Educational Professionalism, Migration, and Multilingualism in Canada, Germany, Greece and the USA

Verantwortlich

Prof. Dr. Argyro Panagiotopoulou a.panagiotopoulou[uk]uni-koeln.de

Weiter verantwortlich

Prof. Dr. Lisa Rosen lisa.rosen[uk]uni-koeln.de

Zeitraum

01.02.2013-25.10.2018

Förderung

Beschreibung

Social inequalities are created in educational systems along lines of difference such as ethnicity and linguistic diversity. Minority and immigrant students are particularly affected by such inequalities. Thus far, we have investigated educators' attitudes in monolingual vs. multilingual educational systems. The central question of this study has been: How are school experiences and attitudes about linguistic heterogeneity and heteroglossic practices interrelated in monolingual educational systems, such as in Germany and Greece, and in multilingual educational systems such as in Quebec, Canada? To date, we have conducted expert interviews of (multilingual) teachers and early childhood professionals at the German School in Thessaloniki (February-April 2013), the German School in Montreal (April 2014), Complementary Greek Schools in Montreal (April 2014), the German School in Athens (October 2014) as well as the German School in Boston (October 2017). More studies are scheduled to be conducted in European and non-European countries, i.a. in France and the USA.

Description

Social inequalities are created in educational systems along lines of difference such as ethnicity and linguistic diversity. Minority and immigrant students are particularly affected by such inequalities. Thus far, we have investigated educators' attitudes in monolingual vs. multilingual educational systems. The central question of this study has been: How are school experiences and attitudes about linguistic heterogeneity and heteroglossic practices interrelated in monolingual educational systems, such as in Germany and Greece, and in multilingual educational systems such as in Quebec, Canada? To date, we have conducted expert interviews of (multilingual) teachers and early childhood professionals at the German School in Thessaloniki (February-April 2013), the German School in Montreal (April 2014), Complementary Greek Schools in Montreal (April 2014), the German School in Athens (October 2014) as well as the German School in Boston (October 2017). More studies are scheduled to be conducted in European and non-European countries, i.a. in France and the USA.