Art as a Way of Talking for Emergent Bilingual Youth: A Foundation for Literacy in Prek-12 Schools

ISBN-13: 9780815384526 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 276 str.

Berta Rosa Berriz; Amanda Claudia Wager; Vivian Maria Poey

Opis

Featuring effective artistic practices to improve literacy and language skills for emergent bilinguals in PreK-12 schools, this book invites teacher educators, teachers, artists, and researchers to use the arts as a way of talking, to fully engage students in their own learning, and to best use the resources of their own educational settings.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Bienvenidos  Section I: Walk the Talk: Breathing Life into Theories with Families, Schools, and Communities  2. Heritage Languages as a Valuable Asset for Multilingual Children in US Schools and Beyond: We Can’t Afford to Lose Them!  3. Preparing Ideologically Clear Bilingual Teachers to Recognize Linguistic Geniuses  4. Inclusive Teaching for Bilingual and Multilingual Learners: Collage as Ornithology  5. Family Art Backpacks: Building Family-School Connections Through Art and Story  Section II: In the Heights: Lifting Potential, Expanding Possibilities  6. Seen from Within: Photography, Culture, and Community in a Dual-Language School  7. Meeting the Needs of and Giving Voice to Linguistically Diverse Children through Multimodal and Arts-Based Assessments  8. Picturebook Illustrations: Powerful Pathways for Literacy Learning and Language Acquisition  9. Constructing Stories Using Language and Digital Art: Voices of Multilingual Learners  Section III: Lift Every Voice: Democratic Practice Before, During, and After School  10. ¿Qué caja? What box?: Inclusivity, Assessment, and the Political Possibilities of Preschool Drama  11. Telling Stories of Challenge and Triumph: Emergent Bilinguals Claim the Curriculum through Spoken-Word Poetry, Hip Hop and Video  12. Storier Warriors: New Waves of Indigenous Survivance and Language Revitalization  13. Youth Voices from In and Out of the Classroom: Emergent Bilingual Learners, Graphic Novels, and Critical Multiliteracies  Afterword by Wayne Au