Eugene E. Garcia, Mehmet Ozturk

An Asset-Based Approach to Latino Education in the United States

Understanding Gaps and Advances

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Produktbeschreibung

Challenging perspectives that often characterize Latinos as 'at-risk,' this book takes an 'asset' approach, highlighting the favorable linguistic, cognitive, economic, and cultural assets Latino children bring to educational settings.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 403g
• ISBN-13: 9781138683501
• ISBN-10: 1138683507
• Artikelnr.: 50657108

Autorenporträt

Eugene E. García is Professor Emeritus of Education, Arizona State University, USA. Mehmet 'Dali' Ӧztürk is an education research professional living in California, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: The Education Circumstances of Latinos in the United States
Chapter 3: Latinos and the Early Years-Early Development and Learning
Critical for Positive Outcomes
Chapter 4: Teaching and Learning from a Cultural and Linguistic Asset Base
Chapter 5: Federal and State Policy: The Do's and Don'ts
Chapter 6: The Latino Postsecondary Education Circumstances: Gaps and
Advances
Chapter 7: Future Educational Circumstances of the Latino Students: We Know
So Much More