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ERIC Number: EJ303640
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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"I Don't Understand My Textbooks": Students Comment on Their Indian Bilingual Schooling in Mexico.
McGreevy, Carol-Jean
Contemporary Educational Psychology, v9 n3 p260-68 Jul 1984
Three Tzotzil-speaking Mexican sisters were interviewed about their attitudes toward their Indian schooling. They enjoyed school and felt it was important to attend school to learn Spanish, though they had not acquired few linguistic skills. (BW)
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Bilingual Education, Case Studies, Elementary Education, Ethnography, Foreign Countries, Interviews, Maya (People), School Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Spanish, Student Attitudes
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Mexico
Note: Theme issue with the title "Educational Psychology: An International Perspective." Funding for this project was provided by the Tinker and Andrew W. Mellon Foundations, awarded through the University of Pittsburgh Center for Latin American studies, and by grants from the University of Pittsburgh Center for International Studies and Shady Side Academy.