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April 1, 2008
A Faculty Scholar Seminar
 
Title
Community Based Cultural Socialization Among Adolescents: Repetoires of Practice of Interpreting Everyday Life
(and Literary) Problems
   
Speaker
Yolanda Majors
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
College of Education
University of Illinois at Chicago
   
Location Great Cities Institute, Suite 400 CUPPA Hall
412 South Peoria, Chicago, IL 60607

RSVP Appreciated: (312) 996-8700


This presentation will report on research concerning the use of community structures of positive cultural socialization practices in domain specific classroom teaching and learning. It will review data from this ongoing, two year curriculum intervention that is taking place in Chicago High School English Classrooms.

Yolanda J. Majors is an Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction in the College of Education, where she focuses her research on adult/adolescent literacy, curriculum design and instruction, and social justice education.