Bilingual Education in the 21st CenturyA Global Perspective\nAuthor(s): Ofelia Garca\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Wiley-Blackwell\nISBN-13: 9781405119948, 978-1405119948\nSynopsis\nBilingual Education in the 21st Century examines languages and bilingualism as individual and societal phenomena, presents program types, variables, and policies in bilingual education, and concludes by looking at practices, especially pedagogies and assessments. This thought-provoking work is an ideal textbook for future teachers as well as providing a fresh view of the subject for school administrators and policy makers.\n\nProvides an overview of bilingual education theories and practices throughout the world\nExtends traditional conceptions of bilingualism and bilingual education to include global and local concerns in the 21st century\nQuestions assumptions regarding language, bilingualism and bilingual education, and proposes a new theoretical framet