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The University of Connecticut
Neag School of Education
Gentry 326
Storrs, CT 06269
Tel : 860-486-2005
E-mail: eliana.rojas@uconn.edu
Area of Speciality:
Mathematics Education, Teacher Education, Classroom Discourse, Bilingual Education Education and Human Rights
Biographical Note:
Dr. Rojas' research and practice concentrates on teaching and learning mathematics content in socio-culturally and linguistically diverse environments. The framework of her research examines various aspects of educational reform in Latin America and the Caribbean, and its impact on student learning in the United States. It includes: curricular standards, classroom discourse, best practices in teacher preparation, teacher competences, in-service teacher evaluation, and professional development. Dr Rojas is the Director of two 5 year $1 million USDOE National Professional Development Grants for the Bilingual Education Program at the Neag School of Education. She has also been awarded $150,000 by the World Bank to train 25 in-service secondary mathematics/technology teachers from Chile at the University of Connecticut's Storrs campus. Recently Dr. Rojas received $8,000 from the University of Connecticut's General Education Provost's Competition to develop a mathematics pre-calculus course in Spanish for the Fall 2005 semester. The course represents the university's commitment to prepare students for a global society. Dr. Rojas has been a visiting scholar at various institutions in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Spain.
Current Research/Selected Publications:
Mathematics and Science Learning for Emigrant Children: The Ecology of Classroom Discourse. Paper presented at the International Society of Language Studies Conference. Montreal, Canada.
Transferencia de experiencias Internacionales y su Impacto en América Latina. Plenary Lecture : Primera Conferencia Nacional de Chilenos Profesionales en el ExteriorMinistry of Exterior-World Bank. Santiago Chile
Rojas, Eliana D. Teacher Evaluation, Professional Development, School Improvement and Student Learning: Focusing on What is Most Important. Pensamiento Educativo. Coordinación de Investigación y Publicaciones de la Facultad de Educación de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Santiago Chile.
Mathematics to ELL Secondary Students: Strengthening the Content through Valid Practices. NABE.
Effective Pedagogy: Use of Spanish for ELLs' Mathematics Successful Learning. AATSP, American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese. Yale University.
Rojas, Eliana D.Las Matemáticas Como Lenguaje de Comunicación y Expresión de Conocimiento: Un Principio Socio-Constructivita. Revista Latinoamericana de Investigación en Matemática Educativa. Comité Latinoamericano de Matemática Educativa. Thomson Editores, AS. A. de C.V. México.
Rojas, Eliana D. & Reagan, Timothy. Linguistic Human Rights: A New Perspective on Bilingual Education. Educational Foundations. Marquette University. Milwaukee, WI.
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