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Kang, Emily J. S.; Swanson, Lauren H.; Bauler, Clara V. – Electronic Journal of Science Education, 2017
This paper explored the integration of science and language instruction during a unit on plate tectonics in a 7th grade transitional bilingual classroom. As not many studies have explored engaging bilingual learners in the Next Generation Science Standards practices of argumentation and explanation, we sought to analyze emergent bilinguals'…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Units of Study, Language Proficiency, Plate Tectonics
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Johannessen, B. Gloria Guzman; Thorsos, Nilsa; Dickinson, Gail – Education and Society, 2016
This study addresses public universities' policies and practices in the USA (United States of America) with a focus on public bilingual teacher preparation in Spanish-English programs (initial credential licensure and Masters of Education programs with, or without, endorsements). We questioned: "What do bilingual programs look like in public…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Teacher Education Programs, Program Implementation, Spanish
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Kleyn, Tatyana; Reyes, Sharon Adelman – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2011
New York City sets itself apart from many locations in the USA due to its citizens' unparalleled diversity. The degree to which schools either build upon or suppress the backgrounds of their linguistically and culturally diverse students is dependent on the degree to which they can provide an education that is both bilingual and multicultural.…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Creoles, Ideology, Cultural Differences
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Garcia, Ofelia; Flores, Nelson; Chu, Haiwen – International Multilingual Research Journal, 2011
This article challenges 20th century ways of conceptualizing bilingualism, arguing that they are no longer applicable to the linguistic heterogeneity of the 21st century. Using case studies of two small high schools in New York City, this article re-imagines the possibilities of bilingual education to more accurately reflect the realities of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Bilingual Education, Educational Change, Bilingualism
Vazquez, Jose A. – Journal of the National Association for Bilingual Education, 1976
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teachers, Competency Based Teacher Education, Educational Objectives
Mercado, Carmen I. – 1985
The federally-funded New York Bilingual Education Multifunctional Support Center provides support services for Title VII and other bilingual education programs, and actively promotes the analysis and application of research findings relating to bilingual instruction and teacher training. It promotes professional development activities that are…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Teaching and Learning Research Corp., New York, NY. – 1971
The program of the Bilingual Mini-School, funded under Title VII of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act, and located in a junior high school in that area of Manhattan commonly characterized as East Harlem, was designed to reach the junior high school student who had had all his previous schooling in Spanish, as well as those students who,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Schools, Bilingual Students, Bilingual Teachers
District Court, New York, NY. Eastern District of New York. – 1975
The plaintiffs in the case Rosa Maria Rios, et al., against Henry P. Read, et al., in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, involving the Patchogue-Medford School District public schools, were presented with 200 questions, organized into twelve sections dealing respectively with general enrollment data,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Teachers, Court Litigation, Educational Finance, Educational Needs
Hernandez, Maximo C. – 1993
Today's linguistically diverse classrooms require teachers who are properly educated to communicate effectively with students, parents, and the larger community. Teacher education programs have the responsibility of preparing teachers with these skills and of responding to the shortage of racial and ethnic minorities within the state of New York's…
Descriptors: Bilingual Teachers, College School Cooperation, Cultural Pluralism, Elementary Secondary Education