Language Issues in Comparative Education: Inclusive Teaching and Learning in Non-Dominant Languages and Cultures

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Introduction....Pages 1-16
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
Canada’s Big Chill....Pages 19-38
The Use of Non-Dominant Languages in Education in Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam....Pages 39-58
Language in Afghanistan’s Education Reform....Pages 59-76
Language and Liberation....Pages 77-93
Front Matter....Pages 95-95
Indigenous Mexican Languages and the Politics of Language Shift in the United States....Pages 97-113
“We Lost our Culture with Civilization”....Pages 115-131
Front Matter....Pages 133-133
First Language-Based Preschools in Adivasi Communities in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh....Pages 135-152
Teachers as Agents of Change Within Indigenous Education Programs in Guatemala and Mexico....Pages 153-170
Effective Activities to Support Teachers’ Transition into the MTBMLE i Classroom in the Philippines....Pages 171-187
English Medium Instruction and Examining in Zanzibar....Pages 189-206
Implementation of Local Curriculum in Mozambican Primary Schools....Pages 207-223
Culture as a Vehicle, not a Bridge....Pages 225-241
Front Matter....Pages 243-243
Teaching and Assessing Independent Reading Skills in Multilingual African Countries....Pages 245-264
Exploring the Development of Reading in Multilingual Education Programs....Pages 265-281
Towards Adopting a Multilingual Habitus in Educational Development....Pages 283-299
Back Matter....Pages 301-304