Principals as linchpins in bilingual education: the need for prepared school leaders
Principals as linchpins in bilingual education: the need for prepared school leaders
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校长是双语教育的关键：需要有准备的学校领导者
DOI：
10.1080/13670050.2014.937390
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发表时间：
2015
影响因子：
2.8
通讯作者：
Cristian Solorza
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作者：
Kate Menken;Cristian Solorza
本文报道了在17所纽约市学校进行的定性研究的结果，以更好地理解为什么许多学校领导-特别是校长-最近取消了他们学校的双语教育计划，这是美国语言政策限制期间全市范围内的一个重要趋势。一个主要的发现是，校长，谁被要求确定他们的学校的语言政策，没有得到任何正式的准备这样做。纽约，像大多数州一样，不需要任何关于紧急双语教育的课程来认证管理人员。我们采访的那些取消双语项目的学校领导对双语、语言多样性和双语教育的理解有限。相比之下，谁一直保持他们的双语教育计划的校长被发现是准备好为新兴的双语和坚信双语教育的好处。他们还倡导双语教育，并在面对只讲英语的压力时保护学校的课程选择。基于我们的研究结果，我们认为，校长是特别关键的生存和双语教育的成功。更重要的是，我们认为，所有的学校领导服务紧急双语将受益于专门的准备，以教育这个学生群体。
This article reports findings from qualitative research conducted in 17 New York City schools to better understand why many school leaders – particularly principals – have recently dismantled their school's bilingual education programs, as part of a significant citywide trend during a restrictive period in US language policy. A main finding is that principals, who are called upon to determine their school's language policy, have not received any formal preparation to do so. New York, like most states, does not require any coursework on the education of emergent bilinguals for the certification of administrators. The school leaders we interviewed who had eliminated their bilingual programs hold limited understandings of bilingualism, linguistic diversity, and bilingual education. By contrast, principals who have maintained their bilingual education programs were found to be well prepared to serve emergent bilinguals and strongly believe in the benefits of bilingual education. They also advocate for bilingual education and protect their school's programming choices in the face of English-only pressures. Based on our findings, we argue that principals are particularly crucial to the survival and success of bilingual education. What is more, we argue that all school leaders serving emergent bilinguals would benefit from specialized preparation to educate this student population.