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Supplementary Schools as Sites of Access to Community Cultural Wealth and Funds of Knowledge in Flanders, Belgium
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Julia Steenwegen; Noel Clycq – Critical Studies in Education, 2024
This paper investigates the role of supplementary schools as grassroots educational initiatives whose reach extend beyond individual educational trajectories for minoritized youth. We examine how these schools serve as community forces, emphasizing the importance of resources and relationships. Drawing on the theoretical frameworks of funds of…
Descriptors: Cultural Capital, Cultural Background, Teaching Methods, Minority Group Students
Beloit College's Ten-Day Foreign Language and Culture Program: The Director's Perspective.
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Street, Jack D. – Foreign Language Annals, 1986
Explains Beloit College's 10-day program, designed to interest entering freshman in study of foreign languages (Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Russian, and Spanish) and cultures. The program was successful in teaching the basics of the foreign languages and in eliminating anxiety about the study of those…
Descriptors: Arabic, Chinese, College Freshmen, College Second Language Programs
Curriculum Options for Pupil Enrichment (Project COPE). Bilingual Special Alternative Instructional Program. Final Evaluation Report, 1992-93. OREA Report.
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Gatto, Angelo – 1993
Curriculum Options for Pupil Enrichment (Project COPE) is a federally-funded program that served 192 limited-English-proficient students in one Brooklyn (New York) high school in 1992-93, its first year of operation. Students were native speakers of Russian, Italian, Arabic, Urdu, Korean, Vietnamese, Polish, Haitian, and Greek. They received…
Descriptors: Arabic, Attendance Patterns, Bilingual Education Programs, Career Awareness