The power of culture
Subtitle: teaching across language difference
By: edited by Zeynep F. Beykont.
Contributors: Beykont, Zeynep F.
Publisher: Harvard Education Pub. Group
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
Subjects: Linguistic minorities -- Education -- United States.; Children of minorities -- Education -- United States.; Language and education -- United States.
Description: Collection of essays focuses on theory, research and practice in the education of diverse student population in K-12 mainstream classrooms. Contributors to the volume discuss the pedagogical and political aspects of the language minority students in high quality mainstream education. Describing Latino, Somali, Cambodian, and Cape Verdean students chapters examine (a) the impact of high-stakes standardized assessments on language minority students; (b) best teaching strategies in linguistically and culturally diverse classrooms; and (c) effective teacher programs to adress the professional needs of teachers to teach linguistically and culturally diverse students.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / -- Zeynep F. Beykont -- pt. 1.; title: Introduction / -- Zeynep F. Beykont -- pt. 1.; title: Introduction / -- Zeynep F. Beykont -- pt. 1. -- Miren Uriarte; title: Introduction / -- Zeynep F. Beykont -- pt. 1. -- Miren Uriarte -- Walt Haney; title: Introduction / -- Zeynep F. Beykont -- pt. 1. -- Miren Uriarte -- Walt Haney -- Julie Maxwell-Jolly, -- Patricia Gándara -- pt. 2. Successful teaching across language difference; title: Introduction / -- Zeynep F. Beykont -- pt. 1. -- Miren Uriarte -- Walt Haney -- Julie Maxwell-Jolly, -- Patricia Gándara -- pt. 2. Successful teaching across language difference -- Nancy H. Hornberger; title: Introduction / -- Zeynep F. Beykont -- pt. 1. -- Miren Uriarte -- Walt Haney -- Julie Maxwell-Jolly, -- Patricia Gándara -- pt. 2. Successful teaching across language difference -- Nancy H. Hornberger -- María Estela Brisk, -- Mary Dawson, -- Millicent Hartgering, -- Elizabeth MacDonald, -- Lucinda Zehr; title: Introduction / -- Zeynep F. Beykont -- pt. 1. -- Miren Uriarte -- Walt Haney -- Julie Maxwell-Jolly, -- Patricia Gándara -- pt. 2. Successful teaching across language difference -- Nancy H. Hornberger -- María Estela Brisk, -- Mary Dawson, -- Millicent Hartgering, -- Elizabeth MacDonald, -- Lucinda Zehr -- Audrey A. Friedman; title: Introduction / -- Zeynep F. Beykont -- pt. 1. -- Miren Uriarte -- Walt Haney -- Julie Maxwell-Jolly, -- Patricia Gándara -- pt. 2. Successful teaching across language difference -- Nancy H. Hornberger -- María Estela Brisk, -- Mary Dawson, -- Millicent Hartgering, -- Elizabeth MacDonald, -- Lucinda Zehr -- Audrey A. Friedman -- Berta Rosa Berriz -- pt. 3. Preparing teachers to teach across language difference; title: Introduction / -- Zeynep F. Beykont -- pt. 1. -- Miren Uriarte -- Walt Haney -- Julie Maxwell-Jolly, -- Patricia Gándara -- pt. 2. Successful teaching across language difference -- Nancy H. Hornberger -- María Estela Brisk, -- Mary Dawson, -- Millicent Hartgering, -- Elizabeth MacDonald, -- Lucinda Zehr -- Audrey A. Friedman -- Berta Rosa Berriz -- pt. 3. Preparing teachers to teach across language difference -- Lilia I. Bartolomé; title: Introduction / -- Zeynep F. Beykont -- pt. 1. -- Miren Uriarte -- Walt Haney -- Julie Maxwell-Jolly, -- Patricia Gándara -- pt. 2. Successful teaching across language difference -- Nancy H. Hornberger -- María Estela Brisk, -- Mary Dawson, -- Millicent Hartgering, -- Elizabeth MacDonald, -- Lucinda Zehr -- Audrey A. Friedman -- Berta Rosa Berriz -- pt. 3. Preparing teachers to teach across language difference -- Lilia I. Bartolomé -- Audrey A. Friedman; title: Introduction /-- Zeynep F. Beykont-- pt. 1.-- Miren Uriarte-- Walt Haney-- Julie Maxwell-Jolly,-- Patricia Gándara-- pt. 2. Successful teaching across language difference-- Nancy H. Hornberger-- María Estela Brisk,-- Mary Dawson,-- Millicent Hartgering,-- Elizabeth MacDonald,-- Lucinda Zehr-- Audrey A. Friedman-- Berta Rosa Berriz-- pt. 3. Preparing teachers to teach across language difference-- Lilia I. Bartolomé-- Audrey A. Friedman-- Meg Gebhard,-- Theresa Austin,-- Sonia Nieto,-- Jerri Willett.