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Title: Making a Difference in the Lives of Bilingual/Bicultural Children

Making a Difference in the Lives of Bilingual/Bicultural Children

Fifth Printing

by Lourdes Diaz Soto (Volume editor)
©2007 Textbook XXVIII, 242 Pages
Education
Series: Counterpoints, Volume 134

Summary

As the conservative political mood of our nation eliminates programs for the increasing numbers of bilingual children, educators are nevertheless expected to teach linguistically and culturally diverse learners with limited background knowledge and resources. This edited volume challenges «mainstream» educators to critically examine how to best meet the needs of bilingual/bicultural children in contemporary America.

Details

Pages
XXVIII, 242
Year
2007
ISBN (Softcover)
9780820448923
Language
English
Keywords
family bilingualism childhood relive education
Published
New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007. XXVIII, 242 pp., 6 fig., 4 tables

Biographical notes

Lourdes Diaz Soto (Volume editor)

The Editor: Lourdes Diaz Soto is currently a Visiting Professor at Teachers College, Columbia University. Dr. Soto is also Associate Professor of Education at The Pennsylvania State University and is associated with the Applied Linguistics and Early Childhood Programs. A graduate of Hunter College, State University of New York and The Pennsylvania State University, she has published numerous articles in professional journals. In addition, she wrote Language, Culture, and Power: Bilingual Families and the Struggle for Quality Education (1997) and edited The Politics of Early Childhood Education (Peter Lang, 1999).

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