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Multilingual "Native" Speakers of the English Language: the Perceptions of University Students from the United Kingdom, Singapore and South Korea
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Ahn, Hyejeong; Choi, Naya; Kiaer, Jieun – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2023
This study investigates what characteristics are considered important for a hypothetical multilingual person to be perceived as a "native" speaker of English. The data was collected from 521 participants from the United Kingdom, Singapore and South Korea, responding to a survey comprised of 30 questions with opportunities for qualitative…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Native Speakers, Ethnicity, English (Second Language)
Equality, Difference and the Absent Presence of "Race" in Citizenship Education in the UK
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Garratt, Dean – London Review of Education, 2011
This paper examines the political and historical antecedents of the absent presence of "race" in successive policies for citizenship education in contemporary Britain. It questions the possibility of embracing an emerging cosmopolitanism and politics of difference, within the limiting frame of the nation state and its overarching appeal…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Moral Values
Teachers' Perceptions of National Identity in the English and Taiwanese Citizenship Curricula: Civic or Ethnic Nationalism?
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Hung, Cheng-Yu – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2014
This article examines and compares the hotly debated issue of national identity in the Taiwanese and English citizenship curricula and investigates the extent to which schoolteachers' perceptions fall in line with the written curriculum. The author describes the background to the evolution of national identity in each country. Following this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Nationalism, Ethnicity
Diversity and Identity in Societal Context: Introductory Remarks
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Kiwan, Dina – London Review of Education, 2008
This introductory piece highlights key themes raised by Sir Bernard Crick and Professor Tariq Ramadan. Firstly I consider why citizenship is on the agenda and how these discourses are increasingly linked to discourses of diversity and identity. Secondly, I consider understandings of integration, especially with respect to Muslims, and thirdly,…
Descriptors: Muslims, Cultural Pluralism, Citizenship, Ethnicity
Identity Articulations, Mobilization, and Autonomy in the Movement for Muslim Schools in Britain
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Meer, Nasar – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2009
Muslim schools in Britain have emerged as a highly salient issue that at times reinforces, and at other times cuts across, political and philosophical divides. It therefore comes as some surprise to learn that despite a general proliferation of literature on "Muslims" in Britain very little research has explicitly investigated how…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Muslims, Policy Analysis, Interviews
Race Equality Policies and Practice: Resources on the Internet, Summer 2002.
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Race Equality Teaching, 2002
Presents resources available on the Internet that deal with racial equality policies and practice. Topics include legal requirements in education; institutional racism; community cohesion; diversity; curriculum; national identity; citizenship education; race and identity; suppliers, booksellers, and publishers; links with schools in other…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bullying, Citizenship Education, Diversity (Student)