The Best for Our Children : Critical Perspectives on Literacy for Latino Students (9780807740064)

This watershed volume brings together the foremost leading authorities and scholars lending their individual voices to a single, urgent issue: literacy for Latino students. In a departure from traditional paradigms, Latinos examine their own lived experiences in U.S. schools and offer sound theories born from positions of expertise and first-hand knowledge as researchers and educators. Their discussions and critical perspectives on literacy for Latino students in grades K-12 touch on the important topics of:

-Encouraging biliteracy in the classroom

-Constructing theories of possibility

-Promoting critically literate youth

-Organizing teaching and learning to students' potential

-Linking literacy to lived experiences

As insiders in Spanish-speaking communities that are often maligned for their children's alleged "failure" in schools, these authors offer hope for children's academic potential as well as evidence showing that integration of native language and culture in supportive learning environments can lead to success in literacy in two languages.

Product details

• Format Paperback | 288 pages
• Dimensions 157.99 x 232.16 x 18.03mm | 381.02g
• Publication date 10 Dec 2000
• Publisher Teachers' College Press
• Publication City/Country New York, United States
• Language English
• ISBN10 0807740063
• ISBN13 9780807740064

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