Bilingual Education in the 21st Century

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A Global Perspective

By Ofelia García

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Bilingual Education in the 21st Century explores languages and bilingualism from individual and societal perspectives. It covers various programme types, relevant variables, and policies, concluding with discussions on pedagogy and assessment practices. This work broadens traditional views of bilingualism to include global and local concerns, making it a valuable resource for future teachers, school administrators, and policy makers.
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Ideal for future teachers, school administrators, policy makers, and scholars interested in bilingual education, language policy, and pedagogy in diverse educational settings.

Bilingual Education in the 21st Century examines languages and bilingualism as individual and societal phenomena, presents program types, variables, and policies in bilingual education, and concludes by looking at practices, especially pedagogies and assessments.

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Bilingual Education in the 21st Century examines languages and bilingualism as individual and societal phenomena. It presents program types, variables, and policies in bilingual education, and concludes by looking at practices, especially pedagogies and assessments.

This thought-provoking work is an ideal textbook for future teachers, as well as providing a fresh view of the subject for school administrators and policy makers.

Provides an overview of bilingual education theories and practices throughout the world:

Extends traditional conceptions of bilingualism and bilingual education to include global and local concerns in the 21st century.
Questions assumptions regarding language, bilingualism and bilingual education, and proposes a new theoretical framework and alternative views of teaching and assessment practices.
Reviews international bilingual education policies, with separate chapters dedicated to US and EU language policy in education.
Gives reasons why bilingual education is beneficial for all children worldwide, and presents cases of how this is being implemented.

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Praised as a comprehensive and insightful text, the book offers detailed discussions on multilingual education policy and bilingual education theories. Reviews highlight its value for both scholars and students, predicting it will become a classic reference in bilingual education literature. Noted for its international relevance and clear arguments, it is recommended as essential reading for educators worldwide.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781405119948

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 24 October 2008

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 170.0mm

Height: 241.0mm

Weight: 771g

Pages: 496

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About the Author

Ofelia García is Professor of Urban Education at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. She has been Professor of Bilingual Education at Columbia University's Teachers College, and at The City College of New York; and has been Dean of the School of Education in the Brooklyn Campus of Long Island University. Among her publications are Imagining Multilingual Schools (with T. Skutnabb-Kangas and M. Torres-Guzmán), A Reader in Bilingual Education (with C. Baker), Language Loyalty, Continuity and Change: Joshua Fishman's Contributions to International Sociolinguistics (with Rakhmiel Peltz and Harold Schiffman), and The Multilingual Apple: Languages in New York City (with J.A. Fishman). She is a Fellow of the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS) in South Africa, and has been a Fulbright Scholar, and a Spencer Fellow of the U.S. National Academy of Education.