ERIC Number: EJ1340777
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
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ISSN: ISSN-1523-5882
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Bilingual Education for Self-Determination: Re-Centering Chicana/o/x and Latina/o/x Student Voices
Bilingual Research Journal, v44 n4 p522-538 2021
In recent decades, bilingual education policies, programs, pedagogies, and practices have been constrained by neoliberal agendas which have undermined the radical vision of bilingual education as a means toward self-determination that the Chicana/o Movement youth articulated more than 50 years ago. This narrowing of educational possibilities has perpetuated the marginalization of bi/multilingual students from Chicana/o/x and Latina/o/x backgrounds who comprise the majority of "English-language Learners" in public schools. In this theoretical essay, we re-center the calls of 1960s Chicana/o Movement youth (and parents and educators) and argue that to realize their radical vision, bilingual education and educators must deliberately re-center and engage dialogically with contemporary Chicana/o/x and Latina/o/x bi/multilingual students' critical assessments about their lived intersectional experiences with language, power, identities, and schooling. To this end, we propose what we call Bilingual Education for Self-determination against Oppression (BESO). We see contemporary Chicana/o/x and Latina/o/x bi/multilingual children and youth as uniquely positioned to advance radical forms of bilingual education, like the type envisioned by Chicana/o Movement youth activists. We conclude with implications for the realization of BESO in practice and policy.
Descriptors: Self Determination, Educational Policy, Teaching Methods, Educational Practices, Neoliberalism, Power Structure, Hispanic American Students, Bilingualism, Multilingualism, English Language Learners, Teacher Attitudes, Parent Attitudes, Self Concept, Bilingual Education Programs, Educational History, Activism, Student Attitudes, Public Schools, Critical Theory, Justice, Spanish, High School Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Colorado; California (Los Angeles)
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