Building bilingual education systems : forces, mechanisms and counterweights
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Building bilingual education systems : forces, mechanisms and counterweights
Cambridge University Press, 2015
- : pbk
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  Aomori
  Iwate
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  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
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.
Table of Contents
- 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.
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