Inciting change in secondary English language programs :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
the case of Cherry High School
First Statement of Responsibility
Marilee Coles-Ritchie.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Basingstoke
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Palgrave Macmillan
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2009
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
212 Seiten).
SERIES
Series Title
Secondary education in a changing world
GENERAL NOTES
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Originally published in: 2009.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction: Can we blame the teachers? * Community Context: Change is in the air * Contradictory Discourse among teachers, administration and the state: "Let's have a more inclusive school culture, which assimilates all students." * Teachers' discursive realignment * Language Ideologies at Cherry High School * Teachers as agents of school change * Secondary Education and English Learners: We've got work to do * Epilogue: Cherry High School Now
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This book follows a group of teachers who worked to create a program that supported their students' native languages and funds of knowledge, finding that structures within the school and discourses from other teachers, administrators, and the nation/community both constrained/enabled the teachers to create an equitable learning environment.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
English language -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Foreign speakers.
Interdisciplinary approach in education.
Teaching of students with English as a second language (TESOL)