Building Bilingual Education Systems

Forces, Mechanisms and Counterweights

Peeter Mehisto author Fred Genesee author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:12th Mar '15

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A collaborative series with the University of Cambridge Faculty of Education highlighting leading-edge research across Teacher Education, International Education Reform and Language Education.

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.

ISBN: 9781107450486

Dimensions: 245mm x 169mm x 17mm

Weight: 560g

330 pages