Transdisciplinary Lens for Bilingual Education : Bridging Cognitive, Sociocultural, and Sociolinguistic Approaches to Enhance Student Learning

Addressing the intersections between cognitive, sociocultural, and sociolinguistic research, this volume explores bilingual development across educational contexts to discuss and uncover the influences and impact of language in school programming and everyday practices. Confronting a standard monolingual lens, this collection highlights the importance of applying cross-disciplinary approaches to examine bilingualism in relation to topics such as language politics, linguistic identities, students’ experiences at home and in schools, asset-based teaching and curricula, and overall benefits.

Ideal for courses in bilingualism, literacy, psychology, and language education, this text is an important resource for understanding and applying transdisciplinary, inclusive approaches to positively influence cognitive development, academic learning, and identity formation in bilingual education.

Eurydice Bauer is Professor, the John E. Swearingen Chair of Education, and the Director of the Center of Bilingualism Matters at the University of South Carolina, USA.

Lenny Sánchez is Associate Professor of Language and Literacy Education and Co-Director of the Center of Bilingualism Matters at the University of South Carolina, USA.

Yang Wang is Associate Professor of Language and Literacy Education and Co-Director of the Center of Bilingualism Matters at the University of South Carolina, USA.

Andrea Vaughan is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Illinois at Chicago's Center for Literacy, where she studies community-based literacy learning and teaching.