The multicultural classroom : readings for content-area teachers

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The multicultural classroom : readings for content-area teachers

edited by Patricia A. Richard-Amato and Marguerite Ann Snow

Longman, c1992

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-397) and index

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Description

This sourcebook is essential reading for teachers in multicultural classrooms. Focusing on the needs of language minority students, it presents selections from the works of experienced teachers and researchers such as Cummins, H. D. Brown, Heath, Banks, McGroarty, Scarcella, Chamot, and O?Malley.

Table of Contents

Part I THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS Chapter 1 Language Minority Students in Multicultural Classrooms Chapter 2 Language Proficiency, Bilingualism, and Academic Achievement Chapter 3 A Conceptual Framework for the Integration of Language and Content Instruction Chapter 4 The cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach: A Bridge to the Mainstream Chapter 5 Cooperative Learning: The Benefits for Content-Area Teaching Part II CULTURAL CONSIDERATIONS Chapter 6 Sociocultural Factors in Teaching Language Minority Students Chapter 7 The Stages of Ethnicity Chapter 8 Sociocultural Contexts of Language Development: Implications for the Classroom Chapter 9 Providing Culturally Sensitive Feedback Part III THE CLASSROOM: INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES AND MATERIALS Chapter 10 Strategies for Content-Area Teachers Chapter 11 Adapting materials and Developing Lesson Plans Chapter 12 Facilitating the Reading Process Chapter 13 Coaching the Developing Second Language Writer Chapter 14 Helping Students Write for an Academic Audience Chapter 15 Conducting Verbal Reviews Chapter 16 The Physical Environment Chapter 17 What Are we Really Testing? Chapter 18 Peer Teachers: The Neglected Resource Part IV READINGS IN SPECIFIC CONTENT AREAS Chapter 19 Social Studies Instruction Chapter 20 Teaching Literature to Language Minority Students Chapter 21 Discovery Science and Language Development Chapter 22 Integrating Mathematics and Language Learning Chapter 23 Multicultural Art Projects Chapter 24 Using Low Organized Games in Multicultural Physical Education Chapter 25 Music as Multicultural Education Chapter 26 Serving Language Minority Students in Business Education References Index

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