Educating across borders : the case of a dual Language program on the U.S.-Mexico Border /

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Educating Across Borders is an ethnography of the learning experiences of transfronterizxs, border-crossing students who live on the U.S.-Mexico border, their lives spanning two countries and two languages. Authors María Teresa de la Piedra, Blanca Araujo, and Alberto Esquinca examine language prac...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Piedra, María Teresa de la (Author)
Other Authors: Araujo, Blanca E., Esquinca, Alberto, Delgado-Gaitan, Concha
Format: Government Document Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Education, Bilingual > Texas > El Paso.
Mexican students > Education (Elementary) > Texas > El Paso.
EDUCATION > General.
Education, Bilingual
Texas > El Paso
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword by Concha Delgado Gaitan; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Theoretical Frameworks to Understand the Transfronterizx Experience; 2. Sociocultural Perspectives on Learning in Dual Language Settings; 3. Conducting Research on the U.S.-Mexico Border; 4. Stories of Transfronterizx Experience; 5. Language and Literacies Crossing Borders; 6. Making Connections: Recontextualizing for Academic Writing; 7. Translanguaging: Access to Science Discourse; 8. Multimodality as a Resource for the Social Organization of Learning.
  • 9. Understanding, Valuing, and Modeling Transfronterizx Funds of KnowledgeConclusion: Transfronterizx Practices as Generative Spaces; Appendix: Methods; References; Index; About the Authors.

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