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"And if My Language Disappears Tomorrow...": Language Ideologies and Language Maintenance Practices of the Circassians in Russia
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Valeriya Minakova – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Changing orientations to language, informed by poststructuralism and postcolonialism, challenge modernist representations of languages as bounded entities, tied to particular territories and identities (Canagarajah, 2019; Makoni and Pennycook, 2007). Viewing language as a hybrid and fluid practice, these developments question the theoretical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Maintenance, Indigenous Knowledge, Indigenous Populations
'Making Our Own Schools was the Only Way': How Community-Based Schools Promote Sustainable Access to Quality and Inclusive Education in Emergencies
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C. Andrew Swindell – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Global emergencies resulting from conflict, human rights violations, and natural disasters have displaced more than 90 million people worldwide, half of whom are under 18. While the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG4) calls for sustainable (i.e. long-lasting) access to inclusive and quality education for all people by 2030,…
Descriptors: Community Education, Equal Education, Inclusion, Access to Education
Access, Quality, and Opportunity: A Case Study of Zambia Open Community Schools (ZOCS)
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Mwalimu, Michelle – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Community schools and other approaches to Alternative Primary Education or APE have increased access to primary education for underserved populations in Africa, Asia, and Latin America as a major goal of the Education for All (EFA) movement. In Zambia, a country where an estimated 20 percent of the basic education enrollment now attends community…
Descriptors: Community Schools, Elementary Education, Community Control, Disadvantaged Youth