Open Access“Comimos quesadillas y después jugamos tag:” Children’s bilingual/bicultural identity in a U. S. elementary school
Author(s) -
Maria Dantas Whitney
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
magis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.325
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 2027-1182
pISSN - 2027-1174
DOI - 10.11144/javeriana.m13.cqdj
Subject(s) - identity (music) , ethnography , immigration , psychology , space (punctuation) , bilingual education , pedagogy , developmental psychology , gender studies , sociology , linguistics , geography , anthropology , art , aesthetics , philosophy , archaeology
This reflexion paper presents findings from a classroombased ethnographic study conducted for three years in collaboration with children of immigrant Latino families attending an elementary public school in the U. S. The investigation focuses specifically on the analysis of a series of “family journals,” which were collectively created by the children and their families, and shared within the space of the classroom. Through the journals, the children’s bilingual and bicultural identities became an important source of learning, collaboration and meaningful engagement in the classroom.