Contemporary Perspectives on Language Policy and Literacy Instruction in Early Childhood Education
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In this anthology, Saracho (curriculum and instruction, University of Maryland) and Spodek (early childhood education, University of Illinois) present work reviewing the current state of knowledge on the education of students who are not fully proficient in English. The editors attempt to move beyond the narrow focus of language instruction that has dominated education and policy discussions to examine individual, social, and instructional factors that affect English language learners.
Chapter 1. Language Policy and Literacy Instruction; Olivia N. Saracho and Bernard Spodek
- Chapter 2. Historical Perspectives in Language Policy and Literacy Reform; Olivia N. Saracho and Bernard Spodek
- Chapter 3. Second Language Issues in Early Literacy and Instruction; Elizabeth S. Pang and Michael L. Kamil
- Chapter 4. The Acquisition of Literacy: Reframing Definitions, Paradigms, Ideologies, and Practices; Mary Renck Jalongo, Beatrice S. Fennimore, and Laurie Nicholson Stamp
- Chapter 5. The Teacher of Beginning Reading; Robert C. Calfee and Linda Scott Hendrick
- Chapter 6. Effective Early Reading Programs for English Language Learners; Robert E. Slavin and Alan Cheung
- Chapter 7. Language Learners, Early Literacy and Reading Policy Reform; Paula Wolfe and Betsy J. Cahill
- Chapter 8. Children's Literature and Children's Literacy: Preparing Early Literacy Teachers to Understand the Aesthetic Values of Children's Literature; Barbara Z. Kiefer
- Chapter 9. A Critical Examination of India's National Language Policy in Primary Education; Jyotsna Pattnaik
- Chapter 10. Issues in Early Childhood Education for English Learners: Assessment, Professional Training, Preschool Interventions and Performance in Elementary School; David Yaden, Robert Rueda, Tina Tsai, and Alberto Esquinca
- Chapter 11. Bilingualism is not the Arithmetic Sum of Two Languages; Eugene E. García
- Chapter 12. Educating the Next Generation: Culture Centered Teaching for School-Aged Children; Esther Elena López and Michael William Mulnix
- Chapter 13. Language Policy in the United States: An Historical and Contemporary Perspective; Olivia N. Saracho and Bernard Spodek