Improving Schooling for Language-Minority Children: A Research Agenda

Bys: National Research Council and Institute, Division of Behavioral and Social Scienc, Commission on Behavioral and Social Scie

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309054974
• ISBN13: 9780309054973
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 499 Pages
• Weight: 2.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.2" x 9.3"