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Immigrant learners and their families : literacy to connect the generations / Gail Weinstein-Shr & Elizabeth Quintero, editors.

Quintero, Elizabeth P. (Added Author). Weinstein-Shr, Gail. (Added Author). National Clearinghouse for ESL Literacy Education. (Added Author).
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  • ISBN: 0937354848 :
  • Physical Description: viii, 164 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
  • Publisher: McHenry, IL : Center for Applied Linguistics and Delta Systems, c1995.

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General Note: "Prepared by the National Clearinghouse for ESL Literacy Education."
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note: Foreword / Brian V. Street -- Preface / Gail Weinstein-Shr -- section 1. Program design : focus on collaboration -- ch. 1. Literacy program design : reflections from California / Grace D. Holt and Daniel D. Holt -- ch. 2. Lessons in collaboration : an adult educator's perspective / Jessica Dilworth -- ch. 3. Connecting through culture brokers : promise and pitfalls / Nora Lewis and Cecelia Varbero -- ch. 4. Family collaboration in children's literacy : when journals travel home / Daniel J. Doorn -- section 2. Curriculum : drawing on learner strengths -- ch. 5. From deficit to strength : changing perspectives on family literacy / Elsa Roberts Auerbach -- g ch. 6. Memories of Mami in the family literacy class / Loren McGrail -- ch. 7. Literacy from within : the Project FIEL curriculum / Ana Huerta-Macías -- ch. 8. Our stories to transform them : a source of authentic literacy / Maritza Arrastía -- section 3. Where we are, Where we're going -- ch. 9. Learning from uprooted families / Gail Weinstein-Shr -- ch. 10. Evidence of success : learner assessment and program evaluation in innovative programs / Heide Spruck Wrigley -- ch. 11. Magic and risk : lessons for the future / Elizabeth Quintero.

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