(1988). Beyond Segregation or Integration: A Case Study from Effective Native American Education. Journal of American Indian Education, v27 n2 p10-20 Jan. Examines defacto segregated education for Native American students as it exists in rural schools. Uses the programs at Mohawk and Salmon River Schools to illustrate effective practices and notes the role played by parents and community participation, planned transition, and teacher commitment. (JHZ)…
(1995). Issues in Systemic Reform for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students. Teachers College Record, v96 n3 p418-31 Spr. The article addresses the demographic circumstances of student diversity, which have grown significantly in American schools in recent years and have posed a challenge for school reform. The article examines the emerging knowledge base and discusses federal education reform policy changes related to student cultural and linguistic diversity. (SM)…
(2006). Making Meaning Matter: A Look at Instructional Practice in Additive and Subtractive Contexts. Bilingual Research Journal, v30 n1 p219-227 Spr. In this article, I examine the implications of additive and subtractive conceptions for the education of English language learner (ELL) students. To understand how competing theories regarding the education of ELL students materialize into action, I examine select findings from one district's implementation of Proposition 227. Focusing on the cases of two teachers, I examine the connections between teachers' theories about their students and the role in the policy to practice connection. This article provides an opportunity for school leaders to consider the implications of subtractive and additive approaches in the educational achievement of ELL students. (Contains 2 tables.)… [Direct]
(1996). Con Respeto. Bridging the Distances between Culturally Diverse Families and Schools. An Ethnographic Portrait. As part of a larger ethnographic study, this book focuses on Mexican American family life, parental attitudes toward school, and efforts to increase student achievement by changing families. Exploration of the daily life of the 10 immigrant families sheds light on what educators have interpreted as the disinterest of newly arrived immigrants in their children's education. It is argued that Mexican working-class parents bring to the United States goals, life plans, and experiences that do not help them make sense of what the schools expect of their children. Schools expect a \standard\ family and show little sensitivity to the immigrants' culture. Examination of the lives and backgrounds of these families shows that parents' expectations of the \good life\ are often incongruent with the school's definitions of success. While it was true that the families in this study were not producing successful students, it was not because they were bad parents. There are many reasons to question…
(1991). Ninos del Arco Iris: Primar Grado = Children of the Rainbow: First Grade. This manual for first grade teachers provides suggestions and teaching materials that reflect the multicultural composition of New York City's (New York) public schools. It is organized into two sections: the first is in English, and the second is in Spanish. The English section contains the following six sections: (1) "Planning for the First Grade," which offers strategies to assist teachers in beginning the school year successfully; (2) "The Multicultural Learning Environment," which offers guidance in organizing and implementing instructional approaches; (3) "Instructional Approaches and Strategies," which suggests approaches for implementing multicultural and basic education; (4) "Working Together," which describes shared responsibilities and activities for parents, teachers, and administrators; (5) "Societal Concerns," which discusses current societal pressures and concerns affecting young children; and (6)…
(1992). Assessing Special Populations in Vocational Programs. Annotated Resource List. This resource list is for practitioners who have limited time to obtain program assessment resources necessary for program improvement. The list includes 33 references, 6 educational information centers/services, and 1 organization that can provide practitioners with this information. Address/contact and price information is included for each listing along with resource descriptions. (NLA)… [PDF]
(1985). Brazil = Brasil. America = Las Americas [Series]. Written for teachers to use with migrant children in elementary grades, this bilingual English/Spanish social studies resource booklet provides an encyclopedia-style overview of Brazil's history, geography, economy, and culture. Topics include Brazil's form of government; geographic regions; holidays; climate; people; music; carnaval celebration; agriculture; mining; industry; transportation; communications; Portuguese women; and the piranha and anaconda, inhabitants of the Amazon Basin and River. Separate sections profile Emperors Dom Pedro I and II, author Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, and the mysterious Zumbi, ruler of Palmares. Consisting mainly of narrative text, the booklet includes maps, illustrations, recipes, quizzes, fact sheets, word searches and other activity pages, useful Portuguese words and phrases, and a 12-item bibliography. (NEC)…
(1986). Issues of Parent Involvement and Literacy. Executive Summary of the Symposium Held at Trinity College (Washington, D.C. June 6-7, 1986). The symposium on Issues of Parent Involvement and Literacy marked the culmination of a collaborative project of Trinity College in Washington, D.C. and the Arlington (Virginia) Public Schools to reach out to limited-English-proficient (LEP) parents. This was accomplished by providing cultural and language information so that parents could become more knowledgeable about and involved in their children's education. The conference's participants included researchers, educators, policymakers, community workers, and community leaders. Presentations addressed these issues: past and current federal legislation and policy concerning the needs of the language-minority students' community; the forms, objectives, and effects of parent involvement in the schools; how illiteracy is addressed in the United States and what it implies for this population; materials and methods for teaching the LEP student; cross-cultural issues in parent involvement; involving LEP parents; and existing programs to… [PDF]
(1986). Hozhooji Hane' = Blessingway. First Edition. The Rough Rock Medicinemen Training Program prepared this book to preserve Medicine practice of Navajo practitioners. Materials include Navajo transcriptions and English translations of lectures by Roger Hathale, a well known Medicineman. Written primarily for use by Navajo students at secondary and junior college levels, the book contains a full documentation of the Blessingway ceremony from the Navajo perspective, as well as some of the more famous and entertaining mythological stories of the Navajos. The stories describe the beginning of time; the emergence of gods and primal beings from the Lower World and their triumphs over monsters; the creations of sun, stars, mountains, plants, animals, and human beings; and the origins of hogans, sweat baths, games, ceremonies, and clan divisions. (SV)…
