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- Book Title
- La Clase Mágica: Imagining Optimal Possibilities in a Bilingual
- Publication Date
- 2002-10-01
- Pages
- 252
- ISBN
- 9780805840230
- Publication Year
- 2002
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- Clase Mágica : Imagining Optimal Possibilities in a Bilingual Community of Learners
- Item Height
- 0.8in
- Item Length
- 9.1in
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Item Width
- 7in
- Item Weight
- 18.4 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
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La Clase Mágica: Imagining Optimal Possibilities in a Bilingual Community of Learners vividly captures the social and intellectual developments and the promises of an ongoing after-school project called La Clase Mágica. It is a blow-by-blow description of the early transformations of a project that began as an educational activity and slowly but deliberately turned into a social action project whose aim was to serve those with low economic and political means and little access to educational resources. This multivocal account details research in action for effectively serving Spanish-English bilingual speakers from a Mexican origin community, as well as--on a broader level--the diverse populations that increasingly characterize American society today. The focus is on the early foundational work of the project between 1989-1996, though attention is also given to the national and international recognition the project has subsequently received, the college-going patterns of its long-term participants, and the transplantation of the project to other cultural communities. The book speaks out from the "zones of contact" between the university and a language minority community about new ways to extend and intersect theory and practice in many areas of the educational enterprise. Contact is defined not only in the physical sense of face-to-face interaction but also as symbolic interaction between languages, cultures, histories, and epistemologies. Thus, Vásquez speaks of optimal possibilities situated in the middle grounds, or more technically speaking, in the borders between Spanish and English, Mexican and mainstream culture, minority and majority designations, and between school and community contexts where contact is made and new arrangements are imagined. This account uses the reflections of participants at times to take readers from the scientific to the everyday, to make real and concrete the theoretical conceptualizations that box in human behavior. In this way, it defines the theories, methods, and philosophies for linking multiple disciplines, institutions, and participant groups into a concerted effort with potential to reframe the educational opportunities of under-served populations. A close look is provided into the intricacies and the fundamental principles for building and sustaining effective learning environments and institutional relations necessary for enhancing the potential of learners of all ages. In the process, the book also suggests ways in which community members and institutional agents can play an active and integral role in creating learning opportunities that serve both constituencies. Educators and policymakers will find the systems approach for pursuing parent and community involvement in the educational enterprise useful. In sum, the book offers researchers, practitioners, and policymakers much needed guidance, insight, and perhaps inspiration for rethinking educational goals and objectives.
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Publisher
Routledge
ISBN-10
0805840230
ISBN-13
9780805840230
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2331910
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Clase Mágica : Imagining Optimal Possibilities in a Bilingual Community of Learners
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2002
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.1in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
7in
Item Weight
18.4 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Lc3731.V37 2003
Table of Content
Contents: Preface. Introduction. Reconceptualizing Educational Activities Into Social Action. A New Identity and New Possibilities: An Innovation of the Fifth Dimension. A System of Relations for Acting Locally, Thinking Globally, and Planning Long Term. A System of Artifacts for a Methodology in Action. Language and Identity in a Bilingual Learning Environment. The Politics of Participation: Navigating Cultural Borders. Closing Remarks: The Risk of Challenge.
Copyright Date
2002
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
Minority Studies, Multicultural Education, Bilingual Education, General
Lccn
2002-067162
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Education, Social Science
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