Lau v. Nichols and Chinese American Language Rights - The Sunrise and Sunset of Bilingual Education

This book employs a narrative policy portraiture approach to recenter the stories of those involved in the Lau v. Nichols court case. It brings Chinese and Chinese American voices to the forefront, filling a significant gap in narration, representation and retrospective research within language policy and ethnic studies research.

About the author

Trish Morita-Mullaney is Professor at Purdue University, USA. Her research is framed by critical language, critical race and feminist theories; she employs a variety of methods to accomplish these aims. She uses participatory and constructivist methods with participants, as they unpack, critique and analyze their orientations towards emergent bilinguals and multilingualism.

Summary

This book employs a narrative policy portraiture approach to recenter the stories of those involved in the Lau v. Nichols court case. It brings Chinese and Chinese American voices to the forefront, filling a significant gap in narration, representation and retrospective research within language policy and ethnic studies research.

Product details

• Authors: Trish Morita-Mullaney
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.08.2024
• EAN: 9781800417069
• ISBN: 978-1-80041-706-9
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 530 g
• Series: Bilingual Education & Bilingualism
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; USA, China, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching, EDUCATION / Bilingual Education, United States of America, USA, Educational strategies & policy, Language teaching theory & methods, Bilingualism & multilingualism, Bilingualism and multilingualism, Educational strategies and policy, Education of bilingual or multilingual students