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Direct linkAisling Ní Dhiorbháin; Sinéad Nic Aindriú; Lorraine Connaughton-Crean; Pádraig Ó Duibhir – Language and Education, 2024
The participation of multilingual children in minority language immersion programmes is under-researched internationally. The Republic of Ireland (RoI) has become a linguistically and culturally diverse society. In the RoI, parents have the opportunity to educate their child in English-medium or Irish-medium (IM) schools. However, the cohort of…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Parents, Immersion Programs, Parent Attitudes
Grace Cornell Gonzales – Language and Education, 2024
This study explores the experiences of middle-class transnational Latina mothers whose children are enrolled in gentrified dual-language programs. Drawing upon the theory of differential consciousness, I explored how these mothers' own complex identities informed their navigation of conflicting discourses that position dual-language education on…
Descriptors: Mothers, Hispanic Americans, Bilingual Education, Middle Class
Nic Aindriú, Sinéad – Language and Education, 2022
There have been many instances when parents have been advised by educational professionals against bilingualism or immersion education for their child with special educational needs (SEN). Some parents follow the advice given and decide to use only one language with their child, mainly the majority language of the community. This study…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Decision Making, Special Needs Students, Irish
MacQuarrie, Sarah; Lyon, Fiona; Dawson, Susan – Language and Education, 2021
The introduction of assessment orientated policy in 2016 marks a significant change in Scottish education as it will establish standardised national testing. Teachers in Gaelic medium education are well placed to offer insights as they have had considerable autonomy regarding assessment and this paper is the first to consider the impact of this…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Indo European Languages, Educational Policy, Standardized Tests
Zheng, Bingjie – Language and Education, 2021
Few studies have investigated the discourses and ideologies around parents' enrollment decisions in Chinese-English immersion contexts, and how these discourses and ideologies affect their involvement with their children' bi/multilingual development. Conducted in a K-5 50/50 one-way Mandarin immersion school, this paper focuses on ethnographic…
Descriptors: Neoliberalism, Multilingualism, Cultural Pluralism, Immersion Programs
Kavanagh, Lauren; Hickey, Tina M. – Language and Education, 2013
There is now consensus among researchers and educators that parental involvement in education is related to children's academic and social success at school. However, less is known about the reasons why some parents choose to become involved and others do not. In recent years, there has been a move towards developing theoretical models which can…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Academic Achievement, Parent Attitudes, Immersion Programs
