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The ALERTA Program: A Multicultural, Bilingual Approach to Teaching Young Childrenreviewed by Dorothy S. Strickland — 1984 Title: The ALERTA Program: A Multicultural, Bilingual Approach to Teaching Young Children Author(s): Leslie R. Williams, Yvonne De Gaetano Publisher: Addison Wesley , Reading ISBN: 0201200929, Pages: 326, Year: 1985 Search for book at Amazon.com According to its authors, the ALERTA Program offers a method for designing an educational program that reflects and uses as vehicles for learning the collected experiences of the children within it (p. vii). It succeeds extremely well. Alerta is a Spanish word meaning heightened awareness. It is also an acronym for A Learning Environment Responsive To All.
Two fundamental characteristics are predominant in ALERTAits childcentered nature and its multicultural approach. Experiences within the program are designed to make use of the knowledge, skills, and accumulated experiences that each child brings to the classroom. The developmental and cultural backgrounds of the children are respected and valued. Most important, however, they are integrated into all aspects of the learning. The program manual is designed for use by teachers, teaching assistants, and teacher aides in early-childhood programs.
Developed through a collaboration of professionals and nonprofessionals, the manual is divided into nine levels, each dealing with... (preview truncated at 150 words.)To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropropriate membership. Please review your options below:
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- Dorothy Strickland
Teachers College, Columbia University
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