Acknowledgements
Muchas gracias to everyone in Oaxaca, but most especially to Víctor Daniel Carrasco González and Eleazar Martínez Vásquez for sharing your love for and devotion to your home and its amazing history, to the students at Instituto Luis Sarmiento for your enthusiasm, and to Lucy Martinez for showing me how to keep it together on rough and rocky roads. Thank you to Faith Haney for kindly giving permission to use her inspiring video. Thank you to Linda Lagace, photographer extraordinaire, who shared her beautiful pictures. Thank you to Olivia and her wonderful students who enthusiastically piloted the unit. Thank you to Danijela - without you, this project would not have been completed! Thank you to Kim, Hayley and David for your editing skills! Thank you to Gretel for embodying life-long learning and a love of teaching and for being such an inspiration. Thank you to Jenny, Serena and Steve through whom I fell in love with Oaxaca long before my actual visit. Thank you to Dr. Lockwood and all of the faculty in the MIST program and to my MIST cohort (especially those MISTfits!) And thank you to all the friends and family who supported this project.
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and Curriculum Development.
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Geier, R., Blumenfeld, P., Marx, R., Krajcik, J., Fishman, B., Soloway, E., & Clay-Chambers, J. (2008). Standardized test outcomes for students
engaged in inquiry-based science curricula in the context of urban reform. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 45(8), 922-939.
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Journal of Educational Psychology, 83(2), 187-194.
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Retrieved from http://www.suhsd.k12.ca.us/suh/---suhionline/SDAIE/SDAIEhandbook.html
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OAH Magazine of History, 19(6), 60-61.
Mayer, R. (2009). Designing instruction for constructivist learning. In Reigeluth, C. (Ed.), Instructional Design Theories and Models, Vol. II (141-160).
NY: Routledge.
Miller, M. & Taube, K. (1993). An illustrated dictionary of the gods and symbols of ancient mexico and the maya. London, UK: Thames & Hudson, Ltd.
Moon, T., Brighton, C., Jarvis, J., & Hall, C. (2007). State standardized testing programs: Their effects on teachers and students. National
Research Center on the Gifted and Talented, University of Connecticut.
McGilly, K. (Ed.). (1994). Classroom lessons: Integrating cognitive theory and classroom practice. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press.
Morrison, G., Ross, S., Kemp, J., & Kalman, H. (2011). Designing effective instruction. New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Perkins, D. (2009). Making learning whole: How seven principles of teaching can transform education. San Francisco: Jossey Bass.
Powell, K. & Kalina, C. (2009). Cognitive and social constructivism: Developing tools for an effective classroom. Education, 130(2), 241-250.
Smith, M.K. (2002). Jerome S. Bruner and the process of education. Retrieved from http://www.infed.org/thinkers/bruner.htm
Stiggins, R. (2007). Five assessment myths and their consequences. Education Week, 27(8), 28-29.
Thomas, J. (2000) A review of research on project-based learning. Retrieved from
http://www.bie.org/research/study/review_of_project_based_learning_2000
Whitecotton, J. (1977). The zapotecs: Princes, priests & peasants. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press.
Williams, R. (2009). Lord eight wind of suchixtlan and the heroes of ancient oaxaca: Reading history in the codex zouche-nuttall. Austin, TX:
University of Texas Press.
Wilson, S. (2004). Creative projects stimulate classroom learning. Science Scope, 28(2), 41-43.
Winter, Marcus. (1995). Oaxaca: The archaeological record. Mexico, DF: Minutiae Mexicana.
Wood, Chip. (2007). Yardsticks: Children in the classroom ages 4-14. Turners Falls, MA: Northeast Foundation for Children, Inc.
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All photographs without citations were taken by Linda Lagace and Megan Tucker.
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