Aleksandra Ita Olszewska
Biographic Data
| ID | 1248023 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Aleksandra Ita Olszewska |
| GIVEN NAMES | Aleksandra Ita |
| FAMILY NAME | Olszewska |
| SIGNATURE | OLSZEWSKA A I |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Florida |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7060-4844 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
“They say that we are refugees, so we are them”
The refugee construct is multidimensional, encompassing legal, administrative, political, and social layers. On one hand, being granted refugee status can be a matter of life or death; on the other, classifying people as refugees can be a violent act of naming as it may become a tool of categorization. Grounded in Refugee Critical Race Theory (RefugeeCrit) and informed by humanizing and arts-based methods, this qualitative study examines how four…
If you don't speak Norwegian well, they think you are stupid
A humanizing pedagogy of engagement
This qualitative study, conducted in the context of a graduate course entitled ‘Teaching Adults,’ investigates the teaching beliefs and practices of eleven award-winning faculty in diverse disciplines at a research-intensive university in the southeastern U.S. Drawing from the framework of humanizing pedagogy, the findings demonstrate that the instructors challenge the banking concept of education (Freire 1970 Freire, Paulo. 1970. Pedagogy of the…
Humanizing power of counter-stories
Can English Learner Teacher Effectiveness Be Observed? Validation of an EL‐Modified Framework for Teaching
Across the United States, school districts have adopted various methods to capture what effective teachers do to facilitate student learning. Some of these methods include peer lesson studies where teachers co‐plan and co‐evaluate their work, examining student standardized tests scores to align teachers with student learning outcomes, and using a teacher observation protocol to examine in‐class instructional practices and evaluate teachers. These…
Scholarly contributions to twenty-first century multilingualism
Any national leader, educator, or policy-maker with an interest in the intersectionality of language, politics, and economics and who seeks a refreshing epistemic shift in view of multilingualism w
Humanizing power of counter-stories
If you don't speak Norwegian well, they think you are stupid
Can English Learner Teacher Effectiveness Be Observed? Validation of an EL‐Modified Framework for Teaching
Across the United States, school districts have adopted various methods to capture what effective teachers do to facilitate student learning. Some of these methods include peer lesson studies where teachers co‐plan and co‐evaluate their work, examining student standardized tests scores to align teachers with student learning outcomes, and using a teacher observation protocol to examine in‐class instructional practices and evaluate teachers. These…
Scholarly contributions to twenty-first century multilingualism
Any national leader, educator, or policy-maker with an interest in the intersectionality of language, politics, and economics and who seeks a refreshing epistemic shift in view of multilingualism w
Scholarly contributions to twenty-first century multilingualism
Any national leader, educator, or policy-maker with an interest in the intersectionality of language, politics, and economics and who seeks a refreshing epistemic shift in view of multilingualism w
Can English Learner Teacher Effectiveness Be Observed? Validation of an EL‐Modified Framework for Teaching
Across the United States, school districts have adopted various methods to capture what effective teachers do to facilitate student learning. Some of these methods include peer lesson studies where teachers co‐plan and co‐evaluate their work, examining student standardized tests scores to align teachers with student learning outcomes, and using a teacher observation protocol to examine in‐class instructional practices and evaluate teachers. These…
Humanizing power of counter-stories
A humanizing pedagogy of engagement
This qualitative study, conducted in the context of a graduate course entitled ‘Teaching Adults,’ investigates the teaching beliefs and practices of eleven award-winning faculty in diverse disciplines at a research-intensive university in the southeastern U.S. Drawing from the framework of humanizing pedagogy, the findings demonstrate that the instructors challenge the banking concept of education (Freire 1970 Freire, Paulo. 1970. Pedagogy of the…
If you don't speak Norwegian well, they think you are stupid
“They say that we are refugees, so we are them”
The refugee construct is multidimensional, encompassing legal, administrative, political, and social layers. On one hand, being granted refugee status can be a matter of life or death; on the other, classifying people as refugees can be a violent act of naming as it may become a tool of categorization. Grounded in Refugee Critical Race Theory (RefugeeCrit) and informed by humanizing and arts-based methods, this qualitative study examines how four…
Multilingual Education and Policy (4 works) · Pedagogy (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Higher Education Practises and Engagement (2 works) · Law (2 works)