(1981). Yo, Ciudadano: Un Curriculo de Experiencias para Educacion Civica. Nivel: Kindergarten (Citizen Me: An Experiential Curriculum for Citizenship Education. Level: Kindergarten). Integrating concepts of basic citizenship education with community involvement, this experiential curriculum provides a means for developing decision making and critical thinking skills within the existing social studies curriculum at the kindergarten level. Consisting of 11 lessons, the guide, written in Spanish, introduces the meaning of rules, truth, responsibility, sharing, citizenship, and respect for property. Using the characters and stories of "Sammy, El Oso Buen Ciudadano,""Maria Tenia Un Borreguito,""La Gallinita Roja,""Caperucita Roja,""El Leon y El Raton,""El Nino Que Grito 'Lobo',""El Zapatero y los Enanos," and "Los Tres Ositos," the lessons teach students about: various school rules that need to be obeyed; the importance of safety rules, of sharing, and of asking permission before using the property of others; the need for rules; the need to share and accept responsibilities; their…
(1981). Bibliography of Materials. This annotated bibliography of social studies materials, language arts materials, mathematics materials and miscellaneous publications was developed by the Asian American Bilingual Center. The materials are organized in the form of kits designed for ten weeks of instruction in each of three curriculum levels: identity, needs, and interaction. The social studies materials list includes entries in environmental studies and fine arts which are available in both Chinese/English and Pilipino/English editions. Chinese, Pilipino, Japanese and Korean materials are featured in the language arts section which emphasizes the gradual introduction of language patterns relative to speaking, writing, reading and listening of each respective language. Mathematics materials are available in Chinese English and Pilipino English editions. The three curriculum levels correspond with each of two elementary grades. The social studies materials list contains a limited number of entries suitable for high…
(1981). How to Design a CAI Course for Mexican American Migrant Students. This course design is presented as an example of a computer assisted instructional program for adolescent Mexican American migrants. Like other migrants, they suffer from poor socioeconomic conditions, language and literacy problems, and intermittent classroom attendance. In addition, the regular American course of studies does not appear to have any bearing on their present or future way of life. The four-module format for this course was chosen so that students could begin with the workbook and tape components (modules 1-3) covering very specific, student-centered objectives and then progress to the computer portion in module 4. The program illustrated here deals with the sound symbol correspondence of English and is designed for students who have limited skills in English. Listening and speaking skills are practiced and reinforced in modules 1 and 2; reading is practiced in modules 3 and 4. The contents and methodology of the four modules are set out in six tables with…
(1977). A Process Evaluation of Project Developmental Continuity, Interim Report VII, Volume 1: Findings from the PDC Implementation Study. This third year interim report, one of a series of documents on the evaluation of Project Developmental Continuity (PDC), presents findings from three major analyses of program implementation; measurement of the extent each program has implemented the basic PDC Guidelines; a description of patterns of that implementation; and analysis of some facts and events that have shaped that implementation. A Head Start demonstration program, PDC is aimed at providing greater educational and developmental continuity between children's Head Start and primary school experiences. This report is divided into 5 parts. Chapter I gives a general introduction to PDC and the PDC evaluation. Chapter II describes basic structure (both national and local features) of the PDC project and gives demographic information for each of the sites. Chapter III presents the rationale, design, and major findings from the assessment of implementation. Chapter IV presents an overview of some of the similarities and… [PDF]
(1979). An Evaluation of the ESEA Title I and Impact Aid Programs, Community School District 27, New York City Board of Education 1978-1979. Final Evaluation Report. Results of the evaluation of Title I and Impact Aid programs conducted in District 27, Queens, New York, are presented in this report. Program components described include: (1) reading resource centers organized in 14 Title I elementary schools and 4 junior high and intermediate schools as well as the Impact Guidance Program operated in conjunction with the reading resource centers; (2) mathematics resource laboratories servicing elementary and junior high school Title I students and industrial arts mobile units offering similar services; (3) bilingual resource centers located in four elementary schools; (4) an oral communication laboratory program for students in grades 4-6 deficient in both oral language and reading skills; and (5) an optional assignment reading program for students attending other than their officially designated schools. All programs described made extensive use of individualized instruction based on a diagnostic/prescriptive method. Also discussed in this…
(1978). Scientia Paedagogica Experimentalis. International Journal of Experimental Research in Education. XV, 2. Scientia Paedagogica Experimentalis, v15 n2. This journal of educational research contains five papers written by international authors. The initial paper presents the evaluation of a French immersion program for students from the second through the fourth grade in Toronto. The aim of the second paper, written in French with an English summary, was to find the attitude dimensions of French Canadian primary school teachers and to discover the contents of those dimensions. The third paper, also in French, describes an experiment of computer assisted instruction for diabetic, insulin dependent patients. The fourth paper identifies problems experienced by first year university students of various ethnic backgrounds at the University of Fort Hare, South Africa. The final paper investigates relationships among locus of control, difficulties with social groups, and psycho-social difficulties in social situations. Current educational research being done by various international educators is chronicled, and information about current…