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Margaret (Peg) Finders
Augsburg University, Education, Faculty Member
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... In placing orders in fast-food restaurants, customers simply state their requests in a shorthand manner, as in "Big Mac, fries, Coke, to go." Contrast this talk with the ... For example, a group of students at Blaine High... more
... In placing orders in fast-food restaurants, customers simply state their requests in a shorthand manner, as in "Big Mac, fries, Coke, to go." Contrast this talk with the ... For example, a group of students at Blaine High School in Blaine, Minnesota, decided to study a local comedy club ...
Research Interests: Ethnography and English
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NOTE: Please cite this chapter as follows: Alvermann, DE (2012). Is there a place for popular culture in curriculum and classroom instruction?[The point position]. In AJ Eakle (Ed.), Curriculum and Instruction (Volume 2, pp. 214-220,... more
NOTE: Please cite this chapter as follows: Alvermann, DE (2012). Is there a place for popular culture in curriculum and classroom instruction?[The point position]. In AJ Eakle (Ed.), Curriculum and Instruction (Volume 2, pp. 214-220, 227-228).[Volume 2 is part of the series, Debating issues in American education (CJ Russo & AG Osborne, Jr., General Eds.).] Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Is There a Place for Popular Culture in Curriculum and Classroom Instruction? POINT Donna E. Alvermann The University of Georgia Introduction ...
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In our roles as teachers and as parents, we have been privy to the conversations of both teachers and parents. Until recently, however, we did not acknowledge that our view of parental involvement conflicts with the views of many parents.... more
In our roles as teachers and as parents, we have been privy to the conversations of both teachers and parents. Until recently, however, we did not acknowledge that our view of parental involvement conflicts with the views of many parents. It was not until we began talking with parents in different communities that we were forced to examine our own deeply seated assumptions about parental involvement.