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NEGATIVE STORIES Questions/Activities1. Create a list describing the different types of insensitivity and/or thoughtlessness teachers displayed in the stories you read. 2. Think about the stories of Carlos, Juan, and Luliana as you read Why Bilingual Education?. Regardless of your own opinion, formulate 1 argument FOR Bilingual Education and 1 argument AGAINST Bilingual Education. Attempt to make both arguments very convincing. Each argument should contain at least 3 points to support the position be argued. Now read Ideas for Working with Students Who Speak English as a Second Language. What strategies might teachers have used with Carlos, Juan, and Luliana to promote their learning and self-esteem? 3. In most of the Negative Stories, students feel that they were treated unfairly and/or insensitively. Read Ensuring Education Excellence . Then select several Negative Stories and discuss the components of educational equity that were ignored in each of your selected stories. How might the situations have been handled more fairly and sensitively? 4. Describe at least one thing you would/could do to help all students have a more positive experience in your class? READ MORE ABOUT IT Bilingual Education has become a political football with student left to sit on the sidelines and wait. The websites here are intended to provide you with more information/understanding about bilingual education. Involvement of Parents of Diverse Cultural & Linguistic Backgrounds by Maria del Rosario Basterra Performance and Portfolio Assessment for Language Minority Students by Lorraine Valdez Pierce & J. Michael O'Malley
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Read the cluster of stories from these students. As you
read about their experiences, think about the different ways the
teacher made them feel unsafe, confused, insecure, embarassed,
isolated, etc.
