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Education in Citizenship on the U.S./Mexico Border: The Language and Literacy Instruction of Emergent Bilingual Transfronterizx Students
Author(s) -
Bach Amy J.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
anthropology and education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1548-1492
pISSN - 0161-7761
DOI - 10.1111/aeq.12330
Subject(s) - citizenship , literacy , bilingual education , scholarship , sociology , pedagogy , neuroscience of multilingualism , citizen journalism , native language instruction , literacy education , participatory action research , citizenship education , mathematics education , political science , teaching method , psychology , politics , law , anthropology , vocabulary development , neuroscience
This paper examines how high‐stakes, standardized testing shapes language and literacy instruction for emergent bilingual students in a public high school on the U.S./Mexico border. Drawing from discourses of citizenship education and language and literacy theory and scholarship, this paper finds state‐mandated exit exams overwhelming guide instruction and shape language and literacy education in ways that are antithetical to critical and participatory citizenship.