Sonia Nieto
Biographic Data
| ID | 3828067 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sonia Nieto |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sonia |
| FAMILY NAME | Nieto |
| SIGNATURE | NIETO S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0257-9840 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 96 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Intensive Rehabilitation Program in Older Adults with Stroke: Therapy Content and Feasibility—Preliminary Results from the BRAIN-CONNECTS Study
The main objective was to assess the feasibility of an intensive rehabilitation program (IRP) for stroke patients; and secondly, to detect eventual age-related differences in content, duration, tolerability, and safety in a prospective observational cohort of patients diagnosed with subacute stroke, admitted to inpatient rehabilitation (BRAIN-CONNECTS project). Activities during physical, occupational and speech therapy, and time dedicated to eac…
"Placing Equity Front and Center" for Teacher Education in a Time of Crisis
“Walk in Grace”: A Kitchen-Table Talk on Cultivating Care, Dignity, Love, and Respect in Education
Grounded in the power of our interconnectedness and humanity, this kitchen-table talk explores what it means to cultivate care, dignity, love, and respect in education. We begin by sharing personal offerings and stories that center us in this conversation, and these lead us to exploring the possibilities in showing care and feeling cared for in education spaces. We name the vitality and urgency of this work and discuss the impact of collaborating…
Side by Side: US Empire, Puerto Rico, and the Roots of American Youth Literature and Culture
Through the twentieth century and into the twenty-first century, American youth culture and literature grew up with Puerto Rico. The contemporary US tradition of youth literature and media, along with how young people, as authors, narrate their part in social struggle, is inseparable from Puerto Rican thought and writing. Youth literature, media, and youth-led movements have played a prominent role in portraying the political and cultural relatio…
Intersectionality in Education: Toward More Equitable Policy, Research, and Practice
Re-imagining multicultural education: New visions, new possibilities
In this article, Sonia Nieto reflects on the heretofore known history of multicultural education since its beginnings in the early 1970s, with a focus in the United States. She then reviews what has been missing from this rendering and suggests what it might mean, in the current sociopolitical context, to imagine new possibilities for the field, including new voices, new visions, and new contexts. Using her research and that of others, she then e…
Letter to a quiet pioneer
Dear Richard,The last time I saw you was at UMass, my university and a place where I had never seen you before, although I guess you had been here many years before when you were a doctoral student
Literacy and Multicultural Education
Multicultural education has always been concerned with furthering social justice and providing children with a relevant and rigorous education. This concern involves an understanding and appreciation of diversity, the examination of power structures and relationships, a close look at the ideological underpinnings in the construction of knowledge, and the development of culturally responsive pedagogy. Even though we recognize that multicultural ed…
Mentoring Latina Nurses: A Multicultural Perspective
The purpose of this article is to explore the meaning and significance of mentoring for Latinas/os in nursing. Based on qualitative, in-depth phenomenological interviews, the primary purpose of the study was to understand the experiences of Latina nursing students in order to identify conditions that affect their educational experiences. Seventeen Latina nursing students or recently graduated nurses in Massachusetts and Connecticut were interview…
Solidarity, courage and heart: What teacher educators can learn from a new generation of teachers
What does it take to become effective teachers of students of culturally, ethnically, linguistically, and racially diverse backgrounds? Based on research with teachers over the past several years, this paper discusses what it means to teach students of diverse backgrounds with heart, courage and conviction, and the implications of their practice for professional development. A review of relevant literature finds that some of the widely acknowledg…
Schools for a New Majority: The Role of Teacher Education in Hard Times
Social Justice in Hard Times: Celebrating the Vision of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr
(2005). Social Justice in Hard Times: Celebrating the Vision of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Multicultural Perspectives: Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 3-7
Black, White, and Us: The Meaning of Brown v. Board of Education for Latinos
(2004). Black, White, and Us: The Meaning of Brown v. Board of Education for Latinos. Multicultural Perspectives: Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 22-25
Challenging Current Notions of "Highly Qualified Teachers" through Work in a Teachers' Inquiry Group
A small group of Boston Public School teachers met for a year to explore the question of what keeps teachers going, a question that bears asking because of the precarious situation of public education today. In this article, I describe the work of the What Keeps Teachers Going? inquiry group as a way to challenge current notions of what it means to be a "highly qualified teacher" as defined in the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Rather than "be…
