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Publications - Olga Vásquez

PUBLISHED WORK

  • Pease-Alvarez, L. & Vásquez, O.A. "Sharing Language and Technical Expertise Around the Computer," In Computers in the Schools, Vol. 7. Language Minority Students and Computers, New York: Haworth. (1990). ARTICLE
  • Langer, J.A., Bartolome, L., Lucas, T., Vásquez, O.A. "Meaning Construction in School Reading Tasks: A Study of Mexican American Students" American Educational Research Journal, Vol. 27, No. 3 Fall 1990. (45 pages) ARTICLE
  • Vásquez, O.A. "Reading the World in Multicultural Setting Perspective." In Vásquez, O.A. & Engeström, Y. (Eds.), Quarterly Newsletter of the Laboratory of Comparative Human Cognition. Vol. 13 No. 1. January 1991.(3 pages). ARTICLE
  • Vásquez, O.A. "Reading the World in a Multicultural Setting: A Mexicano Perspective." In D. Murray (Ed.) Diversity as a Resources: A Redefinition of Cultural Literacy. TESOL. (pp.113-134). (1992) CHAPTER
  • Vásquez, O.A., "A Look at Language as Resource: Lessons from La Clase Magica." In B. Arias & U. Casanova (Eds.), Bilingual Education: Politics Research and Practice. Chicago: National Society for the Study of Education. (pp. 199-224). (1993). CHAPTER
    • Vásquez, O.A., "A Look at Language as Resource: Lessons from La Clase Mágica." Dokkyo International Review, vol. 6, (pp.261-292).(1993). CHAPTER
  • Bartlow, D., Escalante, V.T., & Vásquez, O.A. "Exploring New Frontiers: Women of Color in Academia." In P.J. Creedon (Ed.) Women in Mass Communication, 2nd edition (p.264-275). Sage Publications: Newbury Park. (1993). CHAPTER
  • Vásquez, O.A., Pease-Alvarez, P., & Shannon, S.M. Pushing Boundaries: Language in a Mexicano Community. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (1994). BOOK
  • Pease-Alvarez, L. & Vásquez, O.A. "Understanding Language Socialization in Ethnic Minority Communities." In F.G. Genesee (Ed.), Issues in E.S.L. for Children (pp.82-102). New York: Cambridge University Press. (1994). CHAPTER
  • Schustack, M.S., King, C., Gallego, M., & Vásquez, O.A. "A Computer-oriented Afterschool Activity: Children's Learning in the Fifth Dimension and La Clase Mágica." In F. Villaruel & R.M. Lerner (Eds.), Environments for Socialization and Learning: New Directions for Child Development (pp.35-50). S.F.: Jossey-Bass. (1994). CHAPTER
  • Vásquez, O.A., "The Magic of la Clase Mágica: enhancing the learning potential of bilingual children." In A. Luke, C. Luke, & J. Carr (Eds.) Cultural Studies in the Classroom: Critical Practices. The Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, vol. 17, no. 2, pp.120-128. (1994). ARTICLE
  • Vásquez, O.A. "Mari Luci Jaramillo." In M.S. Seller (Ed.), Women Educators in the United States 1820-1993: A Biographical Sourcebook. (pp.258-264). Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. (1994). CHAPTER
  • Stanton-Salazar, R., Vásquez, Olga, and Mehan, Hugh, "Engineering Success Through Institutional Support." In A. Hurtado, R. Figueroa, E. Garcia (Eds.), Strategic Interventions in Education: Expanding the Latina/Latino Pipeline. University of California, Santa Cruz: Santa Cruz, CA. (pp. 100-137). 1996. CHAPTER
  • Vásquez, O.A., "A Model System of Institutional Linkages: Transforming the Educational Pipeline." In A. Hurtado, R. Figueroa, E. Garcia (Eds.), Strategic Interventions in Education: Expanding the Latina/Latino Pipeline. University of California, Santa Cruz: Santa Cruz, CA. (pp. 137-166).1996. CHAPTER
  • Vásquez, O.A., Book Review Cross-Cultural Roots of Minority Child Development, edited by Patricia M. Greenfield and Rodney R. Cocking. In Mind, Culture, and Activity: An International Journal, vol. 2, no. 2, pp.147-148. 1995. BOOK REVIEW
  • Vásquez, O.A., "Negociando identidad en un medio bilingue" ("Negotiating identity in bilingual setting"). In Morphé: Ciencias Del Lenguaje, Julio 96-Junio97, No. 15/16. 1998. ARTICLE
  • Vásquez, O.A. and Duran, Richard, "La Clase Mágica and Club Proteo: Mulitiple Literacies in New Community Institutions," in Gallego and Hollingsworth (Eds.), Challenging a Single Standard: Perspective on Multiple Literacies. (Teachers College Press, N.Y.) 1999. CHAPTER
  • Vásquez, O.A. "Coming of Age in Post-Modern America," in Human Development, 1999. ARTICLE
  • Cole, M., Engeström, Y. and Vásquez, O.A. "Mind, Culture, and Activity: Seminal Papers from the Laboratory of Comparative Human Cognition." Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. 1997. EDITED BOOK
  • Vásquez, O.A. "Education for a Global Age: An Inter-California strategy for the San Diego-Tijuana Region." Commissioned Paper for the San Diego Dialogue, San Diego, California. 2000. PAPER
  • Vásquez, O.A. La Clase Mágica : "Imagining Optimal Possibilities in a Bilingual Community of Learners." (Lawrence Erlbaum Associates) 2003. BOOK
  • Vásquez, O.A., “Education in a Global Age: An Inter-California strategy for the Tijuana-San Diego Region.” Revista Frontera Norte 28(2). December 2002. ARTICLE
  • Vásquez, O.A., “A Participatory Perspective on Parent Involvement,” in J. Mora & D. Diaz (Eds.), Research in Action: A Participatory Model for Advancing Latino Social Policy. Haworth Press. 2004. CHAPTER
  • Vásquez, O.A., “Social Action and the Politics of Collaboration,” in P. Pedraza & M. Rivera (eds.), National Latino/a Education Reseach Agenda: Transcending Myths, Unveiling Possibilities. NJ:Laurence Erlbaum. 2005. CHAPTER
  • Vásquez, O.A., “A Pedagogy of the Future,” in Pedagogies: An International Journal, vol. 1(1). 2006. ARTICLE IN PRESS TO PUBLISHED
  • Vásquez, O.A., “Cross-National Explorations of Sociocultural Research on Learning,” in Rethinking Learning: What Counts As Learning and What Learning Counts, the American Educational Research Assn, Review of Research in Education Journal 30:33-64. Judith Green and Allan Luke, editors. 2006. CHAPTER NEW
  • Bremme, D. and Blanton, W., Gallego, M., Moll, L.C., Rueda, R., Vásquez, O.A., “Dynamics of Change in Children’s Learning” in Michael Cole and the Mellon Consortium (Ed.), Creating and Sustaining Forms of Educational Acltivity: A Multi-Year Experiment. NY: Sage Publications. 2006. CHAPTER FROM IN PREPARATION TO PUBLISHED
  • Vásquez, O.A., “Latinos in the Global Context: Beneficiaries or Irrelevants?” Journal of Latinos and Education 6(2):119-138. 2007. ARTICLE FROM IN PREPARATION TO PUBLISHED
  • Vásquez, O.A., “Technology Out of School: What Schools can Learn from Community-Based Technology,” in the NSSE Yearbook 2007, Information and Communication Technologies: Considerations of Current Practice for Teachers and Teacher Educators. 2007 ARTICLE NEW
  • Vásquez, O.A., “Reflection: Rules of Engagement for Achieving Educational Futures,” the edited volume, Technology-mediated Learning environments for young English learners: Connections in and Out of School. 2008. ARTICLE NEW

