PROJECT OVERVIEW
Semillas de Cambio (Seeds of Change) grant funded by the California State University, Information Competence Initiative, has established basic level information competence in four core Chicano & Latino Studies (CHLS) Department classes at California State University, Long Beach  (CSULB).

The CHLS Department restructured the curriculum of these classes to include assignments aimed at honing competency.  The grant allowed the faculty to establish student learning outcomes and assessment measures.  Additionally, the project included a web tutorial on information competence for faculty, faculty focus groups to discuss tutorial topics, required selected readings and written reflections on information competence. The tutorial was adapted by Ethnic and Women's Studies librarian Susan Luévano from a 2001, California State University Information Competence grant web tutorial created by Tiffini Travis, Eileen Wakiji and Susan Luévano for the CSULB, Department of Black Studies.

Another consequence of this project was the funding of a CSULB,  Enhancing Educational Effectiveness (EEE) grant proposal to restructure the curriculum in Chicano & Latino Studies and further the Department's long-term goal of becoming a leader in information competence.

PROJECT  PROPOSAL

DELIVERABLES

CHLS 101, Introduction to Chicano Studies
                 Syllabus
                 Grading Rubric, Fair-Poor 
                 Grading Rubric, Good   
                 Grading Rubric,  Excellent  
                 Evaluating a Website in Chicano & Latino Studies
                 How to Write a Winning Research Paper:  Information Competency and the Pre-Writing Process

CHLS 104, Bilingual Communication Skills
                 Syllabus
                 Assignment Boolean Search
                 Rubric Boolean Operators

CHLS 150, Introduction to Chicano Literary Studies
                 Syllabus
                 Essay Assignment
                 Essay Rubric

CHLS 300, Chicano History
                 Syllabus
                 Research Essay Assignment
                 Research Essay Rubric

CHLS INFORMATION COMPETENCY COURSES, SKILLS & LEARNING OUTCOMES

CHLS GOALS & LEARNING OUTCOMES

ABOUT THE CO-DIRECTORS
Grace Peña Delgado, Ph.D.
Professor Delgado graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2000 earning a doctorate degree in American history.  She is currently working on a book, Making the Chinese Mexican:  Race and Transnationalism at the U.S.-Mexico Border, 1882-1943.  Dr. Delgado teaches courses on the Chicano and Latino experience, U.S. social history, U.S.-Mexico border history, Asian and Latino immigration and women's studies.  Her courses combing traditional face-to-face instruction with multimedia and e-learning environments.  Professor Delgado is the Chair of the CHLS Curriculum Committee.
gdelgad1@csulb.edu

Susan C. Luévano
Ms. Luévano, the CSULB Ethnic & Women's Studies Librarian, is a graduate of the University of Oregon, School of Library Science.  She has worked in academic libraries in California and Texas for 30 years and is a tenured full-librarian.  Susan regularly conducts information competency classes for ethnic and women's studies students and faculty at CSULB.  She participated on the Curriculum Team, which developed the CSULB Information Literacy Minimum Standards in 1997 and the CSU funded CSULB Black Studies information competence project in 2001.  Ms. Luévano is the editor and an author of the 2001 Greenwood publication entitled Immigrant Politics and the Public Library. The book is part of the contributions in Librarianship and Information Science, Number 97.
sluevano@csulb.edu

 

This page was created by Susan Luévano. Last update 8/24/05