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Bonacina-Pugh, Florence – Linguistics and Education: An International Research Journal, 2013
Research on multilingual classrooms usually focuses on contexts where both teachers and pupils share the same linguistic repertoire; what can be called "symmetrical" multilingual classrooms. This paper sets out to investigate whether (and how) pupils' multilingual resources can be used in classrooms where the teacher does not share…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Multilingualism
Anderson-Levitt, Kathryn M. – 1990
The study described here was conducted to compare classrooms in France and the United States. Two brief episodes from a U.S. first-grade classroom and two from a French first-grade classroom were shown to groups of parents and teachers in France, and to groups of teachers in the United States. Participants were asked to record their reactions on a…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Comparative Education, Cultural Influences, Culture
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Osborn, Marilyn; Broadfoot, Patricia – Oxford Review of Education, 1992
Discusses a comparative study of elementary school teachers in England and France that preceded the implementation of the National Curriculum in English schools. Reports differences in teaching methods, classroom organization, and teacher student relationships between the two countries. Concludes that greater focus on professional autonomy by…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Class Organization, Classroom Environment, Classroom Research