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Medium of instruction policies : which agenda? whose agenda? /

Medium of instruction policies in education have considerable impact not only on the school performance of students and the daily work of teachers, but also on various forms of social and economic (in)equality. In many multiethnic and multilingual countries, the choice of a language for the medium o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Tollefson, James W., Tsui, Amy
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Publishers, 2004.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Medium of instruction policies in education have considerable impact not only on the school performance of students and the daily work of teachers, but also on various forms of social and economic (in)equality. In many multiethnic and multilingual countries, the choice of a language for the medium of instruction in state educational systems raises a fundamental and complex educational question: what combination of instruction in students' native language(s) and in a second language of wider communication will ensure that students gain both effective subject-content education, as.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 306 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:1410609324
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