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Communities of practice : an Alaskan native model for language teaching and learning / edited by Patrick E. Marlow and Sabine Siekmann.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Alaska Natives--Languages--Study and teaching.
- Alaska Natives.
- Alaska Natives--Education.
- Indigenous peoples--Study and teaching.
- Indigenous peoples.
- Second language acquisition--Study and teaching.
- Second language acquisition.
- Education, Bilingual--Alaska.
- Education, Bilingual.
- Bilingualism in children--Alaska.
- Bilingualism in children.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (160 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Tucson, Arizona : University of Arizona Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Educators, scholars, and community activists recognize that immersion education is a key means to restoring Indigenous and other heritage languages.But language maintenance and revitalization involve many complex issues, foremost may be the lack of local professional development opportunities for potential language teachers.
- Contents:
- ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Prologue: Community of Practice""; ""Introduction - Patrick E. Marlow, Marliee Coles-Ritchie, Sabine Siekmann, and Joan Parker Webster""; ""1. SLATE Context and History - Patrick E. Marlow and Sabine Siekmann""; ""2. Mentoring: Engaging Communities of Practice - Joan Parker Webster and Sabine Siekmann""; ""3. Reinventing Technology: Computers as Tools for Coconstructing the Local Voice in Materials Development - Sabine Siekmann and Hishinlai� “Kathy R. Sikorski�""
- ""4. On Becoming a “Literate� Person: Meaning Making with Multiliteracies and Multimodal Tools - Joan Parker Webster and Theresa Arevgaq John""""5. Teachers Drawing on the Power of Place to Indigenize Assessment - Marilee Coles-Ritchie and Walkie Charles""; ""6. Ellangluni: Power, Awareness, and Agency in Language Planning - Patrick E. Marlow and April G. L. Counceller""; ""7. Conversations - Patrick E. Marlow, Marilee Coles-Ritchie, Sabine Siekmann, and Joan Parker Webster""; ""Epilogue""; ""References""; ""About the Editors""; ""About the Contributors""; ""Index""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8165-9986-6
- OCLC:
- 841912507
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