[lg policy] Edling Digest, Vol 30, Issue 3
Harold Schiffman
haroldfs at GMAIL.COM
Thu Mar 4 16:41:37 UTC 2010
Forwarded From: edling at lists.sis.utsa.edu
Today's Topics:
1. Pre-Registration Announcement-Ethics and Politics ofResearch
with Immigrant Populations Conference (Francis Hult)
2. UCR study finds that DVDs don't help babies learn language
(Francis Hult)
3. China: More aid urged for private Chinese teaching (Francis Hult)
4. Cherokee Nation creates syllabary keypad (Francis Hult)
5. Cal State Fullerton: Students, professors fight foreign
language class cuts (Francis Hult)
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Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 17:40:22 -0600
From: Francis Hult <francis.hult at utsa.edu>
Subject: [Edling] Pre-Registration Announcement-Ethics and Politics
ofResearch with Immigrant Populations Conference
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PRE-REGISTRATION ANNOUNCEMENT
THE ETHICS AND POLITICS OF RESEARCH WITH IMMIGRANT POPULATIONS
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PRESIDENT'S INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE 2010
Friday and Saturday, June 4-5, 2010
Publishing Workshop Saturday, June 5
Hubert H. Humphrey Center
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
What are the epistemological and ethical considerations in research
with immigrant populations? Join university and community colleagues
and students from a variety of disciplines and interests to discuss
these issues.
PRE-REGISTRATION IS OPEN UNTIL APRIL 5, 2010
Pre-registration for students is $25 and $50 for non-students
Pre-registration forms are available at www.cehd.umn.edu/Immigrant-Research
Space is limited. We strongly encourage early registration.
After April 5 or onsite registration is $50 for students and $75 for
non-students.
For more information, please contact Sarah Hansen, conference
assistant, hanse230 at umn.edu
CONFERENCE CHAIRS
Bic Ngo, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Minnesota
Martha Bigelow, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, University
of Minnesota
Stacey J. Lee, Department of Educational Policy Studies, University of
Wisconsin, Madison
PLENARISTS
Dina Birman, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of
Illinois-Chicago, PI, School-based Mental Health interventions for
refugees (National Institute for Mental Health)
Jorge A. Bustamante, Professor of Sociology, University of Notre Dame,
UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants
Nancy H. Hornberger, Professor of Education, University of
Pennsylvania, Editor of Anthropology and Education Quarterly
Awad Ibrahim, Professor of Education, University of Ottawa, Canada,
Co-editor of Global Linguistic Flows: Hip-Hop Cultures, Youth
Identities and the Politics of Language (2009)
Kevin Kumashiro, Professor of Educational Policy Studies, University
of Illinois-Chicago, Author of Against Common Sense: Teaching and
Learning Toward Social Justice, revised edition (2009)
**THIS EVENT HAS BEEN DESIGNATED BY THE OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
FOR RESEARCH TO SATISFY THE AWARENESS/DISCUSSION COMPONENT OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA'S RESPONSIBLE CONDUCT OF RESEARCH (RCR)
CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENT.
For more information about the conference please visit:
www.cehd.umn.edu/Immigrant-Research
Primary Sponsor: President's Interdisciplinary Conference Initiative
Co-sponsors at the University of Minnesota: College of Education and
Human Development; Asian American Studies Program; Center for Advanced
Research on Language Acquisition; Center for Urban and Regional
Affairs; Center for Writing; Children, Youth and Family Consortium;
China Center; Department of Anthropology; Department of French &
Italian; Department of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies; Department
of German, Scandinavian & Dutch; Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Studies; Immigration History Research Center; Institute for Advanced
Study; Program in Linguistics; Program in Second Language Studies
(CLA); The Office for Public Engagement
Plus: Minnesota Department of Education, Refugee School Impact Grant
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Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 07:45:55 -0600
From: Francis Hult <francis.hult at utsa.edu>
Subject: [Edling] UCR study finds that DVDs don't help babies learn
language
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Press Enterprise
UCR study finds that DVDs don't help babies learn language
Educational DVDs aimed at teaching language to very young children
cannot replace human interaction -- the most effective way that babies
learn, according to a UC Riverside study.
Researchers who followed 96 babies, ages 12 to 24 months, found no
evidence that the children learned words from such videos, said the
lead author, Rebekah Richert, assistant professor of psychology.
Full story:
http://www.pe.com/localnews/stories/PE_News_Local_W_babydvd04.472da43.html
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Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 07:47:59 -0600
From: Francis Hult <francis.hult at utsa.edu>
Subject: [Edling] China: More aid urged for private Chinese teaching
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China Daily
More aid urged for private Chinese teaching
Teaching Chinese language to foreigners, a prime aspect of culture
exports so far dominated by public institutions, should be open to
private sectors as well, because they would be less prone to attacks
from culture protection radicals, a political advisor told Xinhua.
Full story:
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010npc/2010-03/04/content_9537443.htm
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Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 07:54:38 -0600
From: Francis Hult <francis.hult at utsa.edu>
Subject: [Edling] Cherokee Nation creates syllabary keypad
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Native American Times
Cherokee Nation creates syllabary keypad
In an ongoing effort to strengthen the use of the Cherokee language,
the Cherokee Nation has developed a unique keypad that allows the user
to more easily type in the Cherokee syllabary instead of using the
Latin alphabet that is standard to modern computer keyboards.
The special keypad is made of thin black silicone, and fits over the
top of a regular computer keyboard.
Full story:
http://nativetimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3152:cherokee-nation-creates-syllabary-keypad&catid=50&Itemid=26
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Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 07:57:23 -0600
From: Francis Hult <francis.hult at utsa.edu>
Subject: [Edling] Cal State Fullerton: Students, professors fight
foreign language class cuts
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Daily Titan
Students, professors fight foreign language class cuts
Students and professors alike rallied in front of the humanities
building at Cal State Fullerton on Thursday, Feb. 24 in an effort to
raise awareness about classes - in particular, foreign language - that
are being cut from the school.
The programs that are in danger of being discontinued are master's and
bachelor's degrees in French; master's, bachelor's and minors in
German; and a minor in Portuguese. If these programs are done away
with, majors such as International business in French, German, and
Portuguese will have to be canceled as well.
Full story:
http://www.dailytitan.com/2010/03/students-professors-fight-foreign-language-class-cuts/
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Harold F. Schiffman
Professor Emeritus of
Dravidian Linguistics and Culture
Dept. of South Asia Studies
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305
Phone: (215) 898-7475
Fax: (215) 573-2138
Email: haroldfs at gmail.com
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