Educational Policy, Mixed Discourses: Responses to Minority Learners in Catalonia  

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Castejon, Adriana Boogerman

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Language Problems and Language Planning vol. 21 no. 1 (1997), page 20-34.

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Perpustakaan PKBB Nomor Panggil: 405/LPL/21 Non-tandon: tidak ada Tandon: 1

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In this paper I critically appraise two policy documents which set out part of the thinking behind educational provision for learners who belong to ethnolinguistic or socioeconomic minorities in Catalonia. This provision has been developed through the so-called "Programa d'Educacio Compensatoria". In my analysis, I identify the assumptions underlying these particular policy statements and the views of linguistic and cultural diversity implicit in them. My main findings are as follows: first, the policy is formulated in a rather vague manner in these documents; second, the policy incorporates contradictory discourses (cultural pluralism on the one hand and assimilationism on the other) and thirdly, there is a conspicuous neglect of the learners' first languages. My conclusion is that further interdisciplinary research on the topic taking account of sociopolitical and cultural factors is necessary, as well as closer co-operation between researchers and policy makers, with a view to improving educational standards for all.

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