Describes the Ethnic Program, a bilingual early childhood program in Adelaide, Australia, which utilizes ethnic staff as mediators in kindergartens with a significant number of children of ethnic minority origin. (CM)

Stresses the need of institutions of higher education to develop in-service programs in bilingual/bicultural education for the experienced educator. Describes the goals, assumptions, methodologies and other significant features of an "extern program" developed at the University of Colorado at Denver. Compares advantages and disadvantages. Suggests…

The teacher training program in bilingual special education at George Mason University (Virginia) trains bilingual special education teachers alongside their regular and special education couterparts. The program produces special education teachers conversant in bilingual issues and bilingual special educators specifically skilled in second…

Excerpts of taped interviews with members of Chicano communities in various parts of the United States reveal how they view the schools and what they see as major problems and needs in the schools. (JF)

Teachers were surveyed for their opinions of Signed English and American Sign Language. Of the 85 responses, most felt that deaf children should begin signing as early as possible, use Signed English as their base language, and eventually be bilingual in the sign languages. It was also felt that teachers should be bilingual. (MSE)

The major structural barriers to increasing Hispanic educational access and an analysis of the policy implications of these barriers are articulated. Bilingual teacher training, dropout prevention, maintenance of categorical programs, high school to college transition, and the honoring of federal Hispanic initiatives strategies are recommended to…

Presents contemporary positions on cognitive learning styles, provides a brief description of 12 cognitive learning styles and of recent research studies, offers criterion statements for consideration in reviewing research studies on cognitive learning styles, and offers suggestions for teachers concerning cognitive learning styles. (Author/CM)

A test measuring the teachers' Spanish proficiency was developed as part of a battery of tests for teachers in bilingual education programs--the CERAS Teacher Tests for Spanish/English Bilingual Education. Two independent studies indicated that the relationship between pupils' achievement in Spanish and English and their teachers' Spanish…

Describes a high school program that encourages bilingual students to become tutors in their own community and to finish school and become teachers. (TB)

Research shows that schools must initiate and promote limited-English-speaking parent participation. The Hispanic Policy Development Project, which studied 42 parent involvement programs, documented the importance of teacher and administrator training, bilingual staff, translated written communications, parent advisory committees, parent-teacher…

California and the rest of the United Sates are undergoing significant challenges in providing educational opportunities for an increasingly diverse population. These challenges include inadequate literacy and numeracy skills among large segments of the student and adult populations; an ongoing shift in the demographic profile of the population,…

Preservice teachers from a Hispanic-serving university and Latino families reflected on their interactions during an after-school children's tutoring program conducted at an elementary school. This paper focuses on issues that both preservice teachers and families found important to communication and relationship building. These issues were…

The introduction to this handbook for teachers and administrators in bilingual education programs states: "Half of the children in the world are bilingual, and approximately one fourth of the people in the United States can communicate in more than one language. About ten percent of our population speaks a language other than English natively. For…

This report presents an evaluation of a bilingual education plan in its second year of operation. The major emphasis is on establishing a comprehensive, experimental, educational program utilizing the native language abilities of Spanish-speaking children as the primary medium of instruction until such time as the student is bilingual and capable…

This presentation assists educators, parents, and community leaders in determining how auxiliary personnel may best be utilized in public schools. It is suggested that the introduction of auxiliary personnel into a school system may provide more individualized education for children and youth, make possible a more flexible structure in the…