CHAPTER 3. Schools as Cultural Communication Systems:The Example of Mainstream US Educational Discourse

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents III
3. Acknowledgements VII
4. CHAPTER 1. Bilingual Education and Social Change: ‘It's Much More Than Language’ 1
5. CHAPTER 2. Societal Discourses Surrounding Bilingual Education in the United States: A Historical Perspective 32
6. CHAPTER 3. Schools as Cultural Communication Systems:The Example of Mainstream US Educational Discourse 58
7. CHAPTER 4. The Discursive Construction of Oyster Bilingual School: A Framework for Analysis 84
8. CHAPTER 5. The Need for an Alternative: The Oyster Perspective 100
9. CHAPTER 6. ‘It's Like a Community that Crosses Language, Cultural, and Class Lines’ 123
10. CHAPTER 7. Learning and Teaching at Oyster Bilingual School 150
11. CHAPTER 8. A Focus on Inclusion 167
12. CHAPTER 9. Micro-level Classroom Interaction: A Reflection of the Macro-level Struggle 193
13. CHAPTER 10. Gaining the Right to Participate: A Classroom Analysis 211
14. CHAPTER 11. Beyond Oyster Bilingual School: Implications for Research and Practice 233
15. References 249
16. Index 258