Affirming Students' Right to their Own Language: Bridging Language Policies and Pedagogical Practices

By Yehuda Katz and Jerrie Cobb Scott

Book Overview

A Co-publication of the National Council of Teachers of English and Routledge.

This landmark volume responds to the call to attend to the unfinished pedagogical business of the NCTE Conference on College Composition and Communication 1974 Students' Right to Their Own Language resolution. Chronicling the interplay between legislated/litigated education policies and language and literacy teaching in diverse classrooms, it presents exemplary research-based practices that maximize students' learning by utilizing their home-based cultural, language, and literacy practices to help them meet school expectations.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805863494
• ISBN13: 9780805863499
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 8.8"