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Maldonado-Valentín, Mirta – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2016
During the Spanish regimen, Puerto Rican education was limited and restricted to Spanish language as the medium of instruction. It was not until the U.S. colonization of the island that public education was introduced. As a result, English replaced Spanish as medium of instruction in the new educational system. Immediately after, Puerto Rican…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Educational Policy, Spanish, English (Second Language)
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Scarino, Angela – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2014
In situating the challenges in languages education policy in Australia in current times, I give an account of policy and curriculum development for the learning of languages in school education. In so doing, I highlight (1) the integral relationship between languages education, literacy and multiculturalism policies; (2) the meaning and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multilingualism, National Curriculum, Language of Instruction