Tatzia Langlo is a PhD Candidate at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB): Gevirtz Graduate School of Education (GGSE)

Department focus:

Cultural Perspectives and Comparative Education

Emphases: Global Studies; Language Interaction and Social Organization (LISO)

Research interests:

Globalization and Education; Education Philosophy; Curriculum, Pedagogy, Application of Theory to Practice: Human Rights and Social Justice in Education and Society

Focuses on the development of global learning-teaching communities and the need for increased communication, cultural, and contextual competencies involved with interacting as global citizens on the stage of the global world.

Purpose is shared and inspired by Margaret Mead who once said to assistant Jean Houston that "Soon people and societies are going to change so fast and so much that governments won't be able to steward this change. What will save them [are] learning-teaching communities"

Educational background:

PhD Candidate. Education,University of California, Santa Barbara

MA, Education, University of California, Santa Barbara

BA with Honors in Communication with a research focus of cultural communication in education, a minor in education, and an additional degree in Early Child Education, University of California, Santa Barbara

As a scholar and researcher she works with a non-profit organization based on the principles and practices of civil participation, service-learning, and education assistance through development of local and global relationships.

Details:

Hobbies include writing and facilitating the publication of children's books, stories, and anthologies

Works with a passion for story telling as a means of sharing ideas and information

Practices principles of teaching and learning in collaboration with students, colleagues, families and communities

Dedicated to approaching learning through the process of exploration and discovery in ways that meet interests and needs effectively and with purpose

Advocate for practicing principles of developmental and cultural appropriate methods involved in education processes and institutions