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Bilingual Education

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  • © 1997

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Editors:
  1. Jim Cummins

    1. The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Canada

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  2. David Corson

    1. The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Canada

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  • Provides a comprehensive account of the implementation of bilingual education programs in countries throughout the world
  • Clearly outlines the social and educational goals that can be achieved through bilingual educatio
  • Highlights the need to take account of the complex political context of inter-group relationships within which bilingual programs are inevitably embedded.

Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of Language and Education (LANG, volume 5)

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Table of contents (30 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Programs for Indigenous Groups

    1. Front Matter

      Pages N1-N1
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    2. Bilingual Programs Involving Aboriginal Languages in Australia

      • Stephen Harris, Brian Devlin
      Pages 1-14

    3. Maori-English Bilingual Education in New Zealand

      • Arohia Durie
      Pages 15-23

    4. Bilingual Education in Africa: An Overview

      • Margaret Akinyi Obondo
      Pages 25-32

    5. Language in Education in Kenyan Schools

      • Grace W. Bunyi
      Pages 33-43

    6. American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Bilingual Education

      • Teresa L. McCarty
      Pages 45-56

    7. Bilingual Education for Indigenous Groups in Canada

      • Connie Heimbecker
      Pages 57-65

    8. Bilingual Education for Indigenous People in India

      • Lachman M. Khubchandani
      Pages 67-76

    9. Saami Bilingual Education

      • Asta Balto, Jon Todal
      Pages 77-85

    10. Bilingual Education in the South Pacific

      • Heather Lotherington
      Pages 87-95

  3. Programs for National Minority Groups

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 97-97
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    2. Bilingual Education in the Basque Country

      • M. Carmen Garmendia, Imanol Agote
      Pages 99-108

    3. Bilingual Education in Slovenia

      • Sonja Novak Lukanovič
      Pages 109-116

    4. Bilingual Education in Friesland

      • Durk Gorter
      Pages 117-125

    5. Bilingual Education in Ireland, Scotland and Wales

      • Colin Baker
      Pages 127-141

    6. Ladino-Italian Bilingual Programs in Italy

      • Paolo E. Balboni
      Pages 143-150

    7. Sorb-German Bilingual Education

      • Beverley Hall
      Pages 151-156

    8. Bilingual Education in China

      • Dongyan Ru Blachford
      Pages 157-165

    9. French Language Minority Education in Canada

      • Diane Gérin-Lajoie
      Pages 167-176
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Editors and Affiliations

  • The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Canada

    Jim Cummins, David Corson

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Bilingual Education

  • Editors: Jim Cummins, David Corson

  • Series Title: Encyclopedia of Language and Education

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4531-2

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1997

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-4806-1Published: 10 February 2012

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-4932-7Published: 31 May 1999

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-4531-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 336

  • Topics: Education, general, Sociolinguistics, Psycholinguistics

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