1. Cultural Nuanced Learning Yvette G. Flores, Ph.D. Chicana/ Studies U.C. Davis

3. Where are we on the road to increased cultural attunement? We have explored the learning experiences of EL students We have explored the learning experiences of EL students We have learned about the 5 E’s We have learned about the 5 E’s We have begun to explore how culture influences children’s learning We have begun to explore how culture influences children’s learning The importance of context The importance of context Learning style differences Learning style differences Issues of “face and shame” Issues of “face and shame” Help seeking patterns Help seeking patterns The role of microaggresions on students’ academic disengagement The role of microaggresions on students’ academic disengagement Roles of acculturative stress Roles of acculturative stress

4. Migration and its impact on children Migration and changes in meaning systems- Migration and changes in meaning systems- the culture of the school, the home and the community the culture of the school, the home and the community

5. The context of immigrant children and the children of immigrant parents ELL students typically are first or second generation United Statians ELL students typically are first or second generation United Statians Often they straddle multiple worlds – the cultural world of the home and the school, the parents and the peers, the family and the community Often they straddle multiple worlds – the cultural world of the home and the school, the parents and the peers, the family and the community Often these worlds conflict and/or contradictory meanings Often these worlds conflict and/or contradictory meanings For optimal learning, children and youth need bridges to these worlds For optimal learning, children and youth need bridges to these worlds educators can provide or serve as those bridges educators can provide or serve as those bridges

6. Journey of Migration and culture change Migrations are massive ecological transitions in time and space Migrations are massive ecological transitions in time and space Long term experience Long term experience Full of loss and disarray Full of loss and disarray Propitiates vulnerability, physical and mental distress, including substance abuse Propitiates vulnerability, physical and mental distress, including substance abuse Opportunity for change and adaptation Opportunity for change and adaptation

7. Group activity Discuss in your table what you recall about your last migration? Discuss in your table what you recall about your last migration? What stories have you heard about your parents’ or grandparent’s migrations? What stories have you heard about your parents’ or grandparent’s migrations? What stories have your students shared? What stories have your students shared?

8. Migration and acculturation crisis points Negotiating “cultural borderlands”~ the zones of similarity and differences between and within cultures Negotiating “cultural borderlands”~ the zones of similarity and differences between and within cultures Negotiating the cultural meaning systems and cultural expectations which can be disrupted by a migration Negotiating the cultural meaning systems and cultural expectations which can be disrupted by a migration Acculturation implies adoption of new behaviors, attitudes and sometimes values which can cause conflict within the family and between student and school system Acculturation implies adoption of new behaviors, attitudes and sometimes values which can cause conflict within the family and between student and school system

9. How migration affects families Changes in the meaning systems (Falicov, 1998) Changes in the meaning systems (Falicov, 1998) Geographic Geographic Social Social Cultural Cultural Changes in value systems Changes in value systems Role changes Role changes Role strain Role strain  Transgenerational changes

10. Migration and meaning system changes Migration involves the uprooting of at least 3 meaning systems: physical, social, cultural Migration involves the uprooting of at least 3 meaning systems: physical, social, cultural Physical meaning system: Physical meaning system: geographic change with loss of familiar places, people, things, often results in the need to create a metaphoric home and/or in psychological homelessness geographic change with loss of familiar places, people, things, often results in the need to create a metaphoric home and/or in psychological homelessness Creates a vulnerability to alcohol and other drug use, misuse and abuse Creates a vulnerability to alcohol and other drug use, misuse and abuse

11. Cultural meaning systems Cultural uprooting leads to changes in meanings as these are changed or lost Cultural uprooting leads to changes in meanings as these are changed or lost Uprooting of established ways of thinking and doing, and the abrupt and massive exposure to a new language and way of life can precipitate psychological distress or culture shock Uprooting of established ways of thinking and doing, and the abrupt and massive exposure to a new language and way of life can precipitate psychological distress or culture shock Culture shock: reactive process resulting from the simultaneous exposure to the new and the loss of grieving of the old and familiar Culture shock: reactive process resulting from the simultaneous exposure to the new and the loss of grieving of the old and familiar

12. Family – school relationships In Latin America and Asia teachers are highly respected In Latin America and Asia teachers are highly respected Viewed as the authority who educate by imparting knowledge Viewed as the authority who educate by imparting knowledge The family educates for life: values, morals, traditions The family educates for life: values, morals, traditions Parents defer to the expertise of the teacher Parents defer to the expertise of the teacher Parental involvement may take a different form than PTA participation Parental involvement may take a different form than PTA participation Student obedience and deference is expected Student obedience and deference is expected

13. Social meaning system Social uprooting compounds sense of physical alienation and intrapsychic confusion Social uprooting compounds sense of physical alienation and intrapsychic confusion Social marginality and social isolation leads to reduced self esteem, depression, anxiety Social marginality and social isolation leads to reduced self esteem, depression, anxiety It is critical to connect or reconnect with compatriots or create new systems of support It is critical to connect or reconnect with compatriots or create new systems of support Can contribute to the creation of adolescent peer groups that disengage from school if the school is not perceived as relevant Can contribute to the creation of adolescent peer groups that disengage from school if the school is not perceived as relevant Or if the youth experience subtractive teaching Or if the youth experience subtractive teaching

14. Group activity Reflecting on the information presented over the past four days, discuss your observations of your own EL students Reflecting on the information presented over the past four days, discuss your observations of your own EL students How are these students coping with the changes in their meaning systems? How are these students coping with the changes in their meaning systems? How may your teaching assist or support them through that journey of culture change and adaptation? How may your teaching assist or support them through that journey of culture change and adaptation? In what ways are parents involved? In what ways are parents involved?