The Shoulders We Stand On: A History of Bilingual Education in New Mexico

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Synopsis
The Shoulders We Stand On traces the complex history of bilingual education in New Mexico, covering Spanish, Diné, and Pueblo languages. The book focuses on the formal establishment of bilingual education infrastructure and looks at the range of contemporary challenges facing the educational environment today. The book&’s contributors highlight particular actions, initiatives, and people that have made significant impacts on bilingual education in New Mexico, and they place New Mexico&’s experience in context with other states&’ responses to bilingual education. The book also includes an excellent timeline of bilingual education in the state. The Shoulders We Stand On is the first book to delve into the history of bilingual education in New Mexico and to present New Mexico&’s leaders, families, and educators who have pioneered program development, legislation, policy, evaluation, curriculum development, and teacher preparation in the field of bilingual multicultural education at state and national levels. Historians of education, educators, and educators in training will want to consider this as required reading.
Copyright:
2020

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
328 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780826360199
Related ISBNs:
9780826360175
Publisher:
University of New Mexico Press
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
the University of New Mexico Press
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Education, Language Arts, Foreign Language Study
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Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Rebecca Blum-Martinez
Edited by:
Mary Jean López

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