| Author | : National Research Council and Institute of Medicine |
| File Size | : 46,5 Mb |
| Publisher | : National Academies Press |
| Language | : English |
| Release Date | : 16 May 1997 |
| ISBN | : 9780309054973 |
| Pages | : 500 pages |
Improving Schooling for Language Minority Children by National Research Council and Institute of Medicine Book PDF Summary
How do we effectively teach children from homes in which a language other than English is spoken? In Improving Schooling for Language-Minority Children, a committee of experts focuses on this central question, striving toward the construction of a strong and credible knowledge base to inform the activities of those who educate children as well as those who fund and conduct research. The book reviews a broad range of studiesâ€"from basic ones on language, literacy, and learning to others in educational settings. The committee proposes a research agenda that responds to issues of policy and practice yet maintains scientific integrity. This comprehensive volume provides perspective on the history of bilingual education in the United States; summarizes relevant research on development of a second language, literacy, and content knowledge; reviews past evaluation studies; explores what we know about effective schools and classrooms for these children; examines research on the education of teachers of culturally and linguistically diverse students; critically reviews the system for the collection of education statistics as it relates to this student population; and recommends changes in the infrastructure that supports research on these students.