Multicultural/intercultural teacher education in two contexts: Lessons from the United States and Spain
Placing Equity Front and Center: Some Thoughts on Transforming Teacher Education for a New Century
This article explores what it means for teacher education programs to place diversity front and center. Using a social justice perspective on teacher education, the author argues that schools and colleges of education need to radically transform their policies and practices if they are to become places where teachers and prospective teachers learn to become effective with students of all backgrounds in U.S. schools. Specifically, she suggests tha…
The Light in Their Eyes: Creating Multicultural Learning Communities (Multicultural Education Series)
Lessons from Students on Creating a Chance to Dream
For the most part, discussions about developing strategies to solve educational problems lack the perspectives of one of the very groups they most affect — students, especially those students who are categorized as
Respect
Affirming diversity: The Sociopolitical Context of Multicultural Education
Children's understandings of basal readers
1989). Children's understandings of basal readers. Theory Into Practice: Vol. 28, Perspectives On Basal Readers, pp. 258-264
Placing Equity Front and Center: Some Thoughts on Transforming Teacher Education for a New Century
This article explores what it means for teacher education programs to place diversity front and center. Using a social justice perspective on teacher education, the author argues that schools and colleges of education need to radically transform their policies and practices if they are to become places where teachers and prospective teachers learn to become effective with students of all backgrounds in U.S. schools. Specifically, she suggests tha…
Solidarity, courage and heart: What teacher educators can learn from a new generation of teachers
What does it take to become effective teachers of students of culturally, ethnically, linguistically, and racially diverse backgrounds? Based on research with teachers over the past several years, this paper discusses what it means to teach students of diverse backgrounds with heart, courage and conviction, and the implications of their practice for professional development. A review of relevant literature finds that some of the widely acknowledg…
Challenging Current Notions of "Highly Qualified Teachers" through Work in a Teachers' Inquiry Group
A small group of Boston Public School teachers met for a year to explore the question of what keeps teachers going, a question that bears asking because of the precarious situation of public education today. In this article, I describe the work of the What Keeps Teachers Going? inquiry group as a way to challenge current notions of what it means to be a "highly qualified teacher" as defined in the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Rather than "be…
Schools for a New Majority: The Role of Teacher Education in Hard Times
"Placing Equity Front and Center" for Teacher Education in a Time of Crisis
Black, White, and Us: The Meaning of Brown v. Board of Education for Latinos
(2004). Black, White, and Us: The Meaning of Brown v. Board of Education for Latinos. Multicultural Perspectives: Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 22-25
Multicultural/intercultural teacher education in two contexts: Lessons from the United States and Spain
Children's understandings of basal readers
1989). Children's understandings of basal readers. Theory Into Practice: Vol. 28, Perspectives On Basal Readers, pp. 258-264
Social Justice in Hard Times: Celebrating the Vision of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr
(2005). Social Justice in Hard Times: Celebrating the Vision of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Multicultural Perspectives: Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 3-7
Children's understandings of basal readers
1989). Children's understandings of basal readers. Theory Into Practice: Vol. 28, Perspectives On Basal Readers, pp. 258-264
Affirming diversity: The Sociopolitical Context of Multicultural Education
Lessons from Students on Creating a Chance to Dream
For the most part, discussions about developing strategies to solve educational problems lack the perspectives of one of the very groups they most affect — students, especially those students who are categorized as
Respect
The Light in Their Eyes: Creating Multicultural Learning Communities (Multicultural Education Series)
Multicultural/intercultural teacher education in two contexts: Lessons from the United States and Spain
Placing Equity Front and Center: Some Thoughts on Transforming Teacher Education for a New Century
This article explores what it means for teacher education programs to place diversity front and center. Using a social justice perspective on teacher education, the author argues that schools and colleges of education need to radically transform their policies and practices if they are to become places where teachers and prospective teachers learn to become effective with students of all backgrounds in U.S. schools. Specifically, she suggests tha…
Challenging Current Notions of "Highly Qualified Teachers" through Work in a Teachers' Inquiry Group
