THOMAS W BEAN
Biographic Data
| ID | 5971990 |
|---|---|
| NAME | THOMAS W BEAN |
| GIVEN NAMES | THOMAS W |
| FAMILY NAME | BEAN |
| SIGNATURE | BEAN T W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nevada, Las Vegas |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
At the Intersection of Creativity and Civic Engagement
The purpose of this commentary is to explore the intersection of creativity, civic engagement, and literacy instruction that takes into consideration real‐world concerns. The authors define and consider recent work on creativity and utilize Westheimer's model of citizenship to frame an example of adolescents engaged in both purposeful literacies and civic engagement in a project in which the authors are currently involved. They advocate for provi…
Seeking Asylum
The purpose of this study was to explore middle school (grade 6‐8) students' understanding and interpretation of human rights issues with local and global implications as they engaged in the process of creating a film after reading print and multimedia texts and participating in human rights education activities. As the students explored issues related to local/global human rights from a cosmopolitan critical literacy perspective, their understan…
Adolescent Literacy
Awaiting abstract
Exploring Notions of Freedom In and Through Young Adult Literature
This article offers teachers a critical framework for use and adaptation in organizing class discussions focused on notions of freedom in young adult literature. The authors open by discussing the notion of freedom, including concepts related to negative and positive freedom and to arguments advocating critical discussion of common assumptions surrounding individual freedom and collective responsibility. Examples of classroom questions drawn from…
Reconceptualizing adolescent identity
The authors review Act Your Age! A Cultural Construction of Adolescence by Nancy Lesko, Conversational Borderlands: Language and Identity in an Alternative Urban High School by Betsy Rymes, and School Kids/Street Kids: Identity Development in Latino Students by Nilda Flores‐Gonzalez
Exploring the Intergenerational Dialogue Journal Discussion of a Multicultural Young Adult Novel
S This study explored the reader response patterns and intergenerational dialogue produced by five pairs of students reading and reacting to a young adult multicultural novel. The novel dealt with the ethical dilemmas faced by a young Hispanic character in a Fresno, California, barrio. Participants in this study were five high school social studies students and five university students enrolled in a required content area literacy class in an urba…
Constructing School Success in Literacy
Book reviewed in this article: Constructing School Success: The Consequences of Untracking Low‐Achieving Students . By Hugh Mehan, Irene Villanueva, Lea Hubbard, and Angela Lintz. 1996
Charting stages of preservice teacher development and reflection in a multicultural community through dialogue journal analysis
An Integrated Language Strategy for Second Language Learners
second, acquiring the specialized concepts and vocabulary found in content area subjects. The adapted Guided Writing Procedure (GWP) is uniquely suited to both the cognitive and linguistic needs of these learners because it capitalizes on the rich social, linguistic, and cognitive environment of the content area classroom. The GWP provides instruction and practice in basic communication skills by using oral language as a bridge to reading and wri…
An Integrated Language Strategy for Second Language Learners
second, acquiring the specialized concepts and vocabulary found in content area subjects. The adapted Guided Writing Procedure (GWP) is uniquely suited to both the cognitive and linguistic needs of these learners because it capitalizes on the rich social, linguistic, and cognitive environment of the content area classroom. The GWP provides instruction and practice in basic communication skills by using oral language as a bridge to reading and wri…
Charting stages of preservice teacher development and reflection in a multicultural community through dialogue journal analysis
Constructing School Success in Literacy
Book reviewed in this article: Constructing School Success: The Consequences of Untracking Low‐Achieving Students . By Hugh Mehan, Irene Villanueva, Lea Hubbard, and Angela Lintz. 1996
Exploring the Intergenerational Dialogue Journal Discussion of a Multicultural Young Adult Novel
S This study explored the reader response patterns and intergenerational dialogue produced by five pairs of students reading and reacting to a young adult multicultural novel. The novel dealt with the ethical dilemmas faced by a young Hispanic character in a Fresno, California, barrio. Participants in this study were five high school social studies students and five university students enrolled in a required content area literacy class in an urba…
Reconceptualizing adolescent identity
The authors review Act Your Age! A Cultural Construction of Adolescence by Nancy Lesko, Conversational Borderlands: Language and Identity in an Alternative Urban High School by Betsy Rymes, and School Kids/Street Kids: Identity Development in Latino Students by Nilda Flores‐Gonzalez
Exploring Notions of Freedom In and Through Young Adult Literature
This article offers teachers a critical framework for use and adaptation in organizing class discussions focused on notions of freedom in young adult literature. The authors open by discussing the notion of freedom, including concepts related to negative and positive freedom and to arguments advocating critical discussion of common assumptions surrounding individual freedom and collective responsibility. Examples of classroom questions drawn from…
Adolescent Literacy
Awaiting abstract
Seeking Asylum
The purpose of this study was to explore middle school (grade 6‐8) students' understanding and interpretation of human rights issues with local and global implications as they engaged in the process of creating a film after reading print and multimedia texts and participating in human rights education activities. As the students explored issues related to local/global human rights from a cosmopolitan critical literacy perspective, their understan…
At the Intersection of Creativity and Civic Engagement
The purpose of this commentary is to explore the intersection of creativity, civic engagement, and literacy instruction that takes into consideration real‐world concerns. The authors define and consider recent work on creativity and utilize Westheimer's model of citizenship to frame an example of adolescents engaged in both purposeful literacies and civic engagement in a project in which the authors are currently involved. They advocate for provi…
Psychology (9 works) · Pedagogy (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Literacy (6 works) · Global Education and Multiculturalism (5 works) · Mathematics education (5 works) · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy (4 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Literacy, Media, and Education (3 works) · Political science (3 works)