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Author | : Tove Skutnabb-Kangas |
Publisher | : Multilingual Matters Limited |
Total Pages | : 424 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : |
Download Minority Education Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
In both Europe and North America during the past 20 years, controversy has surrounded the education of children from linguistic minority backgrounds. An increasing number of minority children are experiencing difficulties at school and many leave school with no formal qualifications. There are fears among many educators and policy-makers that an entire generation of alienated youth with no future prospects is being produced by western educational systems. This book analyses policy issues regarding the education of minority students in western industrialised societies and presents a number of case studies of programs that have been successful in reversing the pattern of minority students' academic failure. A central theme throughout the volume is that the causes of minority students' academic difficulties are rooted in the power relations between the dominant and subordinate groups in society. Schools have typically reflected and reinforced these power relations through strategies such as punishment of children for speaking their mother tongue at school with the result that minority students have not developed confidence in their own cultural identity or academic abilities. Reversal of minority students' school failure requires that educators set out to enable both minority students and communities to empower themselves. The presentation of case studies in which this empowerment has been successfully achieved is complemented by the perspectives of individuals and minority communities who have been involved in the struggle for educational and linguistic rights of minority children.
Author | : Manuel J. Justiz |
Publisher | : Praeger |
Total Pages | : 424 |
Release | : 1994-08 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : |
Download Minorities in Higher Education Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This volume contains 22 essays which aim to provide analysis, insight and information on such topics as: minority grants and fellowships; equity in higher education; financial aid strategies for improving minority student participation; and minorities and the new technologies.
Author | : John U. Ogbu |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 440 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : |
Download Minority Education and Caste Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Author | : Tove Skutnabb-Kangas |
Publisher | : Multilingual Matters |
Total Pages | : 406 |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9780905028187 |
Download Bilingualism Or Not Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This book deals with bilingualism, particularly as it relates to migrants and indigenous minorities. The book begins with a "purely" linguistic coverage of bilingualism and then deals with the prerequisites and consequences of bilingualism from the perspectives of psychology and pedagogy.
Author | : James Leibold |
Publisher | : Hong Kong University Press |
Total Pages | : 427 |
Release | : 2014-01-01 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9888208136 |
Download Minority Education in China Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
China has been ethnically, linguistically, and religiously diverse. This volume recasts the pedagogical and policy challenges of minority education in China in the light of the state's efforts to balance unity and diversity. It brings together leading experts including both critical voices writing from outside China and those working inside China's educational system. The essays explore different aspects of ethnic minority education in China: the challenges associated with bilingual and trilingual education in Xinjiang and Tibet; Han Chinese reactions to preferential minority education; the ro.
Author | : Beth Harry |
Publisher | : Teachers College Press |
Total Pages | : 257 |
Release | : 2014-04-01 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 0807755060 |
Download Why Are So Many Minority Students in Special Education? Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The second edition of this powerful book examines the disproportionate placement of Black and Hispanic students in special education. The authors present compelling, research-based stories representing the range of experiences faced by culturally and linguistically diverse students who fall in the liminal shadow of perceived disability. They examine the children's experiences, their families' interactions with school personnel, the teachers' and schools' estimation of the children and their families, and the school climate that influences decisions about referrals to special education. Based on the authors' 4 years of ethnographic research in a large, culturally diverse school district, the book concludes with recommendations for improving educational practice, teacher training, and policy renewal.
Author | : Darrell Cleveland |
Publisher | : Peter Lang |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780820471211 |
Download When "minorities are Strongly Encouraged to Apply" Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Each year, graduates of Ph.D. programs and faculty across the country prepare to enter positions at universities across the country. Included in many job announcements is the phrase «Minorities are strongly encouraged to apply.» In this phrase, the question for many individuals is, «Who/what is considered a minority?» In most cases, the term «minority» only means people of color. This book highlights the experiences of various minority doctoral students pursuing Ph.D.s and junior faculty members across the country who have successfully navigated the academy by securing employment, tenure, and promotion despite the hurdles that cause many to avoid or leave academia altogether. This book will help administrators and faculty face the challenge of recruiting and retaining minority students and faculty as they complete their Ph.D.s and gain tenure.
Author | : L. Scott Miller |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 424 |
Release | : 1995-01-01 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9780300072792 |
Download An American Imperative Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
L. Scott Miller, director of the National Task Force on Minority High Achievement at the College Board, proposes a large-scale, long-term national effort to improve the economic, social, cultural, and institutional factors that influence the educational advancement of minorities.
Author | : Zvi Bekerman |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 743 |
Release | : 2011-10-06 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9400714661 |
Download International Handbook of Migration, Minorities and Education Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Migrants and minorities are always at risk of being caught in essentialized cultural definitions and being denied the right to express their cultural preferences because they are perceived as threats to social cohesion. Migrants and minorities respond to these difficulties in multiple ways — as active agents in the pedagogical, political, social, and scientific processes that position them in this or that cultural sphere. On the one hand, they reject ascribed cultural attributes while striving towards integration in a variety of social spheres, e.g. school and workplace, in order to achieve social mobility. On the other hand, they articulate demands for cultural self-determination. This discursive duality is met with suspicion by the majority culture. For societies with high levels of migration or with substantial minority cultures, questions related to the meaning of cultural heterogeneity and the social and cultural limits of learning and communication (e.g. migration education or critical multiculturalism) are very important. It is precisely here where the chances for new beginnings and new trials become of great importance for educational theorizing, which urgently needs to find answers to current questions about individual freedom, community/cultural affiliations, and social and democratic cohesion. Answers to these questions must account for both ‘political’ and ‘learning’ perspectives at the macro, mezzo, and micro contextual levels. The contributions of this edited volume enhance the knowledge in the field of migrant/minority education, with a special emphasis on the meaning of culture and social learning for educational processes.
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Publisher | : University Press of America |
Total Pages | : 80 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : |
Download Minorities in Public Higher Education Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The fundamental issues confronting public higher education in its efforts to reach America's minorities are addressed. Higher education's historical progress in providing a path to equality is surveyed, and certain recent trends showing a clear reversal of that progress are examined. Three chapters offer strategies for stopping the trend and reawakening the national commitment to providing higher education as a path to equality for all. "Public Higher Education and Black Americans: Today's Crisis, Tomorrow's Disaster?" (Clifford R. Wharton, Jr.) advocates a second front in the battle for educational equity, with minority communities being the foundation for minority progress. In "Revising the Recent Decline in Minority Participation in Higher Education" John Maguire expands on this theme to argue that the society must recognize its vital stake in minority progress before any progress can be made. This new perspective must be permanent. Finally in "Standing at the Crossroads: Traditionally Black Colleges Today," Albert N. Whiting examines the historical and contemporary vitality of traditionally black institutions and explores their necessity and value in a society committed to integration. (SM)