Connecting School and the Multilingual Home : : Theory and Practice for Rural Educators / / Maria R. Coady.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2019 English
• VerfasserIn: Coady, Maria R.,
• MitwirkendeR: Lewy, Robin,; Ricardo, Fran,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: New Perspectives on Language and Education
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

This book examines the educational gaps that multilingual students in rural communities experience. It argues that responsive, successful relationships between schools and multilingual families are a crucial aspect of all educators’ work and that no single strategy will work for all families. Rural multilingual family engagement involves building meaningful partnerships and relational trust, based on significant knowledge of families' cultures and language repertoires. Educators can reframe their work by learning from families and building on the strengths of multilingual families, which are too-often overlooked in school policies and educator practices. This is the first book to focus specifically on rural school settings. However, the conceptual framework of equity and linguistically responsive pedagogy are applicable across settings for educators who wish to support their multilingual students and families.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Introduction: Engaging Rural Multilingual Families: Theories and Practices -- 1. Rural Multilingual Family Engagement in the 21st Century Highlights -- 2. Framing the Issues: A ‘Strengths-Based Approach’ to Family Engagement -- 3. Family-Centered Differentiated Engagement Highlights -- 4. Praxis and Practice: Becoming Aware of Multilingual Families in Rural Settings -- 5. Practice and Praxis: Acting to Engage Multilingual Families in Rural Schools -- 6. The Intersectionality of Rurality, Poverty and Immigration for Latino Families in the USA -- 7. The Role of Community Agencies in Family Engagement -- 8. Conclusions for 21st Century Rural, Multilingual Family Engagement -- Index