Conference paper presented at conference on “Mother Tongue Teaching and Bilingual Schooling: current provision and practice” at Bulmershe College (Reading) where Clem Adelman was based. This is Barry MacDonald's copy and the text is annotated.
Article published in Time magazine focussing on the critical stance of Richard Rodriguez, a successful Mexican-American writer who claimed that bilingual education cheated minorities and who had been feted by critics of bilingual schooling.
Corrected, typewritten draft of Clem Adelman's section of the report on “How the Research was Conducted” containing details of how classroom observation was organised and the questions that were emerging, as well as the concerns on the part of staff about the intentions of the team. Later than, but substantially the same as, Document 153 (CARE 1-12-004).
Fieldnotes and transcript of a class of English and Spanish speaking children on 30.10.79, with extensive switching between languages. The teacher and children talk about Clem Adelman's presence in the classroom and about his microphone and recording equipment.
Transcription of classroom observation of a home economics lesson (with a lot of classroom discourse in Spanish) on 21.10.79, extensively annotated with observations and comments about the classroom activities. There is then a discussion (also transcribed and annotated) about the practices of the teacher and the bilingual nature of the classroom, particularly as it relates to food, cooking and cultural distinctiveness.
Copy of briefing paper issued by Bureau of Transitional Bilingual Education, Department of Education, Commonwealth of Massachussets in 1979, on the State Transitional Bilingual Education Law (1971)
Typewritten draft of Clem Adelman's section of the report on “How the Research was Conducted” containing details of how classroom observation was organised and the questions that were emerging, as well as his report of the suspicions on the part of the staff. Earlier version of Document 170.
