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Equal Rights to the Curriculum : Many Languages, One Message / Eithne Gallagher.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Parents' and Teachers' GuidesPublisher: Bristol ; Blue Ridge Summit : Multilingual Matters, [2008]Copyright date: ©2008Description: 1 online resource (200 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781847690685
  • 9781847690692
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 371.826/91 22
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Hidden and Overt Power Structures in International Schools -- Chapter 2. Research, Theory and Good Practice -- Chapter 3. Third Culture Children -- Chapter 4. ESL Parents – Seen But Not Heard -- Chapter 5. Promoting Other Languages -- Chapter 6. Choosing an Effective International School for Your Child -- Appendix 1: An Internationalism Audit -- Glossary -- Further Reading -- References -- Index
Summary: The parents of second language children are often seen but not heard in schools. This book is unique in addressing the many issues facing parents of children whose first language is different from that of the school classroom. Drawing on teaching theory, the book provides these parents with a wealth of practical information, guidelines and checklists, enabling them to ask schools intelligent and challenging questions to test whether their children’s linguistic diversity is really being properly catered for. The theory review and best practice guidelines should be of value also to teacher trainers, teachers, administrators and policy makers. They provide an accurate analysis of important issues together with pragmatic pointers towards improving educational practice so that all children growing up in a school’s multicultural society will be guaranteed what they deserve: Equal Rights to the Curriculum.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781847690692

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Hidden and Overt Power Structures in International Schools -- Chapter 2. Research, Theory and Good Practice -- Chapter 3. Third Culture Children -- Chapter 4. ESL Parents – Seen But Not Heard -- Chapter 5. Promoting Other Languages -- Chapter 6. Choosing an Effective International School for Your Child -- Appendix 1: An Internationalism Audit -- Glossary -- Further Reading -- References -- Index

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The parents of second language children are often seen but not heard in schools. This book is unique in addressing the many issues facing parents of children whose first language is different from that of the school classroom. Drawing on teaching theory, the book provides these parents with a wealth of practical information, guidelines and checklists, enabling them to ask schools intelligent and challenging questions to test whether their children’s linguistic diversity is really being properly catered for. The theory review and best practice guidelines should be of value also to teacher trainers, teachers, administrators and policy makers. They provide an accurate analysis of important issues together with pragmatic pointers towards improving educational practice so that all children growing up in a school’s multicultural society will be guaranteed what they deserve: Equal Rights to the Curriculum.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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