Bilingualism and special education : issues in assessment and pedagogy
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Bilingualism and special education : issues in assessment and pedagogy
（Multilingual matters / series editor, Derrick Sharp, 6）
Multilingual Matters Ltd, c1984
- : pbk
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Bibliography: p276-297. - Includes index
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Description
This book has a practical focus in that it examines the effectiveness of alternatives to traditional assessment and pedagogical practices for bilingual children. However, a central theme of the book is that progress can be made in improving practice only by means of a thorough re-examination of the assumptions underlying the entire special education enterprise, and particularly the diagnostic-prescriptive medical model that dominates much current practice. It argues that despite its laudable intentions, much special education practice with respect to bilingual students is fundamentally misdirected. Concrete suggestions are made both for changing the structure of special education services for bilingual students and for instituting more appropriate assessment and pedagogical practices.
Table of Contents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
1 INTRODUCTION
2 REFERRAL AND ASSESSMENT OF MINORITY STUDENTS: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY
3 THE ORIGINS OF BIAS IN IQ TESTS
4 THE CONSTRUCT OF "LEARNING DISABILITY"
5 UNDERACHIEVEMENT AMONG MINORITY CHILDREN
6 LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY, BILINGUALISM AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
7 LEARNING DIFFICULTIES IN "IMMERSION" PROGRAMMES
8 ASSESSMENT OF BILINGUAL EXCEPTIONAL STUDENTS
9 PEDAGOGICAL ASSUMPTIONS UNDERLYING SPECIAL EDUCATION
10 FROM RESEARCH AND THEORY TO POLICY AND PRACTICE
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