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The Nicaraguan Diaspora In Costa Rica: Schools And The Disruption Of Transnational Social Fields, Ana T. Solano-Campos
The Nicaraguan Diaspora In Costa Rica: Schools And The Disruption Of Transnational Social Fields, Ana T. Solano-Campos
Early Childhood and Elementary Education Faculty Publications
This ethnographic case study explores Nicaragua–Costa Rica cross-border dynamics, one of the most important South-South migration flows in the Central American region. I identify practices that prevent Nicaraguan children in a Costa Rican classroom from consolidating transnational identities and networks during the school day. Specifically, I examine three types of disruptions—historical, social, and linguistic—as well as various ways in which students and teachers contest those disruptions.
Educating Early Childhood Preservice Teachers About Dual Language Theory And Practice, Ana T. Solano-Campos, Maria Acevedo-Aquino, Patricia Paugh
Educating Early Childhood Preservice Teachers About Dual Language Theory And Practice, Ana T. Solano-Campos, Maria Acevedo-Aquino, Patricia Paugh
Early Childhood and Elementary Education Faculty Publications
The article discusses Educating Early Childhood Preservice Teachers about Dual Language Theory and Practices. It mentions that many teachers are fearful or unsure about how to include literacy instruction in their curricula to affirm their students' multiple languages. It informs that Massachusetts had been one of the few states in the country that had eliminated, or highly restricted, bilingual education by law.