Bilingual education for self-determination: Re-centering Chicana/o/x and Latina/o/x student voices

IF 1.7 Q1 LINGUISTICS

Bilingual Research Journal Pub Date : 2021-10-02 DOI:10.1080/15235882.2022.2052203

Mariana Pacheco, Laura C. Chávez-Moreno

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Abstract

ABSTRACT In recent decades, bilingual education policies, programs, pedagogies, and practices have been constrained by neoliberal agendas which have undermined the radical vision of bilingual education as a means toward self-determination that the Chicana/o Movement youth articulated more than 50 years ago. This narrowing of educational possibilities has perpetuated the marginalization of bi/multilingual students from Chicana/o/x and Latina/o/x backgrounds who comprise the majority of “English-language Learners” in public schools. In this theoretical essay, we re-center the calls of 1960s Chicana/o Movement youth (and parents and educators) and argue that to realize their radical vision, bilingual education and educators must deliberately re-center and engage dialogically with contemporary Chicana/o/x and Latina/o/x bi/multilingual students’ critical assessments about their lived intersectional experiences with language, power, identities, and schooling. To this end, we propose what we call Bilingual Education for Self-determination against Oppression (BESO). We see contemporary Chicana/o/x and Latina/o/x bi/multilingual children and youth as uniquely positioned to advance radical forms of bilingual education, like the type envisioned by Chicana/o Movement youth activists. We conclude with implications for the realization of BESO in practice and policy.

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自主双语教育:重新定位墨西哥裔/o/x和拉丁裔/o/x学生的声音

近几十年来，双语教育政策、项目、教学方法和实践受到新自由主义议程的限制，这些议程削弱了50多年前奇卡纳/奥裔运动青年提出的双语教育作为自决手段的激进愿景。这种教育可能性的缩小使来自墨西哥裔和拉丁裔背景的双语/多语学生长期被边缘化，他们构成了公立学校“英语学习者”的大多数。在这篇理论文章中，我们重新关注了20世纪60年代奇卡纳/奥裔运动青年(以及父母和教育工作者)的呼吁，并认为为了实现他们的激进愿景，双语教育和教育工作者必须有意识地重新关注当代奇卡纳/奥/x和拉丁/奥/x双/多语学生对他们在语言、权力、身份和学校教育方面的生活交叉经历的批判性评估，并与他们进行对话。为此，我们提出了“反压迫自决双语教育”(BESO)。我们认为，当代奇卡那/o/x和拉丁/o/x双/多语儿童和青少年具有独特的优势，可以推进激进的双语教育形式，就像奇卡那/o运动青年活动家所设想的那样。最后，我们提出了在实践和政策上实现BESO的启示。

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Bilingual Research Journal LINGUISTICS-

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2.60

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12.50%

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期刊介绍： The Bilingual Research Journal is the National Association for Bilingual Education’s premier scholarly, peer-reviewed research publication. Bilingual Research Journal delivers in-depth coverage of education theory and practice, dealing with bilingual education, bilingualism, and language policies in education. Topics include: -Assessment- Biliteracy- Indigenous languages- Language planning- Language politics- Multilingualism- Pedagogical approaches- Policy analysis- Instructional research- Language planning- Second language acquisition. The journal has a strong interest in matters related to the education of language minority children and youth in the United States, grades PreK-12, but articles focusing on other countries are often included if they have implications for bilingual education in the U.S.