Linguistic and Cultural Innovation in Schools

The Languages Challenge
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-319-64381-6
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 223 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 433 g

Provides both global and local perspectives on the empowerment of learning local/first/heritage languages and cultures in schools
Demonstrates the possibility of shifting the balance of power of the dominant language and culture in schools to empower first languages, indigenous languages, and local culture
Explores potential impact on policy and practice by looking at the way these changes impact on children, teachers, schools, and their communities

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Crisfield, Eowyn

Spiro, Jane

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Soziolinguistik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Mehrsprachigkeit
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Bildungspolitik, Bildungsreform
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Angewandte Sprachwissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Innen-, Bildungs- und Bevölkerungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik Literatur, Deutsch, Fremdsprachen (Unterricht & Didaktik)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Mapping the Terrain.- Chapter 2. Connecting Students to a Sense of Place: Reviving Hawaii.- Chapter 3. To Square the Particular with the Global: The Aga Khan Academy Mombasa.- Chapter 4. Dynamic Multilingualism in International Schools: German European School, Singapore.- Chapter 5. From One to Many: Bilingual Education in a Monolingual Context, Europa School.- Chapter 6. Moving from “English only” to Multilingual-Empowered: The British School of Amsterdam.- Chapter 7. The Path Less Travelled.

Über Autor(innen)

Jane Spiro is Reader in Education and TESOL at Oxford Brookes University, UK. She has run projects for the development of international teachers and learners of English in four continents of the world.   She has published widely on TESOL methodologies, teacher reflection, internationalisation and learner creativity.
Eowyn Crisfield is a specialist in bilingualism and education.  She works to bridge the divide between research and practice, supporting whole school communities to embed languages across the curriculum, and to develop policy and practices that empower language diversity.