Negotiating Language Policies In Schools
By: Menken, Kate (City University Of New York) (Edited by), Garcia, Ofelia (Edited by).
Taylor & Francis Ltd. Published: 06/05/2010. Audience Guide: Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly.
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The wisdom encompassed in these essays is tellingly international in scope, usefully pedagogical in orientation, and solidly grounded in the authors' decades of experience.
Nancy Hornberger, From the Foreword
...an especially timely contribution in light of the growing impact of transmigration and globalization in education systems around the world.
Teresa McCarty, Arizona State University
Educators are at the epicenter of language policy in education. This book explores how they interpret, negotiate, resist, and (re)create language policies in classrooms. Bridging the divide between policy and practice by analyzing their interconnectedness, it examines the negotiation of language education policies in schools around the world, focusing on educators' central role in this complex and dynamic process.
Each chapter shares findings from research conducted in specific school districts, schools, or classrooms around the world and then details how educators negotiate policy in these local contexts. Discussion questions are included in each chapter. A highlighted section provides practical suggestions and guiding principles for teachers who are negotiating language policies in their own schools. Item Details
ISBN10/13: 0415802083/9780415802086
TITLE: Negotiating Language Policies in Schools
CONTRIBUTORS: Menken, Kate (City University Of New York) (Edited by), Garcia, Ofelia (Edited by)
IMPRINT: Routledge
PUBLISHER: Taylor & Francis Ltd
FORMAT: Paperback
PUBLICATION DATE: 06/05/2010
SUBJECT: Education / Reference, Education / Reference, Education / Reference, Language, Teaching Of Specific Groups, Theory & Philosophy
PAGES: 296
AUDIENCE GUIDE: Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
ILLUSTRATIONS: 2 black & white tables, 3 black & white line drawings
CONTENTS: Foreword Nancy Hornberger Chapter 1. Introduction Kate Menken and Ofelia Garcia Part I: Negotiation of Language Education Policies Guided by Educators' Experiences or Identity (Individual) Chapter 2. Appropriating Language Policy on the Local Level: Working the Spaces for Bilingual Education David Cassels Johnson and Rebecca Freeman Chapter 3. Two Teacher Classrooms, Personalised Learning and the Inclusion Paradigm in the UK: What's in it for Learners of EAL? Angela Creese Chapter 4."Tu Sais Bien Parler Maitresse!" Negotiating Languages other than French in the Primary Classroom in France Christine Helot Chapter 5. "Angles Make Things Difficult": Teachers' Interpretations of Language Policy and Quechua Revitalization in Peru Laura Alicia Valdiviezo Chapter 6. Towards Normalising South African Classroom Life: The Ongoing Struggle to Implement Mother-Tongue Based Bilingual Education Carole Bloch, Xolisa Guzula, and Ntombizanele Nkence Chapter 7. Enacting Language Policy through the Facilitator Model in a Monolingual Policy Context in the United States Bonnie English and Manka M. Varghese Chapter 8. Between Intended and Enacted Curricula: Three Teachers and a Mandated Curricular Reform in Mainland China Yuefeng Zhang and Guangwei Hu Part II: Educators' Negotiation of Language Education Policies Influenced by Situation/Context/Community (Social) Chapter 9. Maori Language Policy and Practice in New Zealand Schools: Community Challenges and Community Solutions Mere Berryman, Ted Glynn, Paul Woller, and Mate Reweti Chapter 10. (Re)Constructing Language Policy in a Shi'i School in Lebanon Zeena Zakharia Chapter 11. Cases of Language Policy Resistance in Israel's Centralized Educational System Elana Shohamy Chapter 12. Traversing the Linguistic Quicksand in Ethiopia Michael Daniel Ambatchew Chapter 13. Language Policy in Education and Classroom Practices in India: Is the Teacher a Cog in the Policy Wheel? Ajit Mohanty, Minati Panda, and Rashim Pal Chapter 14. Chilean Literacy Education Policies and Classroom Implementation Viviana Galdames F. and Rosa Gaete M. Part III: Moving Forward Chapter 15. Stirring the Onion: Educators and the Dynamics of Language Education Policies (Looking Ahead) Ofelia Garcia and Kate Menken Chapter 16: Moving Forward: 10 Guiding Principles for Teachers Ofelia Garcia and Kate Menken Contributors
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