World Yearbook of Education 2003: Language Education - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0749436131 ISBN 13: 9780749436131

Publisher: Routledge, 2003

Synopsis

The issues raised by the role of language in education are some of the most important and contentious faced by education systems across the globe. Language is embedded in the concepts of nationhood and identity, and is therefore directly linked to the very social and political fabric of a country.
In a climate of increasing globalisation, development and mobility of populations, nations around the world are concerned with the tension between cultivating a sense of cultural and linguistic cohesion and making use of the linguistic diversity that exists in every country and region. This book examines the implications and impacts, the dilemmas and potential for language education in relation to education systems and wider society.
Split into three key parts, it considers:
*current issues in language education, including the role of language in maintaining power and inequalities, in encouraging participation and inclusion and in challenging the status quo;
*different approaches to language education around the world;
*the potential for language to provide opportunities for the disadvantaged, illustrated by case studies of three cities.
This recent volume of the internationally respected World Yearbook of Education continues the tradition of offering a wide range of international perspectives from leading commentators on a universal concern. The material amassed here will be essential reading for teacher educators, education researchers and school leaders across the world.

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About the Author

Jill Bourne is Professor of Primary Education at the University of Southampton, UK. Euan Reid is a researcher and lecturer at the Institute of Education, London University, where he was previously Head of the Culture, Communication and Societies Group.

From the Back Cover

The issues raised by the role of language in education are some of the most important and contentious faced by education systems across the globe. Language is embedded in the concepts of nationhood and identity, and is therefore directly linked to the very social and political fabric of a country.

In a climate of increasing globalization, development and mobility of populations, nations around the world are concerned with the tension between cultivating a sense of cultural and linguistic cohesion and making use of the linguistic diversity that exists in every country and region. This book examines the implications and impacts, the dilemmas and potential for language education in relation to education systems and wider society.

Split into three key parts, it considers:

current issues in language education, including the role of language in maintaining power and inequalities, in encouraging participation and inclusion and in challenging the status quo
different approaches to language education around the world
the potential for language to provide opportunities for the disadvantaged, illustrated by case studies of three cities

This latest volume of the internationally respected World Yearbook of Education continues the tradition of offering a wide range of international perspectives from leading commentators on a universal concern. The material amassed here will be essential reading for teacher educators, education researchers and school leaders across the world.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0749436131
• ISBN 13: 9780749436131
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304
• Editor: Bourne Jill, Reid Euan