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Future teachers as agents of language revitalisation: the case of Galician early childhood education / Renée DePalma, María-Helena Zapico-Barbeito, Iria Sobrino-Freire.
// Language, Culture and Curriculum Volume 31, 2018 - Issue 3 2018p. 303-317 In this article, we aim to explore the important role of future teachers in the revitalisation of minoritised languages. In the Spanish autonomous community of Galicia, language legislation stipulates that the minoritised language be supported in educational settings, yet this support has been weak at best, particularly for schools in urban areas. Teacher training colleges and universities are responsible for the preparation of new teachers who are able and willing to contribute to the school-based language revitalisation project. We report on classroom-based research in a university Early Childhood Education program, based on videotapes and written documents produced by students as classroom tasks, as well as a questionnaire they completed after the course. Our conclusions suggest that teacher training can activate teacher agency even before they enter the profession, in two main ways: 1) reflect critically on their own linguistic trajectories and competencies and 2) understand the linguistic realities in Galician society and schools. Using methodologies of guided practice and reflection, teacher education programmes can strengthen the potential of future teachers as agents of language revitalisation.
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Identifying vernacular language to use in mathematics teaching / Cris Edmonds-Wathen, Kay Owens, Vagi Bino
// Language and education Vol. 33-No1/2019 2019p.1-17 Teaching mathematics in children’s first language has both cognitive benefits and assists with developing cultural and mathematical identity. In Papua New Guinea, many different Indigenous languages are used for instruction in elementary schools and teachers often need to identify or develop mathematics terminology themselves. Building on prior research, guidelines were developed to assist teachers to find the mathematics in their own vernacular languages. The guidelines were adaptable to different language ecologies and covered mathematical areas such as counting systems, measuring and comparing, location and shapes. The guidelines were applied by teachers in professional development workshops. The paper shows examples from some of the workshops of the challenges that the teachers faced in trying to identify appropriate mathematical language, and that contributed to the refining of the guidelines.
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Mother tongue education: necessary? Possible? Sustainable? / Barbara Elaine Graham
// Language and education 2010, Vol24, N.4 2010p. 309-321 Issues affecting pre-school education in a rural area of Kenya are highlighted in a study of a mother tongue education (MTE) programme in one indigenous language group, the Pokomo. Factors supporting the introduction of MTE include official support for MTE, the welcoming of non-government stakeholder involvement in education, the presence of individuals and organisations committed to MTE and the willingness of local education authorities to partner with organisations in the establishment of the programme. Issues which emerged as constraining the development of the programme included the dominant teaching styles, the dearth of educational resources in Kipfokomo, widespread poverty and societal attitudes and structures which exclude local languages from education settings. The tensions between enabling and constraining factors are explored, as, too, is the sustainability of the programme
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