Critical Thinking
in the Bilingual Education Debate

Jill Kerper Mora
San Diego State University

 

This instructional module is designed to provoke critical analysis of the debate surrounding bilingual education and English only instruction in the public schools. Please visit the following web pages to complete the module.

Critical Thinking in the Bilingual Education Debate: A PPT Slide Show

Identifying Fallacies in the Bilingual Education Debate

Intergroup Conflict and Prejudice Formation in the Bilingual Education Debate: A presentation for the American Association of Mexican American Educators (AMAE).

Tips on Writing Letters to the Editor

 

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Links to other resources about Bilingual Education and Proposition 227:

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Dr. Mora's Home Page

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Go to PLC 915 Syllabus

Go to ED 516 Syllabus

An analysis of
Prop 227 implementation

An analysis of structured English immersion

Role of the Regulators: Analysis of 227 Implementation Controversies

Advocacy for Language Minority Students

Age of Enlightenment:
A Rebuttal to Critics of Bilingual Education

Philosophical Assumptions of English-only vs. Bilingual Education

SAT-9 Test Scores for ELLs: An Analysis

Effective Schooling Practices for Language Minorities Bibliography

The Bilingual Education Debate: Prejudice Formation

Debunking English Only

California's Demographic Realities

Theoretical Foundations of Bilingual Education

This page was last updated on 07/26/02