At-Risk Population : Sociolinguistic and Educational Issues/edited by
Smita Sinha and Abha Gupta. New Delhi, Dominant, 2006, xiv, 294 p., tables, ISBN 81-7888-471-2.
At-Risk Population : Sociolinguistic and Educational Issues/edited by
Smita Sinha and Abha Gupta. New Delhi, Dominant, 2006, xiv, 294 p., tables, ISBN 81-7888-471-2.
Contents: Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgement. I. Introduction: 1. At-risk population-an introduction/Smita Sinha and Abha Gupta. 2. Defining population-at risk/Nibedita Pani. II. Linguistically at-risk population: 3. The aboriginal tribes: some sociolinguistic issues/Smita Sinha. 4. The challenges of pedagogy: reclaiming one's voice to construct a just world/Dzintra Ilishko. 5. Educational and cultural issues among native Americans: the experience of the Pottawattamie tribe/Abha Gupta. III. Culturally at-risk population: 6. Educational crisis: Korean-American students' educational problems and solutions/Guang-Lea Lee. 7. The disadvantage of American-born (ABC) and non-American born (non-ABC) Chinese students in community-based Chinese language schools/Sarah C. Tsai. 8. Prejudice in language and education: a study on the Spanish gypsies of Granada/Smita Sinha. IV. Educationally-at-risk population: 9. Education for all: the Ruchika experiment/Inderjit Khurana and Vimaljit Dua. 10. Educational scenario of street children of Bhubaneswar: a micro-level study/Ajanta Nayak. 11. The development of vocational and technical education in Nigeria/Hassan B. Ndahi and Yuwanna J. Mivanyi. 12. Educationally oppressed: a study from the Mahabharata/Sarojini Bhuyan. V. Socio-economic and politically at-risk population: 13. Redefining an attitude towards marginalized groups in Latvia/Vija Guseva, Jelena Altane and Dzintra Ilishko. 14. The matrix of domination: Dalits, subalterns, minorities and a culture of oppression/Yesudasan D. Choondassery. 15. Female feticide-devaluation of a human being still in the womb/Basanta Manjari Swain. VI. Physiologically and psychologically at-risk population: 16. Going beyond the language of the test for hearing impaired children/Abha Gupta. 17. The education of the exceptional children- a critical analysis/Jewel Raul. 18. Why do the eunuchs speak the way they speak/Smita Sinha. 19. Impact of morning physical exercises on reduction of aggressive tendencies in educable mentally retarded students- a study of Iran/Bagher Ghobari Bonab, Mohammad Nabavi and Behnaz Aghapour Khoei. Name index. Subject index.
"Populations world-over, which are at-risk, have no voices of their own; and they share a similar fate, irrespective of the caste, creed or national boundaries. The effort of this book is to bring such people and their plight into focus with the help of a variety of contributors. The purpose of the edited book, At-Risk Population: Sociolinguistic and Educational Issues is two-fold: first, to build educators' knowledge of the wide range of issues characterizing the at-risk and disadvantaged population in various parts of the world; second, to bring awareness of the existing social structures amongst different nations from a socio-constructive viewpoint. The book is highly interdisciplinary and the contributors are experts from various faculties. They include professors, linguists, educationists, anesthesiologists, radiologists, psychologists, and sociologists, faculties from physical science, Sanskrit, English who have contributed to sociolinguistic and educational issues of at-risk populations. With authors from Asia, Africa, and Europe to North America, the book presents a cross-continental perspective on different types of at-risk populations. The articles have been peer reviewed, with the contributors being asked to revise or modify the articles where needed before final acceptance for inclusion in the book. Nearly all contributors to this book have field experience with the populations and issues discussed in their respective articles. Some of the field experience includes visits with Korean Americans, Spanish gypsies of Granada, Spain, Pottawattamie Red Indian Tribes of Kansas, USA, Chinese and American students of Chinese heritage growing up in USA, and homeless children of Bhubaneshwar, India, adult learners in post communist Latvia, slightly mentally retarded children of Iran etc. The chapters on the development of technical education in Nigeria and adult education in Latvia are authored by native experts who bring deeper insight into the specific issues of those regions." (jacket)