Language and the American Education of Puerto Ricans

About the Book

This work studies the policies of the Department of Education in Puerto Rico for a period of 30 years -1950 to 1980- to trace the process of Americanization in the schools of the island throughout that period. Texbooks, basal readers, circular letters, memos, and periodicals were also researched. It contains the criterium used which lead toward the conclusions that the schools in Puerto Rico have been a tool in and intentional Americanization process and the elimination of Puerto Rican culture.

About the Author

Herminio Vargas is a retiree from the New York City Board of Education. He has continued to be active in the field of Pedagogy by teaching as an Adjunct Lecturer at Brooklyn College (City University of New York) and by working on the present and forthcoming works. He has also conducted courses at Rutgers University, the State University of New York, John Jay College, and Bergen College in New Jersey. He has taught Education, History, Drama, Sociology and Literature. Professor Vargas is a published poet and playwright. He has published didactic materials for the teaching of English as a second language and for the teaching of Spanish. This is his first publication in the English language.