| Description |
xxvii, 239 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Counterpoints (New York, N.Y.) ; v. 134
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-233). |
| Contents |
Introduction. Political, the dialogic, and the critical / Lourdes Diaz Soto -- pt. 1. Need for critical understanding. Teacher allies : the problem of the color line / Haroon Kharem, Leila E. Villaverde -- Bilingual abolitionists : shadows of Fascism, propaganda of the Third Reich and the English-only movement / Ryan Moser -- From Vygotsky to Bakhtin : grand theories and teaching practices / Lyudmila Bryzzheva -- Doom or mortal kombat? : Bilingual literacy in the "mainstream" classroom / Colin Lankshear, Michele Knobel -- Case of repressed native or indigenous languages / Ladislaus M. Semali -- What's policy gotta do wit dis? / Richard De Gourville -- pt. 2. Becoming aware of children's daily realities. Golden Eagle goes to kindergarten / Cathy Gutierrez-Gomez -- Are schools prepared to support excellence for nonmainstream children? : Latino/a voices as a response / Miryam Espinosa-Dulanto -- Life span = Toda una vida : the pain and the struggle that will strike = El dolor y la lucha que embiste / Irene Pabon -- My story and the Melanesian knowledge / Lynus Yamuna -- Parents as guardians of the mother tongue / Rebecca Blum-Martinez -- pt. 3. Promising practices. On the threshold of biliteracy : a first-grader's personal journey / Maria de la Luz Reyes, Lisa Costanzo -- Here they come : creating rich language-learning environments for Chinese-speaking kindergarten students / Jofen Wu Han, Gisela Ernst-Slavit -- Early childhood bilingual classrooms / Jocelynn Smrekar -- Caring literacy and identity struggles : the transformation of a Chicano student / Maria E. Franquiz -- Rights and responsibilities of educators of bilingual/bicultural children / Jim Cummins. |
| Subject |
Education, Bilingual -- Social aspects.
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Children of minorities -- Education -- Social aspects.
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Multicultural education.
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Educational change.
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| Added Author |
Soto, Lourdes Diaz, 1945-
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| ISBN |
0820448923 (pbk.) |
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