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 an Associate Professor of Literacy and Language and holds a courtesy appointment in the Asian American Studies program at Purdue University, USA. Trish is a licensed K-12 teacher, instructional coach and administrator. She is Co-Associate Editor of the Bilingual Research Journal and is the Principal Investigator for the Office of English Language Acquisition grant Parental Inclusion and Language and Research. Guided by critical and feminist thought, her research examines how individuals' claimed racial and linguistic identities shape educational decision-making for multilingual families.

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: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.2024
• EAN: 9781800417052
• ISBN: 978-1-80041-705-2
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 390 g
• Series: Bilingual Education & Bilingualism
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; 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