Can schools save indigenous languages? policy and practice on four continents
Title:
Can schools save indigenous languages? policy and practice on four continents
Author:
Hornberger, Nancy H.
Publication Information:
Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Physical Description:
xvi, 182 p.
Series:
Palgrave studies in minority languages and communities
Palgrave studies in minority languages and communities.
Contents:
Introduction: can schools save indigenous languages? Policy and practice on four continents / Nancy H. Hornberger -- 'Out on the fells, I feel like a Sami': is there linguistic and cultural equality in the Sami school? / Vuokko Hirvonen -- Top-down and bottom-up: counterpoised visions of bilingual intercultural education in Latin America / Luis Enrique Lopez -- Maori-medium education: current issues and challenges / Stephen May and Richard Hill -- Learning with differences: strengthening Hnahno and bilingual teaching in an elementary school in Mexico City / Nicanor Rebolledo Recendiz -- Revitalization through indigenous education: a forlorn hope? / Leena Huss -- Commentary from an African and international perspective / Nkonko M. Kamwangamalu -- Riding the tiger / Bernard Spolsky -- Schools as strategic tools for indigenous language revitalization: lessons from Native America / Teresa L. McCarty.
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