Beyond Language : Social and Cultural Factors in Schooling Language Minority Students

California State University, 1986. Paperback. Very Good. Not from a library. xvi + 343 pages. Anthology of seven essays addressing socio-cultural variables impeding successful performance in language arts by immigrant minority students in the U.S. public education system. A challenge in balancing the ideals of maintaining cultural and linguistic diversity versus proficiency in English language skills. Authors are: Carlos Cortes (Professor of History, UC Riverside); Stanley Sue (Professor of Psychology, UCLA); Amado Padilla (Professor of Psychology, UCLA); John Ogbu (Professor of Anthropolgy, UC Berkeley); Maria Matute-Bianchi (Assist Professor, UC Santa Cruz); Shirley Heath (Professor, School of Education, Stanford Univ); Stephen Diaz (Researcher, UC San Diego); Luis Moll (Researcher, Lab of Human Cognition, UC San Diego); Hugh Mehan (Professor of Sociology, UC San Diego); Specer Kagan (Professor, UC Riverside); and, Mary McGroaty (Researcher, CLEAR, UCLA).