Inciting Change in Secondary English Language Programs : The Case of Cherry High School
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Secondary Education in a Changing World
ISBN-10
0230606105
ISBN-13
9780230606104
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint
Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 13th, 2009
Print length
195 Pages
Weight
342 grams
Dimensions
21.70 x 14.90 x 1.50 cms
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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.
The way many secondary schools are structured limits the ability of immigrant English Learners to achieve academically and develop social networks, often resulting in hyper-segregated learning experiences. This book explores the journey of a group of teachers in a secondary school as they work to change the ESL program for immigrants in their school. As this group of teachers worked to create a program that supported their students'' home languages and funds of knowledge, 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.
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