Improving Schooling for Language-Minority Children: A Research Agenda - Hardcover

National Research Council And Institute Of Medicine; Division Of Behavioral And Social Sciences And Education; Commission On Behavioral And Social Sciences And Education; Committee On Developing A Research Agenda On The Education Of Limited English Proficient And Bilingual Students

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0309054974 ISBN 13: 9780309054973

Publisher: National Academies Press, 1997

Synopsis

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 studies--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.

Table of Contents

• FRONT MATTER
• EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
• 1 OVERVIEW
• 2 BILINGUALISM AND SECOND-LANGUAGE LEARNING
• 3 COGNITIVE ASPECTS OF SCHOOL LEARNING: LITERACY DEVELOPMENT AND CONTENT LEARNING
• 4 THE SOCIAL CONTEXT OF SCHOOL LEARNING
• 5 STUDENT ASSESSMENT
• 6 PROGRAM EVALUATION
• 7 STUDIES OF SCHOOL AND CLASSROOM EFFECTIVENESS
• 8 PREPARATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF TEACHERS SERVING ENGLISH-LANGUAGE LEARNERS
• 9 ESTIMATING POPULATION PARAMETERS
• 10 ISSUES RELATED TO THE RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE
• 11 PRIORITIES FOR RESEARCH
• A THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR RESEARCH ON ENGLISH-LANGUAGE LEARNERS AND BILINGUAL EDUCATION
• B FEDERAL AND STATE INTERVIEWS
• C FUNDED RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
• D COMMITTEE SOURCES
• BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
• INDEX
• OTHER REPORTS FROM THE BOARD ON CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES

About this title

About the Author:

Diane August and Kenji Hakuta, Editors; Committee on Developing a Research Agenda on the Education of Limited English Proficient and Bilingual Students, National Research Council and Institute of Medicine

About this edition

• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0309054974
• ISBN 13: 9780309054973
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 499
• Editor: Hakuta Kenji, August Diane