Bilingual Education: Reviving an American Tradition

Autor/inn/en	Goldenberg, Claude; Wagner, Kirstin
Titel	Bilingual Education: Reviving an American Tradition
Quelle	In: American Educator, 39 (2015) 3, S.28-32 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0148-432X
Schlagwörter	Bilingual Education; Educational Practices; Educational Development; Educational History; Educational Research; Language of Instruction; Bilingualism; Politics of Education; Political Influences; Educational Objectives; Educational Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bilingual teaching; Bilingualer Unterricht; Bildungspraxis; Bildungsentwicklung; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Bilingualismus; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Educational method; Erziehungsmethode
Abstract	In the United States, bilingual education continues to provoke fierce debate. It seems that nearly everyone--from educators to policymakers to parents with school-age children to those without children--has a strong opinion on whether children with little fluency in English should be taught academic content in their home language as they learn English. This article provides an overview of the history of bilingual education in America's educational landscape, discusses political support for and challenges to bilingual education, and reviews research that states that instruction in a student's home language can improve achievement in English (or whatever the national language may be). It is time to move the discussion away from bilingual education and focus instead on bilingualism and its benefits for all of our children and the adults they will become. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	American Federation of Teachers. 555 New Jersey Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20001. Tel: 202-879-4400; e-mail: amered@aft.org; Web site: http://www.aft.org/newspubs/periodicals/ae
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01