Dr. Wen-chiang Rita Chen, Assistant Professor
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Ph.D. in Language and Literacy Education
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Dissertation
Chen, W. (2006). Exploring children's identity formation through their daily
routines in a multi-aged classroom constructing a valid self, meaning-
making and transformation. Thesis (Ph.D.), Indiana University, Dept. of
Language Education.
Major Publication
Chen, W. (in press). Early childhood identity: Construction, culture and the self.
New York: Peter Lang Publishing
Research Interests
Early Childhood Literacy, Second Language Learners, Critical Literacy, Critical Ethnography of Classroom Culture, Teacher Education, Multiple Sign Systems and Semiotics in Literacy Learning
Teaching Experience
Teacher education in reading/literacy, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Teaching English (K-6) in Taiwan, 1994-2000
Teaching ESL students in the program of English in the Evening at Indiana University