Educating Immigrant Children - Schools and Language Minorities in Twelve Nations

First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

List of contents

Educating Immigrant Children: Schools and Language Minorities in Twelve Nations is certainly the most comprehensive review of its topic available in English at this time. The book is strongly recommended for courses on immigration and education, social foundations of education, bilingual and multicultural education and comparative education. It is also a valuable contribution to a very large international literature on education and minority/migrant issues for its consistent presentation of complex issues in all their complexity -- Education Review

About the author

Glenn, Charles L. ; De Jong, Ester J.

Summary

Surveys educational policies and practices in response to language diversity in twelve countries, and draws from them lessons for a more effective whole-school approach. Policies and practices are discussed in the context of political debate within minority communities and in the wider society of e

Product details

• Authors: Ester J. de Jong, De Jong Ester J., Charles L. Glenn, Glenn Charles L.
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.1996
• EAN: 9780815314691
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-1469-1
• No. of pages: 756
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 216 mm x 46 mm
• Weight: 1560 g
• Series: Reference Books in International Education
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / General, Education, Education / Educational sciences / Pedagogy