Education, Ethnicity and Equity in the Multilingual Asian Context
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Beschreibung
The book addresses issues related to the education of ethnic minority individuals in the multilingual Asian region. It features recent research and practices of scholars aiming to rethink educational policy and practice surrounding the education of ethnic minority students with a variety of language scenarios in Hong Kong and other Asian contexts. It documents how ethnicity and inequality are played out at policy, school, and individual levels, and how these affect the education of ethnic minorities in their host societies. Using a range of methods, from surveys to interviews and document analysis, this book describes the links between language, identity and educational inequality related to ethnic minorities in Asian contexts.
The book addresses issues related to the education of ethnic minority individuals in the multilingual Asian region. It features recent research and practices of scholars aiming to rethink educational policy and practice surrounding the education of ethnic minority students with a variety of language scenarios in Hong Kong and other Asian contexts. It documents how ethnicity and inequality are played out at policy, school, and individual levels, and how these affect the education of ethnic minorities in their host societies. Using a range of methods, from surveys to interviews and document analysis, this book describes the links between language, identity and educational inequality related to ethnic minorities in Asian contexts.
Explores the topics of language, ethnicity and equity in Asia’s culturally diverse education contexts Reveals deep-seated issues regarding how power is constructed, legitimized, and reproduced through educational policy and language practices Describes the progressive steps and impediments to equity and diversity through an array of cultural and language scenarios Focuses on ethnic minorities and immigrants within Asia and Asian countries to move forward the scholarship in a field that has traditionally focused on minority populations in Western and immigrant countries Offers perspectives of Western, Asian, and ethnic minority scholars, providing a more diverse account of and insights into ethnic minority education issues
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Jan GUBE
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Multicultural education Urban education Cultural diversity in education Asian education ethnicity and inequality Asian minority students Multilingual education inequality in Asia cultural diversity in Asia ethnicity in Asia multilingualism in Asia multiculturalism in Asia