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Today's public schools are brimming with students who are not only new to English but who also have no schooling or a large break in their schooling. These students create unique challenges for teachers and administrators. Breaking New Ground builds on the introduction to SLIFE presented in Meeting the Needs of Students with Limited or Interrupted Schooling(University of Michigan Press, 2009). Breaking New Groundintroduces readers to and engages them in the implementation of an instructional model that has been developed over many years of working with SLIFE. Central to the instructional model and the practices presented in this book is the belief that teaching students with limited or interrupted education should in no way be considered remedial. This book provides a complete presentation of the MALP (Mutually Adaptive Learning Paradigm) instructional model from theory to practice and guides readers to reflect on each element of the model, learn why and how it is essential and effective, and determine how they can use it in their own teaching of SLIFE. Breaking New Groundoffers a new understanding of the SLIFE population, introduces a new instructional model, and teaches readers how to address the needs of their students using project-based learning infused with MALP.

Introduction	p. 1
Culture, Literacy, and Learning	p. 11
What Is Culture?	p. 11
Individualism versus Collectivism	p. 13
Collectivistic Cultures	p. 14
Individualistic Cultures	p. 14
A Continuum-Not a Dichotomy	p. 15
How Does Culture Influence Learning?	p. 17
Formal Education	p. 17
Pragmatic and Academic Ways of Thinking	p. 18
Assumptions and Culturally Based Pedagogy	p. 20
Literacy	p. 22
What Is Literacy?	p. 23
SLIFE Achievement Gap or Cultural Dissonance?	p. 25
For Further Exploration	p. 26
Two Different Learning Paradigms	p. 27
Conceptualizing a Learning Paradigm	p. 28
Conditions for Learning in the Two Settings	p. 29
Processes for Learning in the Two Settings	p. 33
Activities for Learning in the Two Settings	p. 37
Two Contrasting Learning Paradigms	p. 40
For Further Exploration	p. 41
An Introduction to MALP: The Mutually Adaptive Learning Paradigm	p. 43
Addressing Cultural Dissonance	p. 43
Establish and Maintain Communication	p. 45
Identify Priorities	p. 47
Build Associations	p. 48
The Mutually Adaptive Learning Paradigm	p. 48
Teachers Accept Students' Conditions for Learning	p. 50
Students and Teachers Combine Processes for Learning from Both Paradigms	p. 53
Students Learn New Classroom Activities	p. 54
For Further Exploration	p. 57
Infusing Lessons with MALP	p. 59
Lesson Planning and Academic Task Objectives	p. 59
Social Studies Scenario	p. 61
Discussion of Christina's Lessons	p. 64
Using the MALP Checklist	p. 67
Math Scenario	p. 67
Discussion of Rick's Lessons	p. 71
For Further Exploration	p. 78
Project-Based Learning	p. 84
What Is Project-Based Learning?	p. 84
Oral Interaction in the Classroom	p. 86
What Is a Project and What Is Not?	p. 87
Project-Based Learning and MALP	p. 88
Accept Conditions for Learning	p. 89
Combine Processes for Learning	p. 90
Focus on New Activities for Learning	p. 92
Implementing Project-Based Learning	p. 93
Project-Based Learning and the Curriculum	p. 95
For Further Exploration	p. 97
Projects Targeting Academic Thinking	p. 98
Why Target Academic Thinking?	p. 99
Mapping Time	p. 100
Timelines	p. 101
Collections	p. 103
The Mystery Bag	p. 103
Autobiography	p. 105
Transitions	p. 106
Bookmarking	p. 108
Delicious.com	p. 109
For Further Exploration	p. 113
Sample Project-Class Surveys	p. 114
Why Class Surveys?	p. 114
Introducing the Concept of Surveys	p. 116
Select the Topic	p. 117
Create and Organize the Questions	p. 119
Conduct the Survey	p. 124
Analyze and Quantify the Results	p. 125
Draw Conclusions	p. 126
Report on the Survey	p. 127
Disseminate the Results	p. 128
After the Survey-Following Up	p. 128
For Further Exploration	p. 129
Reflecting on MALP	p. 130
Ms. Kempinski Makes the Journey	p. 130
Revisiting Cultural Dissonance	p. 133
Vuong Makes the Journey	p. 135
Education Is Just the Beginning …	p. 135
For Further Exploration	p. 137
References	p. 139
Index	p. 149
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