Essays about: "Right to mother tongue education"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words Right to mother tongue education.
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1. Latvian Language Policy : Unifying or Polarizing? Reconstructing the Political Debate on Language Reform in the Latvian Education System
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utvecklingAbstract : Languages are not just systems for communication, they are also often a marker of ethnic and/or national identity and sometimes a politically contentious issue. A country where this is the case is Latvia, which has a large Russian-speaking population. During the Soviet occupation of Latvia, Russian became the dominant language in public life. READ MORE
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2. The dilemmas of Mother Tongue Education : The integration of curriculum theory and practice: Chinese Mandarin and Spanish mother tongue teachers’ experiences in Sweden.
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och didaktikAbstract : This study aims to gain a broader view, within the frame of a comparative international perspective, of the relationship and dilemmas between the theoretical visions of the curriculum and their applicability in practice by mother tongue teachers within the current organizational structures and given resources. The research uses a qualitative and comparative method and semi-structured interviews of ten mother tongue teachers, five Chinese Mandarin and five Spanish, teaching Compulsory School level 7 to 9 in Sweden. READ MORE
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3. Legal Consciousness and Language Rights: Passing on Finnish Minority Language to Future Generations in Sweden.
University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionenAbstract : When law is ambiguously articulated or various legal norms and obligations are working simultaneously, it creates a puzzling situation to individuals that are expected to follow or live under the unclear law. To study these instances, one must depart from the analysis of formal legal texts and legal institutions into the everyday experiences and perceptions of individual citizens. READ MORE
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4. Education for All - Including Undocumented Children?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : Education for all, what does it mean? For me, that all children have the right to education and are given possibilities to obtain this right. Though, is that the reality for all children in practice? Several reports, national as well as international, indicate that this is not the case for undocumented children in Sweden, despite their right to actual enjoyment of the rights protected in the Convention of the Right of the Child. READ MORE
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5. The Cultural and Social Capital of Unaccompanied Refugee Children : A Policy study of the education of unaccompanied refugee children in Sweden and Germany
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och didaktikAbstract : The globalized world is facing increasing refugee flows over the past years, which brings challenges for the receiving countries. One important part of this challenge is the education of refugee children. Particularly unaccompanied minor refugees are often not noticed by the society and policies. READ MORE
