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Policy and Practice for Multilingual Educational Settings: Comparisons across Contexts. Bilingual Education & Bilingualism
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Björklund, Siv, Ed.; Björklund, Mikaela, Ed. – Multilingual Matters, 2023
Exploring multilingualism as a complex, context-related, societal and individual phenomenon, this book centres around perspectives on how multiple languages are made (in)visible within educational settings in the Global North. The authors of each chapter compare and contrast findings across geographical contexts with the goal of understanding the…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Interdisciplinary Approach
Harnessing Linguistic Variation to Improve Education. Rethinking Education. Volume 5
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Yiakoumetti, Androula, Ed. – Peter Lang Oxford, 2012
This volume brings together research carried out in a variety of geographic and linguistic contexts including Africa, Asia, Australia, Canada, the Caribbean, Europe and the United States and explores efforts to incorporate linguistic diversity into education and to "harness" this diversity for learners' benefit. It challenges the largely…
Descriptors: Standard Spoken Usage, Language Planning, Pidgins, Creoles
Francophone Governance Implementation Handbook. Revised.
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Alberta Learning, Edmonton. Direction de l'education francaise. – 2002
Canada's Constitution guarantees the right to the English-speaking minority in Quebec and the French-speaking minority elsewhere in Canada to have their children receive K-12 public education in the language of the linguistic minority of that province. A working group recommended a guarantee to Francophones of a distinct right of management and…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Equal Education
Le Plan d'Intervention Personnalise. (Individualized Education Program).
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Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1998
This guide for French speakers describes the Individualized Education Program (IEP) process in Alberta, Canada. Different sections address: (1) components of the IEP; (2) when an IEP is necessary; (3) the process of developing the IEP (includes a flowchart); (4) how evaluation information is collected through the student, parents, professionals,…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education
Communities of Participation in Learning ESL.
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Toohey, Kelleen; Day, Elaine – 1998
An ongoing four-year ethnographic study of two cohorts of English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) learners enrolled in mainstream Canadian primary school classrooms is described. The two cohorts are: (1) a group of six children observed from the beginning of kindergarten through the end of grade 2, and (2) five children observed from early kindergarten…
Descriptors: Chinese, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Elementary School Students
Aboriginal Cultures and Perspectives: Making a Difference in the Classroom. Diversity in the Classroom Series, Number Five.
Farrell-Racette, Sherry; Goulet, Linda; Pelletier, Joanne; Shmon, Karon – 1996
This document, the fifth in a series on diversity in the classroom, supports Canadian teachers of First Nations and Metis students. Section 1, "Introduction," provides a history of First Nations and Metis education and introduces the document. Section 2, "People of Many Nations," discusses environmental and linguistic…
Descriptors: Canada Natives, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences, Culturally Relevant Education