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Title Negotiating language education policies : educators as policymakers / edited by Kate Menken, Ofelia Garcia
Published New York : Routledge, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 278 pages)
Contents pt. I. Negotiation of language education policies guided by educators' experiences or identity (individual) -- pt. II. Educators' negotiation of language education policies influenced by situation/context/community (social) -- pt. III. Moving forward
Summary Educators are at the epicenter of language policy in education. This book explores how they interpret, negotiate, resist, and (re)create language policies in classrooms. Bridging the divide between policy and practice by analyzing their interconnectedness, it examines the negotiation of language education policies in schools around the world, focusing on educators' central role in this complex and dynamic process.Each chapter shares findings from research conducted in specific school districts, schools, or classrooms around the world and then details how educators negotiate policy in
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Languages, Modern -- Study and teaching -- Cross-cultural studies
Language policy -- Study and teaching -- Cross-cultural studies
Languages, Modern -- Study and teaching
Genre/Form Cross-cultural studies
Form Electronic book
Author Menken, Kate, 1968-
GarcĂ­a, Ofelia
LC no. 2009037234
ISBN 1135146209
9781135146207
1135146217
9781135146214
1282570021
9781282570023
9786612570025
6612570024
0203855876
9780203855874