Improving Schooling for Language Minority Children
A Research Agenda
National Academy of Sciences author Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education author Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education author National Research Council and Institute of Medicine author Committee on Developing a Research Agenda on the Education of Limited-English-Proficient and Bilingual Students author Diane August editor Kenji Hakuta editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:National Academies Press
Published:16th May '97
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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.
ISBN: 9780309054973
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504 pages