Educating Immigrant Children: Schools and Language Minorities in Twelve Nations

by Charles L. Glenn, Ester J. De Jong

Overview

This study is concerned with the ways in which a dozen " knowledge-based societies" of Western Europe and the English-speaking world respond to unprecedented cultural and linguistic diversity resulting from the flow of immigrants and refugees since World War II. It asks how public policy has sought to use schooling to minimize the potentially divisive and inequitable effects of this diversity and to provide opportunities to the children of immigrants. It asks also how the nature of each of these societies affects the meaning of integration into each of them.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781136788413
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/01/1996
Series:	Reference Books In International Education
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	760
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Glenn, Charles L. ; De Jong, Ester J.

Table of Contents

Educating Immigrant Children: Schools and Language Minorities in Twelve Nations is certainly the most comprehensive review of its topic available in English at this time. The book is strongly recommended for courses on immigration and education, social foundations of education, bilingual and multicultural education and comparative education. It is also a valuable contribution to a very large international literature on education and minority/migrant issues for its consistent presentation of complex issues in all their complexity -- Education Review

Editorial Reviews

Surveys educational policies and practices in response to language diversity in twelve countries, and draws from them lessons for a more effective whole-school approach. Policies and practices are discussed in the context of political debate within minority communities and in the wider society of each nation, focusing on competing claims of integration and of language and cultural maintenance. Other subjects include the current status of immigration to the OECD nations, indigenous language minority groups, and classroom practices. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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"Highly recommended for graduate students and faculty." — Choice

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