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CONTENTS


 

Foreword

José Salvador Hernández    

 

Preface

Enrique G. Murillo, Jr.

 

SECTION I: History, Theory, and Methodology

Chapter 1          History, Theory and Methodology: An Introduction

Sofia A. Villenas and Douglas E. Foley

 

Chapter 2          The United Status of Latinos

Victoria-María MacDonald and Juan F. Carrillo

 

Chapter 3          Latino Education in 20th Century America:  A Brief History

Guadalupe San Miguel, Jr. and Rubén Donato

 

Chapter 4          Latina/o Education and the Reciprocal Relationship between Theory and Practice: Four Theories Informed by the Experiential Knowledge of Marginalized Communities 

C. Alejandra Elenes and Dolores Delgado Bernal

 

Chapter 5          Contemporary and Critical Methodological Shifts in Research on Latino Education

María Estela Zarate and Gilberto Q. Conchas

 

Chapter 6          Latino/a Theoretical Contributions to Educational Praxis: Abriendo Caminos, Construyendo Puentes

Jason G. Irizarry and Sonia Nieto

 

SECTION II: Policies and Politics

Chapter 7          Policies and Politics:  An Introduction

Ruth Trinidad Galván and Norma E. González

 

Chapter 8          The Effects of Globalization and Transnationalism on Policies

and Practices in the Education of Latinos in the U. S. and Latin Americans in Spain

Martha Montero-Sieburth, Lidia Cabrera Pérez, and Celoni Espínola Mesa

 

Chapter 9          Education in the New Latino Diaspora

Edmund T. Hamann and Linda Harklau

 

Chapter 10        Construction of Race and Ethnicity for and by Latinos

Edward Fergus, Pedro Noguera and Margary Martin

 

Chapter 11        Monoglossic Ideologies and Language Policies in the

Education of U.S. Latinas/os

Ofelia García and Rosario Torres-Guevara

 

Chapter 12        The Role of High Stakes Testing and Accountability in Educating Latinos

Frances E. Contreras

 

Chapter 13        Assessing the Higher Education Opportunity Structure for Latino Students: Research and Policy Trends at the Turn of the Century

Stella M. Flores

 

Chapter 14        Latin@ Faculty in Academelandia

Luis Urrieta, Jr. and Rudolfo Chávez Chávez

 

Chapter 15        Latinas/os in Higher Education: Eligibility, Enrollment, and Educational Attainment

Octavio Villalpando

 

Chapter 16        Latino Community Activism in the 21st Century: Confronting the Future, Learning from the Past

Carmen I. Mercado and Luis O. Reyes

 

Chapter 17        When Stepping to College is Stepping to Consciousness: Critical Pedagogy, Transformational Resistance, and Community Building with Urban Latin@ and African-American Youth

Nicole D. Hidalgo and Jeffrey M. R. Duncan-Andrade

 

SECTION III: Language and Culture

Chapter 18        Language and Culture:  An Introduction
 Juan Sánchez Muñoz and Eugene García

 

Chapter 19        Infinite Possibilities, Many Obstacles: Language, Culture, Identity and Latino/a Educational Achievement

Aída Hurtado, Karina Cervantez, and Michael Eccleston

 

Chapter 20        Misrepresentations of Language and Culture, Language and Culture as Proxies for Marginalization: Debunking the Arguments

Angela E. Arzubiaga and Jennifer Adair

 

Chapter 21        Bilingualism: An Overview of the Linguistic Research

Kellie Rolstad and Jeff MacSwan

 

Chapter 22        Language, Culture, and Cognition: from Research to Improving Educational Practice for Latino Students

Virginia González

 

Chapter 23        Language Socialization among Latinos: Theory, Method and Approaches

Patricia Baquedano-López, Jorge Solís, and Gabino Arredondo

 

Chapter 24        Latino Families: Culture and Schooling

Flora V. Rodríguez-Brown

 

Chapter 25        Latinos in Special Education: Equity Issues at the Intersection of Language, Culture, and Ability Differences

Alfredo J. Artiles, Amanda L. Sullivan, Federico R. Waitoller, and Rebecca A. Neal

 

Chapter 26        Effective Practices that Matter for Latino Children

Teresa M. Huerta and Carmina M. Brittain

 

Chapter 27        Language, Culture, Policy and the Law:  Issues for Latino Students

Tom Stritikus and Bonnie English

 

SECTION IV: Teaching and Learning

Chapter 28        Teaching and Learning: An Introduction

Corinne Martínez and Esteban Díaz

 

Chapter 29        Going Back to the Headwaters: Examining Latina/o Educational Attainment and Achievement through a Framework of Hope

Rebeca Burciaga, Lindsay Pérez Huber and Daniel G. Solórzano

 

Chapter 30        Dismantling Group-Based Inequality in a NCLB Era, Effective Practices, and Latino Students Placed and Left at Risk

Pedro R. Portes, Margaret A. Gallego and Spencer Salas

 

Chapter 31        “Who are These Kids, Rejects from Hell?” Analyzing Hollywood Distortions of Latina/o High School Students

Tara J. Yosso and David G. García

 

Chapter 32        Latin@s in Early Childhood Education: Issues, Practices, and Future Directions

Verónica E. Valdez and María E. Fránquiz

 

Chapter 33        Best Practices for Teaching Latino English Learners in U.S. Schools

Josefina Villamil Tinajero, Judith Hope Munter and Blanca Araujo

 

Chapter 34        Accountability and Educational Assessment for Latino, English Language Learning Students: Improving Practices through Multidisciplinary Approaches

Zenaida Aguirre-Muñoz and Guillermo Solano-Flores

 

Chapter 35        Boosting the Professional Development of Teachers of Latino English Learners

Liliana Minaya-Rowe    and José A. Ortiz

 

SECTION V: Resources and Information

Chapter 36        Resources and Information: An Introduction

Margarita Machado-Casas

Chapter 37        Adult/Continuing Education

Carlos Martín Vélez

 

Chapter 38        Commercial Products

Minda López

 

Chapter 39        Demographics/Statistics and Government

Norma A. Guzmán

 

Chapter 40        Events

Victor A. Castillo and Sonia N. Sánchez

 

Chapter 41        Groups

Silvia Cristina Bettez

 

Chapter 42        Higher Education

Belinda Treviño Schouten and Katherine Graves-Talati

 

Chapter 43        Internet Tools/Technology

Victor H. Pérez

 

Chapter 44        Libraries/Galleries/Museums

Belinda Treviño Schouten

 

Chapter 45        Non-Print Media

Grisel Y. Acosta 

 

Chapter 46        Parents and Teachers

Esther Garza and Keren Zuniga-McDowell

 

Chapter 47        Periodicals

Evelyn M. Gordon and Daniella Ann Cook

 

Chapter 48        Publications

Norma A. Guzmán, Janet K. López and Mary Ruth Fernández