Author : United States. Bureau of Elementary and Secondary Education
Publisher :
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 17,35 MB
Release : 1971
Category : Education, Bilingual
ISBN :
Author : Kathryn J. Lindholm-Leary
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 29,62 MB
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781853595318
Dual language education is a program that combines language minority and language majority students for instruction through two languages. This book provides the conceptual background for the program and discusses major implementation issues. Research findings summarize language proficiency and achievement outcomes from 8000 students at 20 schools, along with teacher and parent attitudes.
Author : James Crawford
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 15,35 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1847690726
A collection of 18 essays addressing the policy and politics of educating English language learners. Subjects include demographic change and its educational implications, American responses to language diversity, public controversies over bilingual education, high-stakes testing and its impact on English language learners, and the precarious status of language rights in the USA.
Author : Elizabeth Barbian
Publisher :
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 21,24 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781937730734
In this collection of articles, teachers bring students' home languages into their classrooms-from powerful bilingual social justice curriculum to strategies for honoring students' languages in schools that do not have bilingual programs. Bilingual educators and advocates share how they work to keep equity at the center and build solidarity between diverse communities. Teachers and students speak to the tragedy of languages loss, but also about inspiring work to defend and expand bilingual programs. Book jacket.
Author : Ester J. De Jong
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 16,72 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Education, Bilingual
ISBN : 9781681256696
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 36,37 MB
Release : 1992-02-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 0309047285
Bilingual education has long been the subject of major disagreements in this country. This book provides a detailed critique of the two largest studies of U.S. bilingual education programs. It examines the goals of the studies and what can be learned from them. In addition, using these studies as cases, this book provides guidelines on how to plan large evaluation studies to achieve useful answers to major policy questions about education.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. General Subcommittee on Education
Publisher :
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 12,50 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Education, Bilingual
ISBN :
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Publisher :
Page : 700 pages
File Size : 31,83 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Education, Elementary
ISBN :
Author : Peter Duignan
Publisher : Hoover Institution Press
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 39,58 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Education
ISBN :
Author : Ofelia Garcia
Publisher : Teachers College Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 43,10 MB
Release : 2018-04-13
Category : Education
ISBN : 080775885X
This accessible guide introduces readers to the issues and controversies surrounding the education of language minority students in the United States. What makes this book a perennial favorite are the succinct descriptions of alternative practices for transforming our schools and students' futures, such as building on students' home languages and literacy practices, incorporating curricular and pedagogical innovations, using proven-effective approaches to parent engagement, and employing alternative assessment tools.
