This annotated bibliography is reformatted and customized by the Center for Positive Practices. Some of the authors featured on this page include Norma Tarrow, Magaly Lavadenz, W. B. Allen, Rebecca Constantino, Kyra Zimmer, Thiru Kandiah, Cheryl L. Mason, Jerry Lipka, Tracey Derwing, and Bertha Perez.
(1996). Reclaiming Bilingual Educators' Cultural Resources: An Autobiographical Approach, Urban Education. Critical reflection, mediated by autobiographical writing, can help bilingual educators reclaim cultural resources and consider how they might be integrated into their personal teaching philosophies. A case study of a bilingual educator illustrates the role of a key cultural value related to education in her teaching philosophy. Descriptors: Autobiographies, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teachers, Case Studies
(1991). Perceptions of Graduates of an Experimental Bilingual Program in Cameroon, Canadian Modern Language Review. Graduates (n=42) of an innovative bilingual program were surveyed concerning their language use, social behavior, occupational behavior and expectations, and postsecondary education. Participants rated their language skills favorably and had positive attitudes toward other language groups. Graduates also pursued many career paths because of their bilingual skills. Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, English, Experimental Programs, Foreign Countries
(1993). Biliteracy Practices and Issues in Secondary Schools, Peabody Journal of Education. Literacy is a major focus of attention in the education of linguistically and culturally diverse youth. The article focuses on identifying literature that impacts the literacy processes of secondary school students, highlighting studies that suggest a vision of literacy as empowerment for bilingual and limited English proficient students. Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingualism, Cultural Influences, English (Second Language)
(1993). Education and Welsh Language Planning, Language, Culture and Curriculum. This paper describes Welsh-English bilingualism in compulsory (5-16) and noncompulsory education in Wales, in bilingual (Welsh medium) and ordinary (Welsh as a subject only) schools, and in society and the media. The historical and sociological context is presented, as well as government policies, past and present. (Contains one reference.) Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Diachronic Linguistics, Elementary Secondary Education, English
(1994). SPARK: A Bilingual Family Literacy Program, State of Reading. Describes Special Parents Are Reading to Kids (SPARK), a program at an elementary school in Clute, Texas, which is a family literacy program for both English-speaking and Spanish-speaking parents, which teaches them how to share books with their children. Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Elementary Education, Parent Participation, Parent Student Relationship
(1990). Language, Culture, and Early Childhood Education in Catalonia and the Basque Region of Spain, International Journal of Early Childhood. Discusses policies, legislation, educational practices, and innovative early childhood programs designed to revitalize the languages and cultures of Catalonia and the Basque Autonomous Region. Opposition to these practices and programs is also discussed. Descriptors: Basque, Bilingual Education, Cultural Education, Culture Conflict
(1993). Response to a "White Discourse on White Racism.", Educational Researcher. Responds to "Toward a White Discourse on White Racism" (James Joseph Scheurich; 1993). Rather than a discourse, America needs to transcend the discourse on race. The Commission on Civil Rights continues to explore racial harmony, but it is apparent that we have led young people to believe that their differences are more meaningful than what they have in common. Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Bilingual Education, Blacks, Educational History
(1992). Equal Opportunity Science, Science Teacher. Addresses the need to provide bilingual, Hispanic American students with equal opportunities to learn and excel in science. Discusses the context and content of science education, suggests approaches for bilingual science teaching, and proposes potential solutions to the problems. Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
(1993). Education in Aboriginal Communities: Dilemmas around Empowerment, Canadian Journal of Native Education. Sudden empowerment of Canadian Aboriginal communities has raised many dilemmas concerning community controlled education, including issues related to educational planning and decision making by inexperienced administrators, focusing educational goals on the community versus mainstream society, discontinuities between community and school culture, language of instruction, creating effective culturally relevant instructional materials, Aboriginal teacher education, and student evaluation. Descriptors: American Indian Education, Bilingual Education, Canada Natives, Culture Conflict
(1994). Language, Power, and Pedagogy: Whose School Is It?, Peabody Journal of Education. A collaborative research/school improvement project between a university, Alaskan village, and school district caused conflicts about power and ideology. The article chronicles project planning meetings, noting that the school district eventually instituted Yup'ik as a language of instruction. Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Bilingual Education Programs, College School Cooperation, Consciousness Raising
(1993). Newcomer Schools: First Impressions, Peabody Journal of Education. Highlights instructional practices in four California newcomer schools designed to address newly arrived immigrant students' instructional needs. Observations of the schools indicated effective instructional practices for that student population were not being used in most of the newcomer classrooms, despite a strong commitment to support and assist newly arrived students. Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Case Studies, English (Second Language), Immigrants
(1993). Sign Talk Development Project, Winnipeg, Manitoba, ACEHI Journal. This article describes the program of the Sign Talk Children's Centre (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada), a bilingual/bicultural day-care program for deaf and hearing children (ages two to five) of deaf and hearing parents. It also describes the program's systematic assessment of children's language delays in both English and American Sign Language. Descriptors: American Sign Language, Bilingual Education, Day Care Centers, Deafness
(1994). Exploiting the Theory of Universals in Adult Second Language Teaching, IRAL. This article presents a bilingual teaching strategy based on Noam Chomsky's universalist hypothesis, which emphasizes the "universal" aspects of human language. The strategy focuses on the matching process that all learners carry out between the first (L1) and second (L2) language, as well as the differences between L1 and L2. (58 references) Descriptors: Adult Education, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, English (Second Language)
(1993). Bi-Bi to MCE?, American Annals of the Deaf. This paper discusses the role of American Sign Language (ASL) in educating deaf children, based on the history of using manually coded English (MCE). The paper concludes that use of ASL should not be the ultimate goal of bilingual bicultural programs, and, in some classrooms, the optimal program will be complementary use of ASL and MCE. Descriptors: American Sign Language, Bilingual Education, Deafness, Educational History
(1993). Literacy Learning of Adults in a Bilingual ESL Classroom, Alberta Journal of Educational Research. A Canadian bilingual ESL program for Cambodians was taught by an experienced English-speaking ESL teacher and a Cambodian-speaking coteacher. Observations, interviews, and journal analysis showed that a bilingual monocultural format encouraged student participation and peer teaching and that second-language learning was facilitated by first-language literacy. Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Bilingual Education, Cambodians