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Faculty Scholar Detail, 2003-2004Irma OlmedoAssociate Professor Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education Young Children’s Bilingual, Metalinguistic and Communicative Development in a Chicago School Irma Olmedo, during her stay as a GCI Faculty Scholar, made significant progress on her project, Young Children’s Bilingual, Metalinguistic and Communicative Development in a Chicago School. Carrying out research in Josefa Ortiz de Dominguez School in Chicago, a school with 99% Latino students, Olmedo started observing in the classroom in September of 2003, but began official data gathering (videotaping and audiotaping) in January 2004. Data gathering also included interviewing the children about their use of English and Spanish and their attitudes towards their bilingualism. She also spoke with many of the parents about their language usage at home. Olmedo has started analyzing this data while a Faculty Scholar and would like to write a book about this and related research on children’s bilingual development. In addition to her research at the school, Olmedo has published six articles, presented at four conferences, and given presentations in a number of nonconference settings, all during the 2003-2004 academic year. She was invited to lecture about her research at the Free University of Berlin by researchers working on multilingualism and education in German schools. In seeking IRB approval for her research, Olmedo was able to create a parental consent template which took into account language and cultural issues of research with Latino parents, a template that will prove to be useful to OPRS as well as other researchers who are working with similar populations. Professor Olmedo is an Associate Professor in the College of Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago. The Great Cities Institute Faculty Scholars Program brings UIC faculty to the Institute for a year in residence to begin, further, or complete an engaged research project. Scholars are free from their formal teaching responsibilities during their term. Prospective scholars apply by submitting a proposal that is peer reviewed along three key metrics of engaged research: interdisciplinarity, partnership, and impact. GCI Faculty Scholars implement and further their own research agendas, as well as develop grant proposals, participate in the Great Cities Institute Lecture Series, and contribute to the Great Cities Institute Working Paper Series. Applications are released in the fall semester and due at the start of the spring semester. |
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