Tag: Próspero García

Researcher Leads Innovative Language Teaching Project in South Jersey Schools

Researcher Leads Innovative Language Teaching Project in South Jersey Schools

By Tom McLaughlin While research in applied linguistics and pedagogy is booming these days, language teachers and their students have yet to benefit from these research advances, explains Próspero García, an assistant professor of Spanish applied linguistics at Rutgers University–Camden. Looking to change that fact, the Rutgers–Camden researcher is now bringing pedagogical innovation to South […]

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Researcher and Student Team Up to Offer Spanish Language Pilot Program

Researcher and Student Team Up to Offer Spanish Language Pilot Program

Próspero Garcia, an assistant professor of Spanish at Rutgers–Camden, is leading the design and implementation of a successful pilot program at Absegami High School featuring “concept-based instruction,” a revolutionary pedagogical approach that he has been carrying out in his research.

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Students Learn Blogging Skills to Supplement Expertise

Students Learn Blogging Skills to Supplement Expertise

Jennifer Pope, a web designer for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, gave in-class lessons on blogging to students of Próspero N. García, an assistant professor in the Department of Foreign Languages.

Posted in: Campus Life

Rutgers In The News

Star-Ledger: Tuesday, Jan. 26
“HOW DO WE VACCINATE PEOPLE WHO DON’T COME TO GET THE SHOT?” Robert Atkins (associate professor, SNC) wrote this opinion column about getting the COVID-19 vaccine to groups of people who are difficult to reach.
Patch: Tuesday, Jan. 26
“RUTGERS–CAMDEN GETS $233K FOR CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH” The Biology Department and the Center for Computational and Integrative Biology at Rutgers–Camden is receiving federal funding from the National Science Foundation.
NJ Spotlight News: Tuesday, Jan. 26
“MALINOWSKI TARGETS BIG TECH FOR ENABLING DISINFORMATION, HATE GROUPS, CONSPIRACIES” Ellen Goodman (professor, RLAW and co-director/co-founder, Rutgers Institute for Information Policy & Law) is quoted in this report.
WTOP-FM 103.5: Tuesday, Jan. 26
“NOW WITH A TITLE, SECOND GENTLEMAN DOUG EMHOFF HAS TO CARVE OUT ROLE FOR HIMSELF” Kelly Dittmar (associate professor, FASC-political science) discusses expectations for the first man to serve as second spouse.
Reuters: Monday, Jan. 25
“‘THE NEEDLE IS MOVING’: ANOTHER MDL JUDGE CITES DIVERSITY IN LEAD COUNSEL APPOINTMENTS” Stacy Hawkins (professor, RLAW) is quoted in this report about multidistrict litigation.
Philadelphia Inquirer: Monday, Jan. 25
“PRESIDENT BIDEN’S ECONOMIC RELIEF PACKAGE COULD CUT CHILDHOOD POVERTY IN HALF – BUT IT’S ONLY TEMPORARY” Joan Maya Mazelis (associate professor, FASC-sociology) is quoted discussing the potential impact that new proposals could have on children and families.