Teaching Bilingual/Bicultural Children: Teachers Talk about Language and Learning

Author:   Haroon Kharem ,  Lourdes Diaz Soto
Publisher:   Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   371
ISBN:  

9781433107191


Pages:   190
Publication Date:   30 April 2010
Format:   Hardback
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This edited volume is dedicated to contemporary teachers. Its goal is to provide a practical book for in-service and pre-service teachers of bilingual/bicultural children. The authors, each of whom is herself bilingual/bicultural, share personal wisdom garnered from working in classrooms with bilingual/bicultural learners. This book provides practical knowledge for teachers who are struggling to meet the needs of increasingly diverse classrooms.

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Author:   Haroon Kharem ,  Lourdes Diaz Soto
Publisher:   Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Imprint:   Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   371
Weight:   0.480kg
ISBN:  

9781433107191


ISBN 10:   1433107198
Pages:   190
Publication Date:   30 April 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Contents: Antonia Darder: Foreword – Lourdes Diaz Soto/Haroon Kharem: Introduction – Lourdes Diaz Soto/Haroon Kharem: Engaging the World of Teacher Preparation on Behalf of Bilingual/Bicultural Learners – Charise Pimentel: Color-coded Bilingualism – Linda Guardia Jackson/Sheila Bernal Guzman/Guadalupe Ramos: Learning a Borderland Professional Identity – Alma Rubal-Lopez: Nuyorican – Luis Urrieta, Jr.: Whitestreaming: Why Some Latinas/os Fear Bilingual Education – Maria R. Scharrón-del Río: Puertorriqueña como yo – Delida Sanchez: Race Matters for Bilingual/Bicultural Children – Octavio Pimentel: Mi Pobre Guerito – Frances V. Rains/Melody Bidtah/Lovera Black Crow/Kara Horton/Toni Jones: American Indian Mothers Speaking from the Heart – Marion Lynch: The Role of Teacher Beliefs in the Bilingual/Bicultural Classroom – Lena Boustani Darwich: Responsive Teaching: Our Muslim Students’ Learning Expectations – Noelle Gentile: Exploration for School Action-Based Learning – Mercedes E. Cepeda: Culture and Language in the Classroom from the Perspective of a Latina Teacher – Sharon L. Hixon: Teachers Overcoming Silence – Elizabeth P. Quintero: Learning from Children’s and Teachers’ Stories – Irene V. Garza: Immigrants in Our Own Land – Haroon Kharem/Genevieve Collura: Teachers Rethinking Their Pedagogical Attitudes in the Bicultural/Bilingual Classroom.

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The Editors: Lourdes Diaz Soto is the Goizueta Endowed Chair at Dalton State College. Some of her publications include The Praeger Handbook of Latino Education in the U.S.; The Politics of Early Childhood Education (Peter Lang, 2000); Making a Difference in the Lives of Bilingual/Bicultural Children (Peter Lang, 2002). Haroon Kharem is Associate Professor of Education at Brooklyn College and has been teaching African American history at Performing Arts & Technology High School (PATHS) in Brooklyn for the past four years. His recent publication is Education As Freedom: African American Educational Thought and Activism. He is currently working on a book on African Americans and the African Free Schools in New York City Antebellum Period.

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