Dr. Arturo Rodriguez joined the faculty of the Department of Bilingual Education at Boise State University in 2007. He had been a high school Spanish teacher and then earned both an M.A. and Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from New Mexico State University. Dr. Rodriguez is interested in many facets of multicultural education including Freirean pedagogy, challenges faced by immigrant populations, and on-line learning. He has presented at conferences at both the national and international level, and serves on the Editorial Board, and as a reviewer, for the Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies.
Articles
A Critical Foundation for Bilingual Education (with Matthew David Smith), The Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies (2011)
In this paper we weave lived experiences, those of a bilingual social studies teacher at...
Reimagining Freirean Pedagogy: Sendero for Teacher Education (with Matthew David Smith), The Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies (2011)
Corporatization of the Academy ensures teacher education is less about the preparation of teachers and...
On Democracy and Critical Citizenship, The International Journal of Learning (2009)
In this essay I fuse narrative, social critique and critical understandings of schooling. Across the...
Anti-Capitalist Analytical Fusion: Science, Pedagogy and Revolution, Journal for Activist Science & Technology Education (2009)
In this paper I review recent work in neo-liberalism and science education as they relate...
Toward a Transformative Teaching Practice: Criticity, Pedagogy and Praxis, The International Journal of Learning (2008)
One method to teach a multicultural class: a teacher walks in to a room calls...
Contributions to Books
¿Y las remesas?: How Economic Slump Policies Affect Latino Immigrants (with M. D. Smith), Encyclopedia of Latino Issues Today (forthcoming) (2012)
The Encyclopedia will cover 100 of the most pressing Latino issues today organized alphabetically. Targeting...
Schooling of Child Immigrants in the USA: What's the Law, What's Current Practice, What is Best Practice? (with Stan F. Steiner and B. Jang), Identity Fostering as a Citizen of Globalization: Proceedings of the International Forum for Multi-Cultural Policy of Jeon-Buk Province, Wanju, Korea (2009)
Presentations
Democracia, Norteamericana y Pedagogía Critica (Invited Guest Lecture), Universidad Pedagógica Nacional (2010)
Policy Analysis and Critical Multicultural Education: Addressing Challenges Faced by Refugee and Immigrant Populations (with Stan Steiner), International Forum for Multi-Cultural Policy (2009)
Not Just Another Course to Teach: Humanizing The Digital Divide, Electronic Learning Symposium (2008)
Embarking on my first tenure track assignment as assistant professor at a regional University I...