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The Best for Our Children:
Critical Perspectives on Literacy for Latino Students
Maria de la Luz Reyes and John J. Halcon, Editors
Foreword by Sonia Nieto
Language and Literacy
Pub Date: Nov 2000, 288 pages
Paperback: $27.95, ISBN: 0807740063
Cloth: $58, ISBN: 0807740071
 
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"In this illuminating volume, the authors courageously challenge the assumption of a skill-based English-only literacy for Latinos. By shifting the literacy debate to a sociocultural terrain, they urge readers to confront the prevailing issues of racism, classism, gender, and economic deprivation that characterize the literacy of Latino/Latina students in the U.S. public schools."
–Donaldo Macedo, Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts and Education, University of Massachusetts, BostonThis watershed volume brings together the foremost leading authorities and scholars lending their individual voices to a single, urgent issue: literacy for Latino students. Their discussions and critical perspectives on literacy for Latino students in grades K—12 touch on the important topics of: - Encouraging biliteracy in the classroom
- Constructing theories of possibility
- Promoting critically literate youth
- Organizing teaching and learning to students’ potential
- Linking literacy to lived experiences
These authors offer hope for children’s academic potential as well as evidence showing that integration of native language and culture in supportive learning environments can lead to success in literacy in two languages. Contributors: Alma Flor Ada, Héctor H. Alvarez, María V. Balderrama, Patricia Baquedano-López, Lilia I. Bartolomé, María Echiburu Berzins, Esteban Díaz, Bárbara Flores, María E. Fránquiz, Kris D. Gutiérrez, Bobbi Ciriza Houtchens, Robert T. Jiménez, Eloise Andrade Laliberty, Alice E. López, Roberta Maldonado, Carmen I. Mercado, Luis C. Moll, Rosa Zubizarreta" |
