Policy and Practice in Bilingual Education: A Reader Extending the Foundations

Ofelia García, Colin Baker

Multilingual Matters, Jan 1, 1995 - Education - 280 pages

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

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Although dated, this book provides international perspective on bilingual/multilingual programs.

Contents

• Policy and Legislation on Bilingualism in Schools and Bilingual Education: 1
• Bilingual Education Politics or Pedagogy?: 15
• Educational Language Planning in England and Wales: 25
• Bilingual Education and AntiRacist Education: 63
• Implementation of Bilingual Policy in Schools Structuring Schools: 70
• A SpanishEnglish Dual Language Program in New York City: 85
• The Bilingual Education of CubanAmerican: 93
• 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
• Creating Successful Learning Contexts for Bilingual Literacy: 176
• Relating Experience and Text Socially Constituted: 190
• A Process Approach to Literacy Using Dialogue Journals: 200
• Donna Christian George Spanos Joann Crandall Carmen SimichDudgeon: 216
• Language Education in Bilingual Acadia An Experiment: 224
• Cooperative Learning Instructing: 231
• Creative Education for Bilingual Teachers: 237
• Recasting Frames Latino Parent Involvement: 259

About the author

Ofelia Garcia is Professor of Bilingual Education at the School of Education, City College of New York. Her publications are in the areas of bilingual education, bilingualism, and the sociology of language. She was the Academic Consultant for Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism. Colin Baker is Professor of Education at the School of Education, University of Wales, Bangor. He writes and researches on bilingual education, bilingualism and language assessment. His current research includes the effectiveness of bilingual education, the national assessment of minority language attainment and European initiatives on bilingual education.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Policy and Practice in Bilingual Education: A Reader Extending the Foundations; Volume 2 of Bilingual education and bilingualism; Volume 2 of Multilingual Matters
• Editors: Ofelia García, Colin Baker
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters, 1995
• ISBN: 1853592668, 9781853592669
• Length: 280 pages
• Subjects: Education / General