (2001). Changing conceptions of culture and ethnographic methodology: Recent thematic shifts and their implications for research on teaching. In V. Richardson (Ed.), Handbook of research on teaching (4th ed., pp. 209-225). Washington, CD: American Educational Research Association.
Optional: Baker, B. (2002). The hunt for disability: The new eugenics and the normalization of school children. Teachers College Record, 104, 663-703.
III. Dimensions of Diversity
A. Social/Cultural Diversity
Delpit, L. (1988). The silenced dialogue: Power and pedagogy in educating other people’s children. Harvard Educational Review, 58, 280-298.
Optional: Moll, L. C., & Gonzalez, N. (1994). Critical issues: Lessons from research with language-minority children. Journal of Reading Behavior, 26, 439-456.
B. Diversity of Abilities
Leonard, L. B. (1998). Introduction. From, Children with specific language impairment (pp. 3-25). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Torgesen, J. K. (1999). Reading disabilities. In R. Gallimore, et al. (Eds.), Developmental perspectives on children with high-incidence disabilities (pp. 157-181). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Assocs.
Trent, S. C., Artiles, A. J., & Englert, C. S. (1998). From deficit thinking to social constructivism: A review of theory, research, and practice in special education. In P. D. Pearson & A. Iran-Nejad (Eds.), Review of Research In Education, vol. 23 (p. 277-307). Washington: AERA
McDermott, R., & Varenne, H. (1995). Culture as disability. Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 26, 324-348.
Artiles, A. J., Trent, S. C., & Palmer, J. (2004). Culturally diverse students in special education: Legacies and prospects. In J. A. Banks, & C. M. Banks (Eds.), Handbook of research on multicultural education, 2nd ed. (pp. 716-735) . San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
C. Linguistic Diversity
Baugh, John. 1995. "Linguistics, education and the law: Educational reform for Afircan-American language minority students." Linguistics and Education, Volume 7, # 2: Special issue - Africanized English and Education.
Baugh, John. 2004. Standard English and Academic English (Dialect) Learners in the African Diaspora. Journal of English Linguistics 32(3): 197-209.
Rickford, John R. & Angela Rickford. 1995. “Dialect readers revisited.” Linguistics and Education 7(2): 107-128.
Lin, Angel M.Y. 2001. Symbolic Domination and Bilingual Classroom Practices in Hong Kong. In M. Heller & M. Martin-Jones, Eds. Voices of Authority: Education and Linguistic Difference. Westport, Conn: Ablex Publishing.
Rampton, Ben. 2001. Youth, Race, and Resistance: A sociolinguistic perspective on micropolitics in England. In M. Heller & M. Martin-Jones, Eds. Voices of Authority: Education and Linguistic Difference. Westport, Conn: Ablex Publishing.
Ortiz, A. A. (1997). Learning disabilities occurring concomitantly with linguistic differences. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 30, 321-332
Gersten, R. & Baker, S. 2003. English language learners with learning disabilities. In Swanson, HL and Harris KR (Eds), Handbook of Learning Disabilities. New York: Guilford Press.
D. Gender/Sexuality diversity
Bochenek, Michael; Brown, A. Widney (2001). Hatred in the Hallways: Violence and Discrimination against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Students in U.S. Schools. New York: Human Rights Watch, 2001. Available online at www.hrw.org/reports/2001/uslgbt/toc.htm
See also Resource
Bibliography at:
http://www.fsw.ucalgary.ca/ramsay/gay-lesbian-bisexual/4o-schools-study-gay.htm
Lemke, J.L. 2002. Multimedia Genres for Scientific Education and Science Literacy." In M. J. Schleppegrell & C. Colombi, Eds., Developing Advanced Literacy in First and Second Languages. Erlbaum. pp.21-44. 2002.
Martin, J.R. 2002. Writing History. In M. J. Schleppegrell & C. Colombi, Eds., Developing Advanced Literacy in First and Second Languages. Erlbaum.
Schleppegrell, M. 2002. Challenges of the Science Register for ESL Students. In M. J. Schleppegrell & C. Colombi, Eds., Developing Advanced Literacy in First and Second Languages. Erlbaum.