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Creating Montessori Bilingual Programs. Spotlight: Montessori--Multilingual, Multicultural

Discusses presentation given by Rigoberta Menchu, 1992 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, at a meeting with Hispanic child caregivers in California. Discusses family life and childrearing among Guatemala's Mayan people, traditional ceremonies and symbols, becoming a leader, and the Mayan experience of resisting oppression. Discusses implications for Montessori education, educational policy, and obstacles to academic achievement by Hispanic students. (KB)

• Author/Creator: Farmer, Marjorie
• Date Published: Spr
• Journal/Secondary Title: Montessori Life
• Number: 2
• Volume: 10
• Year: 1998

This resource is cataloged under:

• Network/channel: NCCRESt: People: Students
• Subject: Elementary Secondary Education
• Subject: Foreign Countries
• Subject: Hispanic Americans
• Subject: Limited English Speaking
• Subject: Maya (People)
• Subject: Montessori Method
• Subject: Preschool Education
• Subject: Spanish Speaking

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