Brief
The purpose of this paper is to examine pedagogies and practices for addressing linguistic and cultural discontinuities in learning settings and meetings learners’ needs for autonomy, relatedness, and competence.
Stylistic requirements:
Write fluently, correctly, and persuasively in the first person.
APA style must be observed throughout the paper. Pay particular attention to citations, references, and levels of headings. The latter will be your surest route to effective organization.
Integrate the readings in such a way as to support your claims rather than writing a series of summaries.
The paper should be 10 to 15 pages in length plus a title page and reference list.
Content requirements:
Begin with a description of the learning setting that you will focus on for the purpose of this paper. This can be a learning setting that you are currently working in, have worked in, or will be working in.
In Module 1, we read about affective factors in schools and other cultural contexts through the lens of Self-Determination Theory (SDT). You will need to write about how those factors and SDT apply/might apply to your focal learning setting. You must support your statements by citing at least two readings from Ryan and Deci (2017).
In Module 2, we read about a few different examples of linguistic and cultural discontinuities in U.S. public schools. Describe any discontinuities that learners experience/may experience in your focal learning setting. Be sure to talk about how this may relate to any affective factors (e.g., motivation, identity, authenticity) that were covered in Module 1 and to discuss implications for learning. You must support your statements by citing at least two readings from Module 1 and/or Module 2.
In Module 3, we read about some promising pedagogies and practices for addressing cultural and linguistic discontinuities. Select two or three of them that you believe have the potential to address discontinuities and meet all of the learners’ needs for autonomy, relatedness, and competence in your focal learning setting. Importantly, you should reflect upon what would be sustained rather than subtracted (Paris & Alim, 2017). Be sure to discuss why you think this is the case and provide recommendations for how your selected pedagogies/practices could be effectively implemented. You must support your claims by citing at least two readings from Module 3. You may also need to cite additional articles or chapters. You may draw upon materials from other courses, applicable resources, and peer-reviewed journal articles.
Bring the paper to a strong conclusion, indicating the limitations of your knowledge while also asserting the importance of what you have concluded so far.
