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Following is a collection of information on ethnic groups representing
our nation's increasingly diverse student population. Additionally,
a growing collection of classrooom practices are aimed at addressing the
needs of second language learners. This is meant to serve as a resource
for educators in meeting the instructional needs of diverse K-12 students.
Many of the links were projects completed by Boston College Lynch School
of Education (LSOE) graduate students as part of ED346 Teaching Bilingual
Students and are posted with their permission.
Based upon Census 2000 results, about one in five students throughout
the nation comes from a home in which a language other than English is
spoken.
(Crawford, 2001)
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Students with Diverse Cultures
To learn more about our nation's
increasingly diverse students, click on the following link, which compiles
profiles about our nation's people groups.
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K-12 Classroom Practices
The following links provide
pedagogical suggestions and practices for working with diverse K-12 students.
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Unfortunately, only a small percentage of teachers are prepared
to teach across language difference.
(Macias, 1998, Beykont, 2002)
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