Linguistic and Cultural Innovation in Schools The Languages Challenge /

• Main Authors: Spiro, Jane (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Crisfield, Eowyn (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Multilingualism.; Sociolinguistics.; Language and education.; Language and languages-Study and teaching.; Education and state.; Applied linguistics.; Language Education.; Language Teaching.; Education Policy.; Applied Linguistics.

This book presents case studies of five schools engaged in radical change in order to engage with children's home languages and cultures in a more multilingual and inclusive way. Located around the globe, from Hawaii to Kenya, the case studies are informed by both researchers and professionals...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Mapping the Terrain
• Chapter 2. Connecting Students to a Sense of Place: Reviving Hawaii
• Chapter 3. To Square the Particular with the Global: The Aga Khan Academy Mombasa
• Chapter 4. Dynamic Multilingualism in International Schools: German European School, Singapore
• Chapter 5. From One to Many: Bilingual Education in a Monolingual Context, Europa School
• Chapter 6. Moving from "English only" to Multilingual-Empowered: The British School of Amsterdam
• Chapter 7. The Path Less Travelled.