Teaching writing with Latino/a students
Subtitle: lessons learned at Hispanic- serving institutions
By: edited by Cristina Kirklighter, Diana Cárdenas, Susan Wolff Murphy.
Contributors: Kirklighter, Cristina.; Cárdenas, Diana.; Murphy, Susan Wolff.
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780791471937; 9780791471944
Subjects: Hispanic American children -- Education.; English language -- Composition and exercises -- Study and teaching -- United States.; Language arts -- United States.; Education, Bilingual -- United States.
Other titles: Teaching writing with Latino students; Teaching writing with Latina students
Description: "This groundbreaking collection brings together the eclectic voices of two-year and four-year writing teachers at Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) throughout the United States to explore the complexities of teaching writing with Latino/a students. Made up of narratives, qualitative studies, and conversations, the book presents the theories and practices of these experienced teachers. Its strength lies in the diversity of perspectives and methods used by these teachers to address many of the issues central to teaching Latino/a and other minority students: acknowledgment of difference, respect for diversity, student identity, students' right to their own language, and the valuing of home and school literacies and languages."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.