Jim Cummins

Professor

Areas of specialization: Literacy and multiliteracies, technology and academic language learning, English as a second language, critical pedagogy

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

1] Empirical Calibration and Validation of the STEP Proficiency Descriptor Scales Engaging
2] Literacies: Identity Texts as Catalyst and Medium for Academic Performance
3] Evaluation of the HWDSB Mandarin and GECDSB Arabic Language Transition Programs
4] Language as Resource (LAR) Website
5] Validation of Steps to English Proficiency (STEP)

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Book chapters

Cummins, J. (2009). Bilingual and immersion programs. In M. Long and C. J. Doughty (Eds.) The handbook of second language teaching (pp. 161-181). Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.

Cummins, J. (2009). Bilingual education. In R. A. Shweder (Ed.). The child: An encyclopedic companion. (pp. 98-101). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Cummins, J. (2009). Patterns of minority group achievement: A framework for policy and practice. In T. Grimm & E. Venohr (Eds.), Immer ist es sprache. Mehrsprachigkeit – Intertextualität– Kulturkontrast. A Festschrift for Lutz Goetz. (pp. 323-339). Frankfurt: Peter Lang.

Cummins, J. (2009). Fundamental psychological and sociological principles underlying educational success for linguistic minority students. In A. K. Mohanty, M. Panda, R. Phillipson, & T. Skuttnabb-Kangas (Eds.), Multilingual education for social justice: Globalising the local. (pp. 21-35). New Delhi: Orient Black Swan.

Cummins, J. (2009). Fundamental psychological and sociological principles underlying educational success for linguistic minority students. In T. Skutnabb-Kangas, R. Phillipson, A. K. Mohanty, & M. Panda (Eds.). Social justice through multilingual education. (pp. 19-35). Bristol: Multilingual Matters.

Cummins, J. (2009). Introduction. Concluding comments: Themes, challenges and directions. In O. K. Kjørven, B.-K. Ringen, & A. Gagné (Eds.), Teacher diversity in a diverse school: Challenges and opportunities for teacher education. (pp. 11-19). Vallset: Opplandske Bokforlag.

Cummins, J. (2009). Challenges and opportunities in the schooling of migrant students. In O. K. Kjørven, B.-K. Ringen, & A. Gagné (Eds.), Teacher diversity in a diverse school: Challenges and opportunities for teacher education. (pp. 53-69). Vallset: Opplandske Bokforlag.

Cummins, J. (2009). Canadian French immersion programs: What can we learn from 40 years of research? In L. Yu & E. Yeoman (Eds.). (pp. 12-21). Bilingual instruction in China: A global perspective. Shanghai: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press.

Cummins, J. (2009). Engaging literacies: Harnessing technology tools for literacy engagement in multilingual classes. In C. Rolheiser (Ed.), Partnerships for professional learning: Literacy and numeracy initiatives. (pp. 15-24). Toronto: OISE Initial Teacher Education Program.

Cummins, J. (2009). From literacy to multiliteracies: Designing learning environments for knowledge generation in culturally and linguistically diverse schools. In J. Lupart, A. McKeough, M. Porath, L. Phillips, & V. Timmons (Eds.), The challenges of student diversity in Canadian schools. (pp. 223-252). Markham, ON: Fitzhenry and Whiteside Limited.

Forewords

Cummins, J. (2009). Foreword. In D. Fu, Writing between languages: How English language learners make the transition to fluency. (pp. ix-xii). Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

Cummins, J. (2009). Foreword. In P. Gibbons, English learners, academic literacy, and thinking. (pp. ix-xii). Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

Cummins, J. (2009). Foreword. In A. M. Y. Lin & E. Y. F. Man, Bilingual education: Southeast Asian perspectives. (pp. vii-x). Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.
Cummins, J. (in press). Foreword. In O. García & J. Kleifgen, Educating emergent bilinguals. New York: Teachers College Press.

Refereed Journal Articles

Cummins, J. (2009). Pedagogies of choice: Challenging coercive relations of power in classrooms and communities. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism.12, 261-272. (Special issue: “Overcoming Micro- (School-Based) and Macro- (Societal) Level Constraints in the Development of Bilingualism and Multilingualism” [Guest editors: Shelley K. Taylor and Mitsuyo Sakamoto]).

Cummins, J. (2009). Multilingualism in the English-medium classroom: Pedagogical considerations. TESOL Quarterly, 43(2), 317-321.

Cummins, J. (in press). Transformative multiliteracies pedagogy: School-based strategies
for closing the achievement gap. Multiple Voices.

Book Reviews

Cummins, J. (2009). A Review of L. Gunderson, “English-only instruction and immigrant students in secondary schools: a critical examination”. Language and Education, 23,194-197.

Cummins, J. (2009). Literacy and English-language learners: A shifting landscape
for students, teachers, researchers, and policy makers. Review of Developing Reading and Writing in Second-Language Learners: Lessons From the Report of the National Literacy Panel on Language-Minority Children and Youth. Diane August and Timothy Shanahan (Eds.). New York: Routledge, 2008. Educational Researcher, 38, 382-384.

Cummins, J. (2009). A Response to “Developing Literacy in Second-Language Learners,” by Lisa Pray and Robert T. Jiménez. Educational Researcher, 38, 385.

Cummins, J. (2010). Bilingual education: The only option to teach all children in the 21st century in equitable ways. Review of O. García (2008), Bilingual education in the 21st century: A global perspective. New York: Wiley-Blackwell. Linguistics and Education. 21(1), 77-79.


Technical Reports

Cummins, J, Jang, E., Stille, S., Wagner, M., Clark, J. B., Trahey, M. (2009, October). Steps to English Proficiency (STEP): Validation Study. Final report submitted to the Ontario Ministry of Education.

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