Bilingual and multicultural education : Canadian perspectives
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Bilingual and multicultural education : Canadian perspectives
(Multilingual matters / series editor, Derrick Sharp, 15)
Multilingual Matters, c1984
- : pbk
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Bibliography: p. 164-166
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book provides a conceptualisation of bilingual (French-English) and multicultural education. Its main purposes are to synthesise recent responses to bilingual and multicultural education; to identify the issues arising out of the schools' responses to these new challenges; and to examine future directions for educational policy.
Table of Contents
1. Stan Shapson: Bilingual and Multicultural Education in Canada
The Schools' Response to Bilingualism
2. Gerald Halpern: Second Language Teaching Programs
3. Fred Genesee: French Immersion Programs
4. Jim Cummins: Bilingualism and Cognitive Functioning
The Schools' Response to Multiculturalism
5. Jim Cummins: The Minority Language Child
6. June Wyatt: Implications of Multiculturalism for Curriculum
7. Brian Connors: A Multicultural Curriculum as Action for Social Justice
8. Ian Wright and Carol LaBar: Multiculturalism and Morality
9. John Kehoe and Frank Echols: Educational Approaches for Combatting Prejudice and Racism
Future Directions for Educational Policy
10. G. Richard Tucker: The Future of Language Policy in Education
11. Vincent D'Oyley: Beyond the English and French Realities in Canada: The Politics of Empowerment of Minorities
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