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Ahler, Janet Goldenstein – Forum on Public Policy Online, 2007
Early federal government policies for American indigenous people alternated between extermination and assimilation. Imposing the colonists' and immigrants' language on indigenous people was important for achieving the latter. In the 1970-90's, federally funded grants for bilingual education for indigenous schools were offered to accommodate Native…
Descriptors: Immigration, Bilingualism, Ethnography, American Indians
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Pease-Alvarez, Lucinda; And Others – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1991
Describes the attributes of effective programs and teachers serving language-minority students. Summarizes findings from large-scale studies and describes a case study of two bilingual early childhood teachers. Their instructional perspectives and practices are discussed in terms of the role of language and culture in their classrooms, their…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Case Studies
Nash, Andrea; And Others – 1992
This curriculum sourcebook is designed as a guide for educators of limited-English-speaking adults in literacy education programs. It consists of accounts of actual learning and teaching experiences using a participatory approach to instruction and curriculum development, written by teachers in community-based adult education. An introductory…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Autobiographies, Bilingualism