| Description |
xxvii, 239 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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Counterpoints; studies in the postmodern theory of education ; v.134 |
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Counterpoints; studies in the postmodern theory of education ; v.134 ; v.134 |
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Counterpoints (New York, N.Y.) ; v. 134
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Counterpoints; studies in the postmodern theory of education ; v.134 ; v.134
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| Contents |
Introduction: the political, the dialogic, and the critical / Lourdes Diaz Soto -- Pt 1: The need for critical understanding. 1. Teacher allies: the problem of the color line / Haroon Kharem and Leila E. Villaverde -- 2. Bilingual abolitionists: shadows of fascism - propaganda of the Third Reich and the English-only movement / Ryan Moser -- 3. From Vygotsky to Bakhtin: grand theories and teaching practices / Lyudmila Bryzzheva -- 4. Doom or mortal kombat? bilingual literacy in the "mainstream" classroom / Colin Lankshear and Michele Knobel -- 5. The case of repressed native or indigienous languages / Ladislaus M. Semali -- 6. What's policy gotta do wit dis? / Richard de Gourville -- Pt 2: Becoming aware of children's daily realities. 7. Golden eagle goes to kindergarten / Cathy Gutierrez-Gomez -- 8. Are schools prepared to support excellence for nonmainstream children? Latino/a voices as a response / Miryam Espinosa-Dulanto -- |
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9. A life span/Toda una vida: the pain and the struggle that will strike/El dolor y la lucha que embistre / Irene Pabon -- 10. My story and the Melanesian knowledge / Lynus Yamuna -- 11. Parents as guardians of the mother tongue / Rebecca Blum-Martínez -- Pt 3: Promising practices. 12. On the threshold of biliteracy: a first-grader's personal journey / Maria de la Luz Reyes and Lisa Costanzo -- 13. Here they come: creating rich language-learning environments for Chinese-speaking kindergarten students / Jofen Wu Han and Gisela Ernst-Slavit -- 14. Early childhood bilingual classrooms / Jocelynn Smrekar -- 15. Caring literacy and identity struggles: the transformation of a Chicano student / Maria E. Fránquiz -- 16. Rights and responsibilities of educators of bilingual/bicultural children / Jim Cummins |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Education, Bilingual -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Children of minorities -- Education -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Multicultural education -- United States.
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Educational change -- United States.
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| Author |
Soto, Lourdes Diaz, 1945-
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| LC no. |
00002417 |
| ISBN |
0820448923 |
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