Building Bilingual Education Systems
Forces, Mechanisms and Counterweights
Published on 12. March 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
330 pages
978-1-107-45048-6 (ISBN)
Description
This book details investments required for establishing successful bi-/trilingual education programmes and discusses administrative, community legislative, political, societal and institutional complexities that shape bi-/trilingual education. It will help readers anticipate potential consequences of various programme development decisions and prepare them for both expected and unexpected outcomes. The complexities of bi-/trilingual education are organised using an innovative conceptual framework of forces, mechanisms and counterweights. This conceptual framework is used to analyse 13 case studies from five continents. In addition, six 'voices-from-the-field' provide the first-hand accounts of educational professionals working in bilingual programmes.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 170 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
572 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-107-45048-6 (9781107450486)
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Content
Part 1. Looking at the big picture: 1. United States of America - the paradoxes and possibilities of bilingual education; 2. Europe - supra-national interventions promoting bilingual education; 3. Canada - factors that shaped the creation and development of immersion education; 4. Estonia - laying the groundwork for bilingual education; 5. Utah - making immersion mainstream; 6. Basque Country - plurilingual education; 7. Kazakhstan - from twenty trilingual schools to thousands?; Voices from the field - England; Voices from the field - Canada; Voices from the field - Spain; Part 2. Looking at the long-term; 8. Cymru/Wales - towards a national strategy; 9. The Netherlands - quality control as a driving force in bilingual education; Voices from the field - Aotearoa/New Zealand; Voices from the field - Cymru/Wales; Part 3. Understanding the Role of Context; 10. United Arab Emirates - searching for an elusive balance in bilingual education; 11 Malta - bilingual education for self-preservation and global fitness; 12. Colombia - challenges and constraints; 13. South Africa - three periods of bilingual or multilingual education; Voices from the field - Brunei; Conclusion Forces, Mechanisms and Counterweights; Appendix: tools introduction; Tool 1. National or regional-level planning considerations for bi-/trilingual education; Tool 2. A bilingual education continuum.