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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Cultural and Linguistic Diversity"”.
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Limited English Proficient Mothers' Perceptions of the Transition Process From Early Intervention Programs to Preschool Programs: Cultural and Linguistic Barriers
… to preschool special education programs in a culturally and linguistically diverse Illinois public school district. The research focused on understanding if LEP parents of students with disabilities perceived that their own cultural and linguistic diversity affected the overall transition …
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The impact of multiliteracies and multimodality on ESL learners: Using Neuroimaging Technologies
… has become an important role in understanding education and the association with brain development. However, few previous studies have applied neuroimaging techniques to multiliteracies research, which is an important literacy pedagogy addressing multimodal learning and cultural and …
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Capstone Project
… focuses on the impact of integrating students’ cultural backgrounds into ELL curriculum while promoting culturally sustaining pedagogies in multilingual classrooms. The study examines how integrating this supports their academic achievement, engagement, and motivation for the English Language …
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Reflections on learning in a transnational context : a study of personal and professional development amongst Open University graduates living in Belgium, Greece and Spain
… Open University whilst living in Belgium, Greece and Spain. The impact of nationality, language and previous educational background on the experience of borderless education is explored, as well as the outcomes in terms of personal and professional development. Set within the wider framework of …
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Factors that Influence the Participation of Immigrant Latino Parents in the Special Education Process of their Children with Disabilities
… parents’ ability to actively participate in, and contribute to, their children’s special education process is influenced by a variety of parent and school related factors. For immigrant Latino parents, these factors may include additional issues related to cultural and linguistic diversity not …
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Striving and Surviving: The Phenomenology of the First-Year Teaching Experience
… enterprise. Shortages in high need communities and increasing numbers of provisionally certified (or uncertified) teachers represent two areas of concern. Notwithstanding the extraordinarily increasing cultural and linguistic diversity now found among the student population, the teacher …
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Clinical preceptor and student perceptions of the impact of cultural and linguistic differences
… to explore perceptions of staff nurse preceptors and culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) nursing students about the impact of cultural and linguistic diversity on their experiences when working together during clinical practicum. Perceived problems as well as coping methods used by nurses …
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Examining the Impact of Facilitation on the Performance of Global Project Networks Collaborating in Virtual Workspaces
… impacts the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry; customers in the AEC industry are seeking lower costs, faster construction schedules and higher quality services. In order to keep up with the changing demand and to stay competitive in the global AEC industry, firms …
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A Multiple-Case Study Exploring the Experiences of International Teaching Assistants in Engineering
… grading student work, holding office hours, and proctoring exams. When these international teaching assistants (ITAs) cross national boundaries to teach at US universities, they may experience significant differences in the educational cultures. Teaching in a new educational culture offers …
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Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in Khartoum State, Sudan: A desktop situational analysis
… population under 24 years. Data concerning child and adolescent mental health (CAMH) is limited in low-income countries. With a large youth population and significant cultural and linguistic diversity, Sudan has contributed minimal data to global CAMH research. Objectives This study aimed to …
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Examination Of Speech Disfluencies In The Story Generation Narratives Of Bidialectal Children
As language use in the US continues to expand and diversify, concerns have arisen regarding the use of diagnostic criteria for stuttering that were created based on monolingual English-speaking norms. Specifically, research has already revealed that bilingual Spanish-English speaking children are …
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States of play: Irish childhoods, race and belonging
… explores the meaning-making practices of migrant and non-migrant children in relation to identities, race, belonging and childhood itself in their everyday lives and in the context of ‘normalizing’ discourses and spaces in Ireland. The relational, spatial and institutional contexts of children’s …
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The Overidentification of Autism in Asian American Student Populations
… with peers who do not have disabilities, and decreased postsecondary outcomes compared with peers who do not have disabilities. Educators must constantly work to ensure that identification of disability conditions is accurate and free from racial and cultural bias. Federal and state …
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Sudanese literature in English translation: an analytical study of the translation with a historical introduction to the literature
This thesis sets out to record, analyze, and assess modern Sudanese literature within its historical, cultural, and political context. It highlights the diversity and distinctiveness of that literature, the wide range of its themes, and the resilience and complex background of its major …
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The dialectical tradition in South Africa
… - in a way which obscures its character and development - as Afrikaner liberalism. This current of thought has as its core a defence of free speech in its classical, rather than modem liberal, sense as a precondition for a good society, rather than an individual right. The study traces …
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Catching up to multiculturalism: Bilingual and cultural competent practices in speech-language pathology
<p>The rapid rise of culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) clients has resulted in an increased demand for bilingual speech-language pathologists (SLPs) in schools and health care settings. Yet little is known about the experiences and the training needs of these bilingual service providers. …
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Accent services: Considering the perspectives of non-native speakers of English for a culturally affirming practice
… second language. This area of practice has been, and continues to be, a controversial topic amongst scholars and practitioners. To explore and understand the perspectives of non-native speakers of English regarding their participation in accent services, the present study employed a qualitative …
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"You are coming with me": A phenomenological exploration of urban speech-language pathologists
<p>Using phenomenology and symbolic action theory as a theoretical framework, this qualitative study explored the experiences and practices of urban, school-based speechlanguage pathologists (SLPs). The study focused on the assessment, certification, and service of students in urban schools, a …
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Developing individualized education programs with culturally and linguistically diverse families from low-income homes : a heuristic inquiry of special education teachers
… shows evidence of overrepresentation of culturally and linguistically diverse children enrolled in special education services, a positive correlation between parent involvement and academic success, and a plethora of barriers impeding active 6 parent participation in IEP development. …