From sites of occupation to symbols of multiculturalism : reconceptualizing minority education in post-Soviet Latvia /

Rarely do we find books in educational research that are both thick in context and rich in theory. Usually books emphasize one over the other. Authors that engage in thick descriptions tend to fall short of explaining what larger theoretical issue their case stands for. Vice versa, authors who make...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Silova, Iveta
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Greenwich, Conn. : IAP, Information Age Pub., ©2006.
Colección:Research in multicultural education and international perspectives.
Studies of the Harriman Institute.
Temas:
Multicultural education > Latvia.
Minorities > Education > Latvia.
Education and state > Latvia.
Post-communism > Latvia.
Éducation interculturelle > Lettonie.
Minorités > Éducation > Lettonie.
Éducation > Politique gouvernementale > Lettonie.
Postcommunisme > Lettonie.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Educators.
EDUCATION > Multicultural Education.
Education and state
Minorities > Education
Multicultural education
Post-communism
Interkulturelle Erziehung
Minderheit
Latvia
Latvija
Lettland.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Rarely do we find books in educational research that are both thick in context and rich in theory. Usually books emphasize one over the other. Authors that engage in thick descriptions tend to fall short of explaining what larger theoretical issue their case stands for. Vice versa, authors who make a case for a particular theory do not always describe their case in sufficient detail. From Sites to Occupation to Symbols of Multiculturalism is a remarkable exception. The book is a major break-through in case study methodology, multiculturalism and policy borrowing/lending research. The book investigates a puzzle: how is it that one and the same system, the system of separate schooling for Latvian and Russian speakers, is seen as a site of occupation during one period (1987-1990) and as a symbol of multiculturalism in the next (1991-1999)? The system has stayed in place, but the meaning attached to it has been completely inverted. Is cultural change without structural change possible? Does it mean that the dual school system has become anachronistic, and will eventually disappear in light of the cultural changes of the past decade? The book is the story of a great metamorphosis of one and the same system of separate schooling that, at first unbelievable, gradually makes sense.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xviii, 237 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-204) and index.
ISBN:9781607527770
1607527774
1281382450
9781281382450

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