Language Policies in Education Critical Issues

Name: Language Policies in Education Critical Issues
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ISBN: 9780415894593

ISBN-10: 041589459X

ISBN-13: 9780415894593

Edition: 2nd 2013 (Revised)

Authors: James W. Tollefson

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How do language policies in schools create inequalities among learners? How do policies marginalize some students while granting privilege to others? How do language policies in education serve the interests of dominant groups within societies? How can linguistic minorities further their interests through attempts to change language policies in schools? This newly updated edition of Language Policies in Educationtakes a fresh look at these enduring questions at the heart of fundamental debates about the role of schools in society, the links between education and employment, and conflicts between linguistic minorities and "mainstream" populations. Nine new and six fully revised chapters…

Book details

List price: $71.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 8/25/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 316
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.968



Preface



Language Policy in Education


Critical Issues in Language Policy in Education



Language Policy in a Time of Crisis and Transformation



Multiple Actors and Arenas in Evolving Language Policies




Competing Agendas


A Brief History and Assessment of Language Rights in the United States



Righting Language Wrongs in a Plurilingual Context: Language Policy and Practice in Nicaragua's Caribbean Coast Region



Positioning the Language Policy Arbiter: Governmentality and Footing in the School District of Philadelphia




Indigenous Languages in Postcolonial Education


Language and Education in Kenya: Between the Colonial Legacy and the New Constitutional Order



Language-in-Education Policy and Planning in Africa's Monolingual Kingdoms of Lesotho and Swaziland




Language and Global Capitalism


The Japanisation of English Language Education: Promotion of the National Language within Foreign Language Policy




India's Economic Restructuring with English: Benefits Versus Costs




Language and Social Conflict



Rwanda Switches to English: Conflict, Identity and Language-in-Education Policy




The Critical Villager Revisited: Continuing Transformations of Language and Education in Solomon Islands




Language Policy and Social Change



Language Planning and Cultural Continuance in Native America




New Functional Domains of Quechua and Aymara: Mass Media and Social Media




Language Policy and Democratic Pluralism



List of contributors


Author Index


Subject index