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Peer reviewedAger, Dennis – Current Issues in Language and Society, 1994
Discusses the role of government language and education policies toward immigrant and minority groups, using the situations in Britain, France, and The Netherlands to illustrate the effects of assimilationist and pluralistic solutions. Argues that government policies to achieve social cohesiveness and cultural pluralism often conflict each other.…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedThompson, Linda – Current Issues in Language and Society, 1994
Discusses the development of bilingual education policy in Britain from the 1960s to the present, focusing on assimilation versus pluralism, multicultural education, the 1985 Swann Report on education policy, and the role of English in the national curriculum. Argues that more needs to be done to promote bilingual education in Britain. (17…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Bilingual Education, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Policy
Peer reviewedKroon, Sjaak; Vallen, Ton – Current Issues in Language and Society, 1994
Discusses the immigrant situation in The Netherlands, Dutch education policy with respect to ethnic minorities, intercultural and language education, and the implementation of the 1992 "Cedars in de tuin" policy report. It is concluded that government policy in regard to multicultural Dutch society is somewhere between assimilation and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Acculturation, Bilingual Education, Cultural Differences
