BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Lewis & Clark//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20090308T100000 RDATE:20090308T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20091101T090000 RDATE:20091101T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090131 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090201 LOCATION:South Campus\, 101 SUMMARY:Paying Attention to Equity: Classrooms as Fulcrums for Justice DESCRIPTION:Using stories and examples from her 30 years as an inner city classroom teacher in Portland\, Linda Christensen\, director of the Oreg on Writing Project\, will explore how she engages students in a critical study about the power of language. She will discuss how teachers build cl assroom communities that include or exclude students from traditionally m arginalized groups. \; This seminar/workshop will examine how the cho ices teachers make influence students of poverty\, students of color\, an d English Language Learners. Christensen will show how she grounds her cu rriculum in students' language and lives\, teaches \; students to pos e essential questions about language and society\, and encourages them to reflect on ways to make a difference in the world. Organized by the Stu dent Union Network (SUN)\, this seminar will take place at the South Camp us Conference Center\, room 101. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Using stories and examples from her 30
years as an inner city classroom teacher in Portland\, Linda Christensen\
, director of the Oregon Writing Project\, will explore how she engages s
tudents in a critical study about the power of language. She will discuss
how teachers build classroom communities that include or exclude student
s from traditionally marginalized groups. \; This seminar/workshop wi
ll examine how the choices teachers make influence students of poverty\,
students of color\, and English Language Learners. Christensen will show
how she grounds her curriculum in students' language and lives\, teaches&
#160\; students to pose essential questions about language and society\,
and encourages them to reflect on ways to make a difference in the world.
Organized by the Student Union Network (SUN)\, this seminar will
take place at the South Campus Conference Center\, room 101.