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    • Robinson, Julianne (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2016-06-15)
    • Williams, Jewel (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2017-06-15)
      Throughout history, Black children have been dehumanized, criminalized, and sexualized. Additionally, though education can be a transformative and liberative tool, Black children have been deprived of quality and equitable ...
    • Perry, Briana (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2016-06-15)
      Although research on Black students disproportionality in suspensions and expulsions has been conducted since the 1970s, it has mainly centered Black male students (Smith-Evans et al., 2014). For decades, there has been ...
    • Tan, Eric (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2014-07-15)
      This paper explores the affordances of digital video games in the learning of science amid a changing learner demographic. Current research in this area is largely focused on motivational aspects of video games. It is ...
    • Kramer, Amy (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-06-15)
      This essay addresses the matter of how to connect with and involve the parents and families of English Language Learners in their children’s literacy education at the early elementary level as well as why this topic deserves ...
    • Osborne, Sarah (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2011-06-15)
      Children’s literature provides connections across all content areas. When incorporated within mathematics, it provides an engaging, accessible, and authentic context for learning. The literary experience can lead to ...
    • Barker, Natalia (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2010-06-13)
      As high school teachers approach units, projects, and assignments that require research in their classrooms today, using traditional methods of information gathering may undermine the ultimate goal of an inquiry focused ...
    • Harbison, Clare (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2008-11-10)
      The purpose of this paper is to look at Kindergarten students and understand how they move from writing for themselves to writing for an audience. Kindergarten students are still young children and have difficulty taking ...
    • Straky, Samantha (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2015)
      This paper explores the potential outcomes and benefits for English Language Learners in secondary social studies classrooms with the integration of art as part of instruction. It discusses the needs and characteristics ...
    • Grande, Jessica (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2014-09-12)
      This capstone paper presents a look into the high school refugee learner. Drawing upon the strengths and needs of the learner, this paper highlighted the learning contexts, instructional practices, curriculum ideas and ...
    • Yang, Man (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2013-03-01)
      The portfolio here I present is my theoretical and practical understanding for teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL). There are four parts in my portfolio: my teaching philosophy, introduction for the artifacts, ...
    • Jingjing, Meng (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2019-03-01)
      This portfolio is a final reflection of what I have learnt in my two-year master study in the English Language Learners program at Peabody College, Vanderbilt University. In the past two years, I finished ten classes, four ...
    • Zhang, Hangmin (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2017-03-01)
      The capstone EFL portfolio manifests my beliefs, knowledge, and experience working with English language learners. At the end of the ELL program, I systematically collect my works and reflect upon my understanding obtained ...
    • Tang, Ying (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2013-03-01)
    • Wu, Guoyong (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2015-03-01)
      This Capstone ESL Portfolio is a synthesis of my understandings about teaching and learning, as well as practices in how to best serve speakers of other languages (ESLs) in the Chinese University settings. I reflect upon ...
    • Su, Bo (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2017-03-01)
      In this portfolio, I will demonstrate my understanding of how to best serve English language learners (ELLs) for my future students in China. In a reflection of the theoretical knowledge I learned at Peabody College and ...
    • Huang, Yawei (Gia) (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2020-04-14)
      Effective EFL classrooms carry students beyond obtaining language proficiency to seeking authentic relationships and purpose in the world. In this portfolio, I present my approach to teaching English as a foreign language ...
    • Shi, Lin (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2021-02)
      This teaching portfolio serves as a summary of my learning and development as a teacher throughout the program. In this capstone, I reflect on my teaching practices and further prepare myself to become a qualified teacher ...
    • Toppins, Jennifer (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2021-04-13)
      Effective English language instruction requires in-depth reflection and critical analysis of the instructor’s context, priorities, experiences, and plans for the future. In this Teaching Portfolio, I first present my ...