Language, Power and Pedagogy Bilingual Children in the Crossfire

Name: Language, Power and Pedagogy Bilingual Children in the Crossfire
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ISBN: 9781853594731

ISBN-10: 1853594733

ISBN-13: 9781853594731

Edition: 2000

Authors: Jim Cummins

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This text focuses not only on issues of language learning and teaching, but also the ways in which power relations in the wider society affect patterns of teacher-pupil interaction in the classroom.

Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Publication date: 9/22/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.85" wide x 9.65" long x 0.65" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

Jim Cummins has a wealth of experience in second language learning and literacy development research and is Professor at University of Toronto, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Canada.Nancy H. Hornberger is Professor of Education and Director of Educational Linguistics at the Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Hornberger's areas of specialization include language planning and policy; bilingualism, bilingual education and biliteracy; and the ethnography of communication.




Theory as Dialogue



Issues and Contexts



Language Interactions in the Classroom: From Coercive to Collaborative Relations of Power



The Nature of Language Proficiency



Language Proficiency in Academic Contexts



Critiques of the Conversational/Academic Language Proficiency Distinction



Assessing Second Language Proficiency Among Adults: Do We Know What We Are Measuring?



Dilemmas of Inclusion: Integrating English Language Learners in Standards-Based Reform



From Bilingual Education to Transformative Pedagogy



The Threshold and Interdependence Hypotheses Revisited



Research, Theory and Policy in Bilingual Education: Evaluating the Credibility of Empirical Data



Challenging the Discourse of Disempowerment Through Collaborative Dialogue



Transformative Pedagogy: Who Needs It?


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Index