Closing the ‘achievement gap’ of Mexican Americans: A question of language, learning style, or economics?

• Autores: Roberta F. Stein
• Localización: Journal of multilingual and multicultural development, ISSN 0143-4632, Vol. 11, Nº. 5, 1990, págs. 405-419
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The achievement gap of Mexican Americans in the US has been attributed to a variety of factors, among them language, learning styles, and socio‐economic status. In this paper, after looking at the question of linguistic allegiance and the debate which arose in the area of bilingual education between the government which favoured transition to English and those who preferred language maintenance programmes, the role of the schools and the question of learning styles will be discussed. It will be seen that the achievement gap of Mexican Americans and other groups in the US is essentially a question of economics and that the solution lies in greater access to the wider society.