A Bilingual Navajo Curriculum Project. Profiles of Promise 16 [microform] / Alan Markowitz and Frances Haley
- Bib ID:
- 5259751
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Markowitz, Alan
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED095073
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- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1973
- 4 p.
- Summary:
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Ninety-six percent of the students who enter first grade in the San Juan School District, Blanding, Utah, cannot speak or understand English. They are Navaho and attend school on the Navaho reservation. A unique bilingual Navaho curriculum project has been developed to provide learning materials in the Navaho language to enable the child to learn when he first enters school, regardless of the language he speaks. Using film-strips, cassette recordings, slides, 16 mm films, book illustrations, and the printed word, the project translates the learning materials found in the classroom into the Navaho language. Major objectives of the San Juan Educational Program are to provide instruction in the language the child understands best so that he does not become retarded in the academic areas while learning the common instructional language; build a positive self image of all children; and develop closer communication and understanding between parents and teachers. Evaluation shows that the Navaho children in the program have improved in their reading and in their attitudes toward school. (Author/DE)
- Notes:
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- Availability: Social Science Education Consortium, 855 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80302 ($9.00 for 30 issues).
- Sponsoring Agency: National Inst. of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC.
- ERIC Note: For a description of the Profiles of Promise series, see ED 065 406.
- Educational level discussed: Elementary Education.
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
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- American Indian Culture
- American Indian Languages
- American Indians
- Biculturalism
- Bilingual Education
- Bilingual Schools
- Bilingualism
- Cross Cultural Studies
- Curriculum Development
- Elementary Education
- English (Second Language)
- Instructional Materials
- Language Programs
- Navajo
- Reading Programs
- Rural Education
- Profiles of Promise
- San Juan School District
- Other authors/contributors:
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- ERIC
- Copyright:
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1973
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