Lau v. Nichols and Chinese American Language Rights
The Sunrise and Sunset of Bilingual Education
«Professor Morita-Mullaney's book is a fascinating account of the Chinese American struggle and victory for bilingual education. Employing powerful first-hand accounts, she details not only this community's valiant efforts to win language rights but also to implement bilingual/bicultural education as fully as possible.»
Russell Jeung, San Francisco State University, USA
This book employs a narrative policy portraiture approach to recenter the stories of the Chinese community involved in the Lau v. Nichols court case of 1974. This seminal Supreme Court case ruled that the failure to provide adequate and accessible instruction to approximately 1800 students of Chinese ancestry denied them the opportunity to participate in public education and constituted a discrimination on the basis of national origin.
Les merThis book employs a narrative policy portraiture approach to recenter the stories of the Chinese community involved in the Lau v. Nichols court case of 1974. This seminal Supreme Court case ruled that the failure to provide adequate and accessible instruction to approximately 1800 students of Chinese ancestry denied them the opportunity to participate in public education and constituted a discrimination on the basis of national origin. While much has been written on language education policy changes for emergent bilinguals in the US, the perspectives of the key actors involved in the case are rarely heard. This book brings Chinese and Chinese American voices to the forefront, placing the participants within the retrospective social context as they reach their own conclusions about the process and outcomes of the case. It draws upon research in language policy and Asian American studies and invites readers to imagine the social futures and possibilities for what Lau v. Nichols means for the 21st century and beyond. The volume fills a significant gap in narration, representation and retrospective research and will be of interest to graduate students and researchers in Asian American studies, bilingual education, educational policy and leadership, as well as teachers, school administrators and policymakers.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Multilingual Matters
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9781800417069
- Utgivelsesår
- 2024
- Format
- 23 x 16 cm
Om forfatteren
Trish Morita-Mullaney is an Associate Professor of Literacy and Language and holds a courtesy appointment in the Asian American Studies program at Purdue University, USA. Trish is a licensed K-12 teacher, instructional coach and administrator. She is Co-Associate Editor of the Bilingual Research Journal and is the Principal Investigator for the Office of English Language Acquisition grant Parental Inclusion and Language and Research. Guided by critical and feminist thought, her research examines how individuals’ claimed racial and linguistic identities shape educational decision-making for multilingual families.
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«Professor Morita-Mullaney's book is a fascinating account of the Chinese American struggle and victory for bilingual education. Employing powerful first-hand accounts, she details not only this community's valiant efforts to win language rights but also to implement bilingual/bicultural education as fully as possible.»
Russell Jeung, San Francisco State University, USA
«What Morita-Mullaney has done here is monumental. She has systematically and thoroughly tracked down the people, documents, and events that were key to this pivotal moment in the history of bilingual education in the US and brought them together to tell the story. We share their joys and frustrations, admire their creativity and wisdom, see their strength and courage. This book is a treasure, documenting a history that may have otherwise been lost to time and change.»
Deborah Palmer, University of Colorado Boulder, USA
«Morita-Mullaney humanizes the sociopolitical history that has laid the foundation for present day education for multilingual learners. By centering the narratives and voices of San Francisco’s Chinatown communities, allies, advocates, and educators this book offers a much needed perspective on the origins and legacy of Lau.»
Chris Montecillo Leider, University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA
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