OTHER WORK

  • Vásquez, O.A. "Identification of Exceptional 'Sick' Children in a Huichol Society and Their Classification into Handicap Categories Known in a Western Culture." Masters Project, San Jose State University. (12/81).PROJECT
  • Vásquez, O.A. "Co-coordinating E.S.L./Bilingual and Special Education Services." Final Report, East Side Union High School District. (9/85-6/86). REPORT
  • Heath, S.B., Alvarez, L.P., Vásquez, O.A. "The PCjr Classroom Project." Final Report, International Business Machines Corp. Grant. (8/87). REPORT
  • Vásquez, O.A. "Literate Behaviors in the Transmission of Knowledge in Mexican Immigrant Families." Conference Proceedings, Stanford Forum for Research, Language and Culture. ( 5/88). CONFERENCE PAPER
  • Langer, J.A., Bartolome, L., Lucas, T., Vásquez, O.A. "Meaning Construction in School Reading Tasks: A Study of Mexican American Students" Project Report, Spencer Foundation Report. (6/88) REPORT
  • Vásquez, O.A., "Chicano/a Art of San Diego." 2003 CATALOG
  • Vásquez, O.A., “Policy Brief: Enhancing Educational Success Across Cultural Contexts,” (All Campus Collaborative on Research Dissemination). ACCORD
  • Vásquez, O.A., “Preliminary Report of the La Clase Mágica Impact Study.” July 2005. REPORT
  • Vásquez, O.A., “Language,” an entry published in the ENCYCLOPEDIA
  • Encyclopedia of Race and Racism. Volume 3:237-239 ENTRY 2007. NEW
  • Vásquez, O.A., “A New Educational Vision: A Counter to the Neoliberal Perspective.” Paper presented in symposium, “Educating and Training Latino/a Citizens in a Neoliberal Global Context: Voices From the American.” Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April 9-13, 2007, Chicago, Illinois. NEW CONFERENCE PAPER
  • Vásquez, O.A., Kim, K., Rubio, F. and Li, T., “Rafael(a) Elder Care Initiative,” proposal submitted to the Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on the Status of Women. June 2007. NEW REPORT
  • Vásquez, O.A., “Sustainability Study: La Clase Mágica: Beyond its Boundaries.” Submitted to Michael Cole for the Report to the Mellon Foundation on Sustainability of the 5th Dimension Project. 2007. REPORT NEW

WORK IN PROGRESS

  • Vásquez, O.A., “Language and Information and Communication Technologies: Critical Tools for a Globalized World.” IN PREPARATION
  • Vásquez, O.A., Education for the Global Context. Extended prospectus. IN PREPARATION BOOK
  • Vásquez, O.A. and Martínez, M., “Sustainability Study: La Clase Mágica: Beyond itsBoundaries. IN PREPARATION
  • Vásquez, O.A. and Relaño Pastor, A.M., “Accountability of the Informal: Challenges and New Directions