A Summery of Articles
By Verona Garcia
Introduction
 Classrooms becoming bilingual and certainly
multicultural realities.
 Why is identity important?
 Teachers can prepare to help students adjust
 Future implications and areas of needed studies
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Identity and Culture
Why is identity important?
 In the process of learning, identity can not be
underestimated.
 “ Students schooled with a deflated, nonexistent, or
“outlawed” sense of self have considerable difficulty
learning, much less taking aggressive ownership of their
lives and life choices.”
 Personal Story Latinos Unidos
Identity as Value
 Kazantizakis 1960 (Black Gay Man) Quote:
 Because being true to myself means being true and (valuing) my
true origination...only I can do this, no one else can do this for
me. 31-33
 C.Taylor (1991) coming to know ourselves means becoming a full
human being
Technology and Identity
 Guidance in creation of identity online
 Online Danger
 Market ourselves and Lie?
Zhao, S., Grasmuck, S., Martin, J. (2008). Identity construction on Facebook: Digital empowerment in anchored
relationships. Computers in Human Behavior, 24, 1816–1836.
Teacher Preparation
 Many of us will be working in bilingual classrooms,
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or at least multicultural classrooms.
Creation of Identity model. (Kazantizakis 1960;
Black Gay Man)
Diversity classes
Have discussion on identity, let students self
identify
Know the background of your students
http://youtu.be/GBwfp8U0ZpM
Conclusions
 As instructors we can help (guide and support) our students navigating
the creation of new identities in relationship to technology
(facebook).
 Aide in construction of healthy identity
 For future study:
 Safety..as the digital divide between parents and children is becoming
larger, will teachers need to become more proactive in bridging that
divide?
 How can we help our students fight against txt bullyinging or cyber
bulling if this has not happened to us? As a person of color I thought it
is similar to oppressive things that have happened to minorities.
Thank You,
Muchos Gracias,
Shukran
‫شكرا‬
References
1)
Sockett, Hugh R. (Editor); LePage, Pamela (Editor); Wood, Diane.
Transforming Teacher Education : Lessons in Professional Development.
Westport, CT, USA: Greenwood Press, 2001. p 131.
http://site.ebrary.com/lib/westernoregon/Doc?id=10005655&ppg=138
Copyright © 2001. Greenwood Press. All rights reserved.
2)
Zhao, S., Grasmuck, S., Martin, J. (2008). Identity construction on Facebook:
Digital empowerment in anchored relationships. Computers in Human
Behavior, 24, 1816–
1836. http://viajagonzalez.wordpress.com/2011/03/29/identity-constructionon-facebook/
3)
http://www.window.state.tx.us/specialrpt/workforce/demo.php