implementing the mutually adaptive learning paradigm
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Implementing the Mutually Adaptive Learning Paradigm. Nan Frydland and Judy Zivan Long Island University, Hudson Graduate Campus [email protected] [email protected] Guiding the Autonomous Mind: Perspectives in TESOL and Applied Linguistics - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Implementing the
Mutually Adaptive Learning Paradigm
Implementing the
Mutually Adaptive Learning Paradigm
Nan Frydland and Judy ZivanLong Island University, Hudson Graduate [email protected] [email protected]
Guiding the Autonomous Mind: Perspectives in TESOL and Applied Linguistics
NYS TESOL Applied Linguistics Winter Conference 2014Teachers College, Columbia University
New York City
Mutually Adaptive LearningParadigm: Culturally Responsive Teaching• Ways of Learning:
Western-style v. Informal
• Ways of Being: Individualistic v. Collectivistic
• The Intercultural Communication Framework:
Relationships, Priorities, and Associations
Mutually Adaptive Learning Paradigm (MALP)
Components of Learning
Struggling L2 Learners
Western-Style Education
ACCEPTS CONDITIONS from learners.
Immediate RelevanceInterconnectedness
Future RelevanceIndependence
COMBINE PROCESSES from learners and Western-style education
Shared ResponsibilityOral Transmission
Individual AccountabilityWritten Word
FOCUS on Western-style learning ACTIVITIES with familiar language and content
Pragmatic Tasks Decontextualized Tasks
MALP Teacher Planning ChecklistA. Accept conditions for learning:
1. Immediate relevance 2. InterconnectednessB.Combine processes for learning:
1. Shared responsibility/individual accountability
2. Oral transmission/written wordC.Focus on activities for learning:
1. Introduce new/academic tasks2. Make tasks accessible with familiar
language and content.
Judy’s Class: Northeast Suburban High School
• Ages: 14-17 years
• Education: 9th--12th grades in U.S.
• Origins: Brazil, India, South Korea, China, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Honduras, U.S.
• U.S. residency: 3 months--14 years
• English proficiency: high beginner--advanced
• Class size: 9 students
Suburban Public High School• Socio-economically middle-class• 25 ESL students in a population
of 2,500 students• 1 ESL teacher • Multi-level classroom • High beginners-advanced level
ESL proficiency
Teacher • Student teacher • TESOL graduate
student• 1 year teaching
experience in a Hebrew school and ESL adult education
• MALP trained
MALP Step 1: Project-based Survey is Immediately Relevant and Creates a Sense of Interconnectedness
MALP Step 2: Students’ Surveys Allow for Shared Responsibility & Individual Accountability
MALP Step 3: Students’ Tabulations and Analysis of the Data Focus on Academic Tasks Using Familiar Language and Content Academic objectives for critical thinking: •Students conduct, analyze and quantify the results of a survey;•Students draw conclusions and report on a survey.
MALP: Project-based Curriculum Meets All the Criteria:
1. Immediate Relevancy
2. Interconnectedness
3. Shared responsibility
4. Individual accountability
5. Focus on academic tasks
6. Tasks made accessible.
Nan’s Class: Northeast Urban/suburban CBO • Ages: 17-60
• Education: none--college (in home countries)
• Origins: Guatemala, Mexico, Honduras, Peru, Ecuador, South Korea
• U.S. residency: 1—16 years
• English proficiency: beginner--intermediate
• Class size: 4-10 students
• Volunteer
• TESOL graduate
student
• 3 years’ IEP and
CBO teaching
experience
• MALP trained
Teacher
MALP Step 1: Using a Scroll-based CurriculumLearners’ Texts Are Immediately Relevant and They Create a Sense of Interconnectedness
MALP Step 2: Students’ Scrolls Allow Shared Responsibility & Individual Accountability
MALP Step 3: Students’ Scrolls Focus on Academic Tasks Using Familiar Language and Content
1. Immediate Relevancy
2. Interconnectedness
3. Shared responsibility
4. Individual accountability
5. Academic tasks
6. Tasks made accessible
MALP: Using Scroll-based Curriculum Meets All the Criteria
MALP ResourcesWebsite: http://malpeducation.comWiki: http://malp.pbworks.comBook: Marshall, Helaine, and DeCapua, Andrea. Making the Transition: Culturally Responsive Teaching for Struggling Language Learners. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2013.
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DeCapua, A., and H. W. Marshall. Breaking new ground: teaching students with limited or interrupted formal education in U.S. secondary schools. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2011.
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Gay, G. Culturally responsive teaching theory, research, and practice. New York: Teachers College Press, 2000.
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Hooks, B. Teaching to transgress: education as the practice of freedom. New York: Routledge, 1994.
Marshall, H. W., and DeCapua, A. Making the transition: culturally responsive teaching for struggling language learners. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2013.
Norton, B., and Toohey, K. Critical pedagogies and language learning. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. Print.
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