Policy and Practice in Bilingual Education: A Reader Extending the FoundationsOfelia García, Colin Baker A collection of pivotal papers from 1986-1993 on bilingualism and bilingual education, grouped in sections on policy and legislation, implementation of bilingual policy in schools, bilingualism in instruction, and using the bilingualism of the school community. Articles conclude with suggested student activities and discussion questions, encouraging students to take on an advocacy-oriented role. The reader can be used alone or with the publisher's Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism. No index. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
Contents
Bilingual Education Politics or Pedagogy? | 15 |
Bilingual Education and AntiRacist Education | 63 |
A SpanishEnglish Dual Language Program in New York City | 85 |
Empowering Minority Students A Framework for Intervention | 103 |
The Canadian Second Language Immersion Program | 118 |
Heritage Language Teaching in Canadian Schools | 134 |
Bilingual Education in Wales | 152 |
Using Bilingualism in Instruction Structuring Classrooms | 166 |
Relating Experience and Text Socially Constituted | 190 |
Donna Christian George Spanos Joann Crandall Carmen SimichDudgeon | 216 |
Cooperative Learning Instructing | 231 |
Creative Education for Bilingual Teachers | 237 |
Recasting Frames Latino Parent Involvement | 259 |
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