Bilingual Special Education

Paper Summary:

This paper discusses Jim Cummins' article, "A Theoretical Framework for Bilingual Special Education," in which he argued that racism and discrimination were the main reasons for poor academic results among minority students during the latter part of the 20th century. The paper discusses racism in the classroom and Cummins' proposed intervention model to combat the issues.

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Abstract
Introduction
Racism and Discrimination within the Classroom
Cummins' Proposed Intervention Model
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"The dramatic increase of minority students attending educational establishments in the United Kingdom, and the many issues and challenges that this has raised, continues to be widely debated throughout Britain's political and educational arenas. Enabled through the Government's decision to allow new member states within the European Union to have free access to the United Kingdom's labour market, there has been a tremendous influx of Eastern European workers over the past three years."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Black-Gutman, D, & Hickson, F. 1996, The development of racial prejudice in children, Educational Practice and Theory, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 3-13.
• Department of Education and Science. (1989). English for ages 5 to 16: Proposals of the Secretary of States for Education and Science and the Secretary of State for Wales (The Kingman Report). London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office.
• Executive Summary, Online Article, 2007, Information retrieved 10/05/2007. < improving-er.jrc.it/default/page.gx?_app.page=entity.html&_app.action=entity&_entity.object=TSER...>
• Jim Cummins. A Theoretical Framework for Bilingual Special Education. Journal Title: Exceptional Children. Volume: 56. Issue: 2. Publication Year: 1989. Page Number: 111+. COPYRIGHT 1989 Council for Exceptional Children; COPYRIGHT 2002 Gale Group
• Literacytrust.org., Online Article, Statistics, 2007. Information retrieved 07/05/2007. <www.literacytrust.org.uk>

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