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Bilingual Education and English Immersion: The Ramirez Report in Theoretical Perspective.
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Cummins, Jim – Bilingual Research Journal: The Journal of the National Association for Bilingual Education, 1992
Based on a literacy interdependence theory, uses findings from the Ramirez et al. study on programs for Spanish-speaking, limited-English-proficient students to refute theories opposing bilingual education. Expresses concern that all three program types in the Ramirez study reflect transmission models of pedagogy in which students have little…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Educational Theories, Elementary Education