Bilingual Education And Language Policy In The Global South
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9780415503068
Description: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Ideological and Implementational Spaces for Multilingual Educational Policy and Practice in the Global South; SECTION 1 Language-in-Education Policy across Cultural and Historical Contexts; 1 'El Niño Debe Aprender En Su Idioma': A Teacher's Approximations to Language Policy in an Indigenous Peruvian School; 2 The Formation of Language Values and Educational Language Policy Beliefs among Teacher Educators in Ghana: A Life-History Approach.

This volume considers a range of ways in which bilingual programs can make a contribution to aspects of human and economic development in the global South. The authors examine the consequences of different policies, programs, and pedagogies for learners and local communities through recent ethnographic research on these topics. The revitalization of minority languages and local cultural practices, management of linguistic and cultural diversity, and promotion of equal opportunities (both social and economic) are all explored in this light.