Equity in Multilingual Schools and Communities

Celebrating the Contributions of Guadalupe Valdés

Amanda K. Kibler, Aída Walqui, George C. Bunch, Christian J. Faltis

• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Year: 2024
• Print ISBN:
  9781800417175
• eBook ISBN:
  9781800417205
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education Theory & Practice

A unique collection honoring Guadalupe Valdés' impact in the fields of bilingualism, language teaching and equity and access in education.

This book honors the impactful contributions of Guadalupe Valdés toward equity in multilingual schools and communities. As one of the first language education scholars to examine the vibrant language practices of bilingual users in the US Southwest, her work marked a departure from traditional foreign language approaches and sparked a movement focused on valuing heritage languages and creating more equitable educational systems for young people from linguistically minoritized backgrounds.

Influenced by the work of Professor Valdés, the contributors to this book draw on multiple aspects of her research to look at new ways of addressing equity and social justice for multilingual users in schools and communities.

Chapters focus on three major areas of her work: the nature of languages and literacies in multilingual contexts, language development in classrooms and communities, and equity and access. At the end of each section, short interludes describe contributors' personal experiences of learning from and with Professor Valdés, providing insight into the practices of mentorship and professional development within the field.

This volume will appeal to students and researchers across bilingualism, applied linguistics and education, offering an overview of developments in these fields and directions for future research on equity in multilingual educational settings.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Table of Contents
• Contributors
• Preface
• Part 1: Conceptualizing the Nature of Language, Literacy and Bilingualism
• 1 Guadalupe Valde´s’s Ecological View of the Education of Latino Students
• 2 The Stories Behind Multilingual Writers’ Texts: Critical and Ecological Perspectives
• 3 Valorizing Heritage Language Speakers’ Multicompetence: Sociolinguistic Justice for a Korean American Ethnolect
• 4 Bilingualism, Heritage Languages and Translation and Interpreting Studies: A Look Through Valde´s’s Lenses
• 5 Bilingual Language Assessment: A Persistent Case of Bias
• 6 Developing Language versus Teaching Language: Educating con Respeto y con Lupa
• 7 Interlude: ‘Come Monday Morning’: Practicality for Language Equity in Schools
• 8 Interlude: A Mentor for Life
• Part 2: Creating Affordances for Language and Learning in Classrooms and Communities
• 9 ‘Developing Young Minds’: Guadalupe Valde´s’s Contributions to Equitable Content-Area Instruction for Multilingual Learners
• 10 Misma Dirección, Distinto Sentido: Reconceptualizing Problems and Possibilities in Educational Language Learning
• 11 Envisioning an Inclusive, Equitable and Just Language Education for Latinx Youth: Guadalupe Valde´s’s Contributions to Spanish Teaching and Research
• 12 Critically Questioning and Reconceptualizing Peer Interaction in Dual Language Bilingual Education
• 13 Beyond the Bits and Pieces: Working with Novice Teachers to Reconceptualize Language in Practice
• 14 Curricularizing Language: Examining Underlying Assumptions in Classroom Practice
• 15 Transborder Parent Engagement Con Respeto
• 16 Interlude: A Personal Reflection on Guadalupe Valde´s
• 17 Interlude: A Teacher Educator’s Reflections on the Contributions of Guadalupe Valde´s
• 18 Interlude: An Expression of Gratitude and Affection
• Part 3: Educational Access, Equity and Justice
• 19 E Pluribus Unum: Black and Brown Linguistic Liberation in US Schools and Society
• 20 Heritage and Community Languages and Education: Revisiting Valde´s’s Cautionary Concerns
• 21 ‘A Special Case of Bias’: Racialized Bilinguals, Testing and the Allocation of Opportunity
• 22 Revisiting Whether Separate is Always Unequal: Reconsidering Education Policy for Multilingual Students
• 23 When You Let White Kids in the Door: Unpacking Whiteness and Integration in Dual Language Bilingual Education
• 24 From Research to Practice: Guadalupe Valde´s’s Work on Strengthening Communities with Language
• 25 Interlude: Abriendo Puertas: Lessons from la Gran Maestra
• 26 Interlude: In the Shadow of the Curriculum Vita: Reflections on the Impact of Guadalupe Valde´s on the Education Environment
• Concluding Thoughts