Generating Transworld Pedagogy

Generating Transworld Pedagogy: Reimagining La Clase Mágica forges multiple lines of theory and practice to address one of the greatest challenges in the 21st century: meeting the educational needs of an increasingly diverse classroom and society. It situates teacher preparation and a new pedagogy as the focal points of a comprehensive approach that meets the cultural, linguistic, social, technical, and ethical demands of a world in motion.

Belinda Bustos Flores is professor and chair in the Department of Bicultural/Bilingual Studies at the University of Texas at San Antonio. In 2011, Dr. Flores was lead editor for Teacher Preparation for Bilingual Student Populations: Educar para Transformar. Olga A. Vásquez is associate professor in the Department of Communication at the University of California, San Diego. She is the author of La Clase Mágica: Imagining Optimal Possibilities in a Bilingual Community of Learners, published in 2002. Ellen Riojas Clark is professor emeritus in the Department of Bicultural/Bilingual Studies at the University of Texas at San Antonio. She serves as the Research Coordinator for the UTSA Academy for Teacher Excellence.

Foreword: La Clase Mágica: An enduring prototype for the new Latin Diaspora Kris D. Gutiérrez Part I. Embracing a Transview World Chapter 1: ¡Adelante! El mundo nuevo: Educating the New Generation of the 21st Century Belinda Bustos Flores, Olga A. Vásquez, and Ellen Riojas Clark Chapter 2: Una Pedagogía Transmundial/A Transworld Pedagogy: Anchoring Theory to the Sacred Sciences Olga A. Vásquez, Ellen Riojas Clark, and Belinda Bustos Flores Chapter 3: La Clase Mágica: Creating Opportunities for Transformative Learning Mayra Martínez Avidad Part II. Transcending Borders as Transworld Citizens Chapter 4: Resisting Epistemological Exclusion and Inserting La Clase Mágica into State-level Policy Discourses Patricia López and Angela Valenzuela Chapter 5: Unearthing the Sacred Knowledge: Connecting with the Community Lorena Claeys & Henri Muñoz Chapter 6: Digitizing El Laberinto: Integrating Technology,Playing withLanguage and Culture for the 21st Century Patricia Sánchez, Timothy T. Yuen, Macneil Shonle, Theresa Lara DeHoyos, Lisa Santillán, & Adriana García Part III. Enacting Transworld Pedagogy Chapter 7: Preparing Aspirantes: Synchronizing Culture and Digital Media Iliana Alanís Chapter 8: Aspirantes' Consejos on El Maga and the Role of Technology Maria Arreguín-Anderson & Kimberley Kennedy Chapter 9: Latino Children: Constructing Identities, Voices, Linguistic, and Cultural Understandings Lucila Ek, Adriana García, & Armando Garza Chapter 10: Digital Literacies and Latino Literature Supporting Children's Inquires Carmen Martínez Roldán Chapter 11: Chanzas: The 'Probability' of Changing the Ecology of Mathematical Activity Craig Willey, Carlos Leiva López, Zayoni Torres, and Lena Licón Khisty Chapter 12: El Mundo en la Palma de la Mano [The World in the Palm of the Hand]:Bridging Families' Multigenerational Technology Gaps Margarita Machado-Casas Part IV. Evolving through Innovation Chapter 13: La Clase Mágica International: Adapting to New Sociocultural Contexts Beatriz Macías Gómez-Estern and Olga A. Vásquez Chapter 14: Iluminadas a través de Cosmovisión: A New Age of Enlightenment for Pedagogía Transmundial Ellen Riojas Clark, Belinda Bustos Flores, and Olga A. Vásquez