A small group of Boston Public School teachers met for a year to explore the question of what keeps teachers going, a question that bears asking because of the precarious situation of public education today. In this article, I describe the work of the What Keeps Teachers Going? inquiry group as a way to challenge current notions of what it means to be a "highly qualified teacher" as defined in the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Rather than "be…
Black, White, and Us: The Meaning of Brown v. Board of Education for Latinos
(2004). Black, White, and Us: The Meaning of Brown v. Board of Education for Latinos. Multicultural Perspectives: Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 22-25
Schools for a New Majority: The Role of Teacher Education in Hard Times
Social Justice in Hard Times: Celebrating the Vision of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr
(2005). Social Justice in Hard Times: Celebrating the Vision of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Multicultural Perspectives: Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 3-7
Solidarity, courage and heart: What teacher educators can learn from a new generation of teachers
What does it take to become effective teachers of students of culturally, ethnically, linguistically, and racially diverse backgrounds? Based on research with teachers over the past several years, this paper discusses what it means to teach students of diverse backgrounds with heart, courage and conviction, and the implications of their practice for professional development. A review of relevant literature finds that some of the widely acknowledg…
Mentoring Latina Nurses: A Multicultural Perspective
The purpose of this article is to explore the meaning and significance of mentoring for Latinas/os in nursing. Based on qualitative, in-depth phenomenological interviews, the primary purpose of the study was to understand the experiences of Latina nursing students in order to identify conditions that affect their educational experiences. Seventeen Latina nursing students or recently graduated nurses in Massachusetts and Connecticut were interview…
Literacy and Multicultural Education
Multicultural education has always been concerned with furthering social justice and providing children with a relevant and rigorous education. This concern involves an understanding and appreciation of diversity, the examination of power structures and relationships, a close look at the ideological underpinnings in the construction of knowledge, and the development of culturally responsive pedagogy. Even though we recognize that multicultural ed…
Letter to a quiet pioneer
Dear Richard,The last time I saw you was at UMass, my university and a place where I had never seen you before, although I guess you had been here many years before when you were a doctoral student
Re-imagining multicultural education: New visions, new possibilities
In this article, Sonia Nieto reflects on the heretofore known history of multicultural education since its beginnings in the early 1970s, with a focus in the United States. She then reviews what has been missing from this rendering and suggests what it might mean, in the current sociopolitical context, to imagine new possibilities for the field, including new voices, new visions, and new contexts. Using her research and that of others, she then e…
“Walk in Grace”: A Kitchen-Table Talk on Cultivating Care, Dignity, Love, and Respect in Education
Grounded in the power of our interconnectedness and humanity, this kitchen-table talk explores what it means to cultivate care, dignity, love, and respect in education. We begin by sharing personal offerings and stories that center us in this conversation, and these lead us to exploring the possibilities in showing care and feeling cared for in education spaces. We name the vitality and urgency of this work and discuss the impact of collaborating…
Side by Side: US Empire, Puerto Rico, and the Roots of American Youth Literature and Culture
Through the twentieth century and into the twenty-first century, American youth culture and literature grew up with Puerto Rico. The contemporary US tradition of youth literature and media, along with how young people, as authors, narrate their part in social struggle, is inseparable from Puerto Rican thought and writing. Youth literature, media, and youth-led movements have played a prominent role in portraying the political and cultural relatio…
Intersectionality in Education: Toward More Equitable Policy, Research, and Practice
Intensive Rehabilitation Program in Older Adults with Stroke: Therapy Content and Feasibility—Preliminary Results from the BRAIN-CONNECTS Study
The main objective was to assess the feasibility of an intensive rehabilitation program (IRP) for stroke patients; and secondly, to detect eventual age-related differences in content, duration, tolerability, and safety in a prospective observational cohort of patients diagnosed with subacute stroke, admitted to inpatient rehabilitation (BRAIN-CONNECTS project). Activities during physical, occupational and speech therapy, and time dedicated to eac…
"Placing Equity Front and Center" for Teacher Education in a Time of Crisis
Sociology (15 works) · Pedagogy (14 works) · Psychology (12 works) · Political science (9 works) · Multiculturalism (8 works) · Multicultural education (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Global Education and Multiculturalism (5 works) · Mathematics education (5 works)