Once the Door is Closed: An Ethnographic Description of One Content-based English Language Program as Four Teachers Implemented It

Abstract:

Once the Door is Closed was an 18 month ethnographic study of four teachers who implemented a self-contained, multi grade shattered English academic program for Cambodian and Vietnamese refugees in grades k-9. The dissertation documents in detail, the school district and school contexts, and the program as four teachers implemented it.

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