Bilingual Education in the 21st Century: A Global Perspective
Ofelia García
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Description for Bilingual Education in the 21st Century: A Global Perspective
Hardcover. Bilingual Education in the 21st Century examines languages and bilingualism as individual and societal phenomena, presents program types, variables, and policies in bilingual education, and concludes by looking at practices, especially pedagogies and assessments. Num Pages: 496 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CFDM; JNSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 167 x 31. Weight in Grams: 982.
Bilingual Education in the 21st Century examines languages and bilingualism as individual and societal phenomena, presents program types, variables, and policies in bilingual education, and concludes by looking at practices, especially pedagogies and assessments. This thought-provoking work is an ideal textbook for future teachers as well as providing a fresh view of the subject for school administrators and policy makers.
Bilingual Education in the 21st Century examines languages and bilingualism as individual and societal phenomena, presents program types, variables, and policies in bilingual education, and concludes by looking at practices, especially pedagogies and assessments. This thought-provoking work is an ideal textbook for future teachers as well as providing a fresh view of the subject for school administrators and policy makers.
- Provides an overview of bilingual education theories and practices throughout the world
- Extends traditional conceptions of bilingualism and bilingual education to include global and local concerns in the 21st century
- Questions assumptions regarding language, bilingualism and bilingual education, and proposes a ... Read more
- Reviews international bilingual education policies, with separate chapters dedicated to US and EU language policy in education
- Gives reasons why bilingual education is good for all children throughout the world, and presents cases of how this is being carried out
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
Number of Pages
496
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405119931
SKU
V9781405119931
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Ofelia García
Ofelia García is Professor of Urban Education at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. She has been Professor of Bilingual Education at Columbia University's Teachers College, and at The City College of New York; and has been Dean of the School of Education in the Brooklyn Campus of Long Island University. Among her publications are Imagining ... Read more
Reviews for Bilingual Education in the 21st Century: A Global Perspective
“Aside from the conceptual issues highlighted above, the detailed discussions of multilingual education policy alone make the book worth buying for scholars of language in education issues.” (Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, 10 April 2012) “Garcia concludes with a detailed examination of bilingual education practices and their intended outcomes, which should be mandated reading for curriculum specialists and school ... Read more