Bookedited by Richard R. Valencia.
Summary: Chicano people number nearly 13 million, approximately 63% of the total Latino population of 20.1 million, in the US. This large and rapidly growing Chicano population carries the dubious distinction of being the most undereducated of America's numerically large ethnic minority populations. There are indicators that such schooling problems and conditions are worsening. This outstanding and forthright text examines from various perspectives, the school failure and success of Chicano students. The deep roots and broad branches of Chicano school failure indicate that these poor schooling conditions and outcomes are profoundly influenced by institutional forces and structures that promote and maintain inequality. There is also the alternative type of perspective that Chicanos are the makers of their own educational problems. According to this "person-centred" explanation, the intellectual and motivational deficits of Chicano students are believed to be rooted in their inadequate familial socialization. The present volume attempts to push along further a better understanding of what constitutes, maintains and helps shape school failure among Chicano students. In addition, the various contributors provide in varying degrees their own visions of research and policy needs that may help to realize Chicano school success. Nielsen 9781850008620 20160527
Contents:
Part 1 Current realities of the Chicano schooling experience: the plight of Chicano students - an overview of schooling conditions and outcomes, Richard R. Valencia
segregation, desegregation and integration of Chicano students - problems and prospects, Ruben Donato, Martha Menchaca and Richard R.Valencia
Chicano dropouts - a review of research and policy issues, Russel W.Rumberger. Part 2 Language and classroom perspectives on Chicano achievement: bilingualism, second language acquisition and the education of Chicano language minority students, Eugene E.Garcia
Promoting School Success For Chicanos - The View From inside the bilingual classroom, Barbara J.Merino. Part 3 Cultural and familial perspectives on Chicano achievement: from failure to success - the roles of culture and cultural conflict in the academic achievement of Chicano students, Henry T.Trueba
cognitive socialization and competence - the academic development of Chicanos, Luis M.Laosa and Ronald W.Henderson. Part 4 Educational testing and special education issues vis- a-vis Chicano students: the uses and abuses of educationa testing - Chicanos as a case in point, Richard R.Valencia and Sofia Aburto
an analysis of special education as a response to the diminished academic achievement of Chicano students, Robert Rueda. part 5 The big picture and Chicano school failure: systemic and institutional factors in Chicano school failure, Arthur Pearl
conclusions - towards Chicano school success, Richard R.Valencia. Nielsen 9781850008620 20160527