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Languages for Relating: Piloting an Innovative Learning Framework in Multilingual Classrooms

August 15, 2024

The L4R Project is a Spencer-funded research study motivated by the urgent need to transform how languages are understood and used for learning in multilingual classrooms to achieve equity and excellence for all. L4R is an innovative, theoretically rooted...

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Bridging Sciences: An Integrated Approach to Supporting Student Literacy Development

August 02, 2024

https://casel.org/student-literacy_white-paper/ Pearson, P. D., Salinger, T., Lee, C. D., Uccelli, P., Alexander, P., Vogt, M., Immordino-Yang, M., et al. (2024). Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL).

The Language Demands of Analytical Reading and Writing at School

April 10, 2023

The Language Demands of Analytical Reading and Writing at School Full article available here: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/07410883221148727 Abstract Analytical writing poses particularly challenging, yet often overlooked, language demands...

The secret life of connectives: a taxonomy to study individual differences in mid-adolescents’ use of connectives in writing to persuade

April 10, 2023

The secret life of connectives: a taxonomy to study individual differences in mid-adolescents’ use of connectives in writing to persuade Full article available here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11145-023-10425-3 Abstract Mid-adolescence has...

Midadolescents’ Language Learning at School: Toward More Just and Scientifically Rigorous Practices in Research and Education

February 08, 2023

Midadolescents’ Language Learning at School: Toward More Just and Scientifically Rigorous Practices in Research and Education Full article available here: http://doi.org/10.1111/lang. 12558 A one-page Accessible Summary of this article in non-technical...

Un nuevo app: Vaivén de Palabras

February 08, 2023

Vaivén de Palabras es un nuevo app para familias con niños chiquitos de 3 a 5 años para ofrecer ideas para iniciar y mantener conversaciones con niños/as chiquitos/as. Este app, Vaivén de Palabras, es un modesto primer intento para reorientar los apps de...

Pedagogies of Voice: Re-imagining the Role of Languages in Education for a World on the Move

March 31, 2022

Paola Uccelli, Harvard Graduate School of Education Veronica Boix Mansilla, Harvard Graduate School of Education The proposed workshop will generate an interdisciplinary pedagogical framework and research agenda to guide how to leverage all students’...

NEWS FROM OUR PARTNERS- ProLEER: "Lecciones de la Pandemia para acelerar los aprendizajes"

October 05, 2021

NEWS FROM OUR PARTNERS- ProLEER "Lecciones de la Pandemia para acelerar los aprendizajes" conferencia de Jaime Saavedra , Director Global de Educación del Banco Mundial , moderada por Paola Uccelli, Harvard Graduate School of Education ProLEER, Octubre, 1...

New Special Volume on language for learning published

October 05, 2021

“Lenguajes para el aprendizaje” edited by Alejandra Meneses, Evelyn Hugo, & Paola Uccelli Pensamiento Educativo: Revista de Investigación Educacional Latinoamericana "Este número temático incluye artículos que dan cuenta de investigaciones sobre las...

NEWS FROM OUR PARTNERS - Perú: La Deuda con la Educación Rural

April 21, 2021

"We need policies with a focus on education equity to guarantee that all students can continue in school." With the gradual return to face-to-face classes, Francesca Uccelli, principal investigator of the Instituto de Estudios Peruanos, Perú, and current...

Paola Uccelli at the PUCP: Interview and Talk

November 06, 2020

Prof. Paola Uccelli spoke about language skills in the Peruvian school context at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, a s part of the DARI cycle of international talks. More details about the talk can be found here.

New Publication: Broadening the Lens on the Science of Reading

October 14, 2020

Broadening the Lens on the Science of Reading: A Multifaceted Perspective on the Role of Academic Language in Text Understanding is published in Reading Research Quarterly. Merging evidence from psychological models of reading comprehension, ethnographic...