Language, Power and Pedagogy : : Bilingual Children in the Crossfire /

Language, Power and Pedagogy : : Bilingual Children in the Crossfire / / Jim Cummins.

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Population mobility is at an all-time high in human history. One result of this unprecedented movement of peoples around the world is that in many school systems monolingual and monocultural students are the exception rather than the rule, particularly in urban areas. This shift in demographic reali...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Cummins, Jim,
Place / Publishing House:Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2000]
©2000
Year of Publication:2000
Language:English
Series:Bilingual Education & Bilingualism
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Physical Description:1 online resource (320 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part 1: Theory as Dialogue
  • 1. Issues and Contexts
  • 2. Language Interactions in the Classroom: From Coercive to Collaborative Relations of Power
  • Part 2: The Nature of Language Proficiency
  • 3. Language Proficiency in Academic Contexts
  • 4. Critiques of the Conversational/Academic Language Proficiency Distinction
  • 5. Assessing Second Language Proficiency Among Adults: DoWeKnow WhatWeAre Measuring?
  • 6. Dilemmas of Inclusion: Integrating English Language Learners in Standards-Based Reform
  • Part 3: From Bilingual Education to Transformative Pedagogy
  • 7. The Threshold and Interdependence Hypotheses Revisited
  • 8. Research, Theory and Policy in Bilingual Education: Evaluating the Credibility of Empirical Data
  • 9. Challenging the Discourse of Disempowerment Through Collaborative Dialogue
  • 10. Transformative Pedagogy: Who Needs It?
  • References
  • Subject Index

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