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Bondy, Jennifer M. – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2011
This article uses Foucault's (1977/1995) concept of normalization to analyze contemporary opposition to bilingual education in the United States. These contemporary movements have "normalized" English language learner (ELL) students by appropriating the technology of language in order to become "Americanized." This has become…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Bilingual Education, High Stakes Tests, English (Second Language)
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Mora, Jill Kerper; Wink, Joan; Wink, Dawn – Bilingual Research Journal, 2001
Describes dual language instruction models, and presents a paradigm for examining congruence among theoretical models, teacher beliefs, and actual classroom practices to determine program effectiveness. Examples illustrate implementation pitfalls. Analysis of Proposition 227 finds it to be a decontextualized procedural model; it has an incoherent…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Criticism, Educational Principles, Educational Theories