Situational context of education
Subtitle: a window into the world of bilingual learners
By: Maria Estela Brisk, Angela Burgos, Sara Hamerla
Contributors: Burgos, Angela; Hamerla, Sara
Publisher: L. Erlbaum Associates
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Mahwah, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
Subjects: Education, Bilingual -- Social aspects -- United States; Children of immigrants -- Education -- Social aspects -- United States; Personality and situation -- United States
Description: This volume 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 a 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-216, 226-234) and indexes