Improving Schooling for Language Minority Children - A Research Agenda (Hardcover, New)

How do we effectively teach children from homes in which a language other than English is spoken?
In Improving Schooling for Language-Minority Children, a committee of experts focuses on this central question, striving toward the construction of a strong and credible knowledge base to inform the activities of those who educate children as well as those who fund and conduct research.
The book reviews a broad range of studies--from basic ones on language, literacy, and learning to others in educational settings. The committee proposes a research agenda that responds to issues of policy and practice yet maintains scientific integrity.
This comprehensive volume provides perspective on the history of bilingual education in the United States; summarizes relevant research on development of a second language, literacy, and content knowledge; reviews past evaluation studies; explores what we know about effective schools and classrooms for these children; examines research on the education of teachers of culturally and linguistically diverse students; critically reviews the system for the collection of education statistics as it relates to this student population; and recommends changes in the infrastructure that supports research on these students.

General

Imprint:	National Academies Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 1997
First published:	September 2000
Authors:	Committee on Developing a Research Agenda on the Education of Limited-English-Proficient and Bilingual Students • National Research Council and Institute of Medicine • National Academy of Sciences • Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education • Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
Editors:	Diane August • Kenji Hakuta
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 39mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	504
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-309-05497-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Literacy Books > Social sciences > Education > Teaching of a specific subject Books > Social sciences > Education > Teaching of specific groups > Teaching of ethnic minorities
LSN:	0-309-05497-4
Barcode:	9780309054973

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