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Situational Context of Education - A Window Into the World of Bilingual Learners (Hardcover)
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Situational Context of Education - A Window Into the World of Bilingual Learners (Hardcover)
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This book gives educators important answers to the urgent question
of how teachers and schools can facilitate language minority and
immigrant students' progress in school. It offers an innovative and
powerful method teachers and students can use to study the
situational context of education, providing both the theoretical
background and the practical tools to implement this approach. The
situational context of education includes linguistic, economic,
social, cultural, and political factors, as well as conditions,
such as students' personal characteristics, family support, and
quality of instruction. All of these factors influence the lives of
students and their academic performance and contribute in many
ways, some subtle and indirect, to making the educational
experience more or less difficult for different students. The
premise of the book is that objective study of the situational
context of education by both students and teachers is beneficial
because it leads to a more realistic view of how to facilitate
students' progress in school. Designed as a text for graduate
courses for preservice and in-service teachers working with
students in bilingual, ESL, mainstream, and special education
classrooms, the goal is to engage readers in learning not only from
the literature but also from studying the situational contexts of
their own students. The focus here is on the factors that affect
language minority and immigrant students in the United States, but
the framework is equally powerful for work with student populations
in other social contexts. *The Introduction includes an overview of
the theory behind the study of the situational context of education
and the implementation of this approach; describes the context of
the pilot lessons included in the book; and explains how to use the
lessons detailed in later chapters. *Chapters 2-6 focus on
different factors in the situational context of education:
linguistic, economic, social, cultural, and political. A three-part
structure is used: "Classroom Implementation" (a rich description
of one lesson in a real classroom); "Context Variables" (a
theoretical explanation of the specific factor the chapter
addresses, providing the research basis for the sample lesson
objectives ); "Doing Analysis of the Context" (several sample
lessons for implementation). The lessons are addressed to the
teacher, with detailed ideas on how to carry out the lesson and
evaluate the students' understanding of the situational context.
*Five Appendices provide helpful resources for the implementation
of the lessons: an Annotated bibliography of relevant K-12
children's literature; Instructional Approaches; Scoring Rubrics
for Content Objectives; Guidelines for a Contrastive Study of
Situational Context; and Lesson Template. The lessons have been
thoroughly field-tested with students and teachers. Because these
lessons work on multiple levels, Situational Context of Education:
A Window Into the World of Bilingual Learners benefits students
from first grade through preservice and in-service teachers in
university courses. Teachers get to know their students and their
predicaments within the social context of the United States, and at
the same time, the lesson activities have a great impact on the
students in their classes. All are helped to achieve academically
while gaining awareness of situational factors affecting their
lives.
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