Torres Ramos, Alison

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Historical and ideological differences between English and Spanish curricula in Puerto Rico
(2012) Torres Ramos, Alison; Carroll, Kevin S.; College of Arts and Sciences - Arts; Casey, Judith; Pratt, Ellen; Department of English; Acosta Lugo, Maribel
This study comparatively analyzes the curricular documents published by the DEPR for the English and Spanish programs from 2000 until 2010. The documents were analyzed in terms of their similarities and differences, the content of the programs, and the cultural, pedagogical, and political ideologies that they contain. I examined the socio-political and historical context in which the documents were written in order to see how these factors influenced the content of the documents. This project was also accomplished by employing the use of critical discourse analysis, which allowed me to closely read each text in order to find the not so obvious power relationships implied within them. This research can ultimately be defined as a historical research project because I looked at curricular documents that spanned the first decade of the 21st century in order to see how their context shaped them and how they can potentially shape the future.