Course Description
Exploration of theory and research on the social and cultural contexts of language minority education with particular reference to the United States.
Athena Title
ANTHRO LANG MIN ED
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Students will: 1. understand the history of anthropological and sociological inquiry into linguistic minority education. 2. understand current theories about linguistic minority school success and failure. 3. understand major strands of research on sociocultural contexts and language minority schooling processes.
Topical Outline
1. Definition of language minorities 2. History of anthropological and sociological inquiry into linguistic minority schooling 3. Portraits of language minority youth in America 4. Theories of language minority academic achievement 5. Cultural "mismatch" theory and culturally relevant pedagogy 6. Funds of knowledge 7. Cultural-ecological perspectives 8. Segmented assimilation 9. Social reproduction theory 10. Boundary processes 11. Case studies of language minority education 12. Social capital and language minority schooling 13. Social capital and language minority communities 14. Family influence and socialization 15. Gender and academic achievement 16. Ethno linguistic identity and schooling 17. Schooling structure and process