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Molbech, Anette, Ed. – 2001
This annual publication (published separately in English and Spanish) examines political, social, environmental, and educational issues concerning indigenous peoples around the world in 2000-01. Part 1 describes current situations and events in 11 world regions: the Arctic; North America; Mexico and Central America; South America; Australia and…
Descriptors: Activism, American Indians, Civil Liberties, Conservation (Environment)
Download full textLiu, Kristi; Albus, Deb; Thurlow, Martha – 2000
Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act mandates that state education agencies develop and implement an assessment system that allows for disaggregation of results at state, district, and school levels by gender, race, English proficiency and migrant status. Schools receiving Title I funds must demonstrate "adequate yearly…
Descriptors: Charts, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Liu, Kristin; Anderson, Michael; Thurlow, Martha – 2000
Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act mandates that state education agencies develop and implement an assessment system that allows for disaggregation of results at state, district, and school levels by gender, race, English proficiency, and migrant status. Schools receiving Title I funds must demonstrate "adequate yearly…
Descriptors: Charts, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Ryan, James – 1999
This book explores the representation of race and ethnicity in a multiethnic school. Using a critical case study approach, it appeals to the wider social context to explain the unequal struggle over the meaning of race and ethnicity in the school. In doing so, it examines how stereotyping, curriculum, identity, and language practices provide…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism, Culturally Relevant Education, Curriculum Development
Gronholm, Maija – 1998
Generally, immersion is carried out in circumstances where children who speak the majority language are taught the minority language. In this way, the security of the language learners is secured in intensive teaching. In Pietarsaari, Finland, an experiment on language immersion has been started, in which minority Finnish children with a…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Elementary Secondary Education, Finnish, Foreign Countries
Lotherington, Heather – 2000
This publication is intended for parents, teachers, and anyone in the wider community who has an interest in language, language acquisition, and second language learning; bilingual and multilingual education; bilingualism; language, culture, and society; language and power; and literacy. Extensive long-term research was conducted on a number of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Jacobson, Rodolfo, Ed. – 2001
This edited volume includes the following chapters: "The Matrix Language Frame Model: Development and Responses" (Carol Myers-Scotton); "Language Alternation: The Third Kind of Codeswitching Mechanism" (Rodolfo Jacobson); "Contrastive Sociolinguistics: Borrowed and Codeswitched Past Participles in Romance-Germanic Language…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Bulgarian, Code Switching (Language), Contrastive Linguistics
Tollefson, James W., Ed. – 2002
This collection of papers examines how language policies in education serve the interests of dominant groups within societies, how policies marginalize some students while granting privilege to others, how language policies in schools create inequalities among learners, and how schools can further the educational, social, and economic interests of…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
O'Keefe, Michael – 1998
The report explores the situation of francophone minorities in Canada and outside Quebec, focusing on the concepts of assimilation and community vitality in language-minority communities. Chapter 1 looks at the concepts of assimilation and community vitality both in Canada and internationally. Chapter 2 gives a broad description of the policy…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Demography, Federal Government, Foreign Countries
Anderson, Catherine, Ed. – 1997
The writings of both teachers and students participating in the New Americans Homeowners Project, a project combining English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instruction and information on first-time home-buying for immigrants in language minority groups are presented. The project provided training and technical assistance to ESL teachers, and reached…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Advertising, Classroom Techniques, English (Second Language)
Kontra, Miklos; Szekely, Andras B. – Sociolinguistica, 1993
A discussion of multilingualism in Hungary begins with an overview of the role of minority and majority languages in the population since World War I, then focuses on the language situation as of 1991. It examines public policy concerning language, the importance of the existing multilingualism in language planning, the pervasiveness of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Roca, Ana, Ed.; Lipski, John M., Ed. – 1999
This edited volume focuses on the linguistic aspects of the Spanish used in the United States today. The earliest studies in this field concentrated on rural Mexican-American Spanish in the Southwest. The parameters of the field have been extended in response to changing urban and demographic realities, and to paradigm shifts in linguistics…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Dialects, Ethnicity, Junior High School Students
Baker, Keith – 1999
The design of California's Structured English Immersion (SEI) program for limited-English-speaking students, which replaced its bilingual education program by state mandate, is described and suggestions for implementation are offered. SEI has several variations, each characterized by (1) extensive use of English and (2) use of…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Design, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedMiller, Henry; Miller, Kate – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 1996
Examines the dynamics of language in Catalonia and the development of Catalan educational policy. Discusses the suppression of the Catalan language under Generalissimo Francisco Franco and its reappearance after his death in 1975. Summarizes key arguments concerning the relationships among identity, nationality, education, and language. (MJP)
Descriptors: Cultural Maintenance, Educational Policy, Educational Sociology, Fascism
Peer reviewedEllis, Patricia; Stebbins, Consuelo – Community College Review, 1996
Discusses the problem of providing open access to linguistically diverse students while ensuring quality programming for continued student success. Recommendations include rigorous assessment of student skills and curriculum, improved articulation between high school and college English-as-a-Second-Language courses, and implementation of funding…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development
