This two-volume handbook provides a comprehensive examination of policy, practice, research, and theory related to English language teaching (ELT) in international contexts. Nearly 70 chapters highlight the research foundation for the best practices, frameworks for policy decisions, and areas of consensus and controversy in the teaching and development of English as a second and/or additional language for kindergarten through to adult speakers of languages other than English. In doing so it problematizes traditional dichotomies and challenges the very terms that provide the traditional...

This book analyzes policy issues regarding the education of minority students in western industrialized societies and presents a number of case studies of programs that have been successful in reversing the pattern of minority students' academic failure. A central theme throughout is that the causes of minority students' academic difficulties are rooted in the power relations between the dominant and subordinate groups in society and that educators should enable minority students to empower themselves.

This research-based volume presents a substantive, panoramic view of ways in which Australia and countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North and South America engage in educational programs and practices to transform the learning processes and outcomes of their students. It reveals and analyzes national and global trajectories in key areas of educational development, and enhances readers understanding of the nature and complexity of educational transformation in a global context. The book s comprehensive analysis of factors associated with transforming education within globally...

This research-based volume presents a substantive, panoramic view of ways in which Australia and countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North and South America engage in educational programs and practices to transform the learning processes and outcomes of their students. It reveals and analyzes national and global trajectories in key areas of educational development, and enhances readers understanding of the nature and complexity of educational transformation in a global context. The book s comprehensive analysis of factors associated with transforming education within globally...

This volume addresses bilingual education, the use of two (or more) languages of instruction in education. Although bilingual education is available in some form in most countries, it is frequently the subject of political debate, especially where a bilingual program is set up to serve migrant populations. The volume offers a thorough analysis of a range of conceptual issues in bilingual education. discussion of research in the field since the 1920s and the conclusions that can be drawn from it. chapters on illustrative bilingual education programs and policies from around the globe. This is...

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Journal of Education Policy

This two-volume handbook provides a comprehensive examination of policy, practice, research, and theory related to English language teaching (ELT) in international contexts. Nearly 70 chapters highlight the research foundation for the best practices, frameworks for policy decisions, and areas of consensus and controversy in the teaching and development of English as a second and/or additional language for kindergarten through to adult speakers of languages other than English. In doing so it problematizes traditional dichotomies and challenges the very terms that provide the traditional...