Language Policies in Education

作者:Tollefson, James W. 编

页数:368

出版时间:2001-7

价格:$ 68.87

isbn号码:9780805836011

具体描述

How do language policies in education serve the interests of dominant groups within societies? How do policies marginalize some students while granting privilege to others? How do language policies in schools create inequalities among learners? How can schools further the educational, social, and economic interests of linguistic minorities? These questions are at the heart of fundamental debates about the role of schools in society; the links between language policies and inequalities of class, region, and ethnicity nationality; and conflicts between linguistic minorities and "mainstream" populations. The connections between language policies and inequality are examined, as well as successful efforts to use language policies in education to assert the social and linguistic rights of language minorities. * All of the chapters are original and substantial contributions to the study of language policy and exemplify major theories and research methods in the field. * The case studies are international in scope, including cutting-edge analyses of important language policy debates in North America, Australia, Eastern Europe, Africa, East Asia, South Asia, and the Pacific. * The multiple meanings of critical language policy study are highlighted. First, the term refers to the field of critical linguistics. Second, the book seeks to develop readers' ability to critically "read" language policies--that is, to understand the social and political implications of particular policies adopted in specific historical contexts. Third, it features chapters that are critical of traditional analyses that fail to capture the full social and political context of language policies and too often accept uncritically the claims of policy. * Sections are included on theoretical issues in language policies; the use of language policy for governance; the role of language policy in managing ethnic conflict; the link between language and globalization; and the impact of critical pedagogy on social change. This volume is intended for scholars and other specialists in language policy, education, applied linguistics, critical linguistics, and language teaching. It is designed for use as a textbook in graduate and advanced undergraduate courses on language policy and language education.

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初翻这本书的目录，一种扑面而来的严谨感和历史纵深感立刻抓住了我的注意力。它不像那些快餐式的教育指南那样，只关注操作层面的“如何做”，而是明显倾向于追溯“为什么是这样”。我推测，作者在构建理论模型时，必定参考了大量的跨学科研究，可能涉及历史学、政治学乃至文化人类学的经典文本。这种多维度的交叉研究，使得书籍的论证过程必然充满细节和细微的差别，需要读者投入极大的耐心去消化吸收。我尤其好奇它在处理教育公平与效率这对永恒的矛盾时，是如何权衡和定位的。是倾向于维护既有的学术标准，还是大胆地倡导一种更具包容性的、面向未来的教育范式？如果书中能呈现出对某一特定历史阶段教育思潮的细致梳理，并将其与当前的全球化趋势相结合，那么它无疑将成为相关领域研究者案头必备的参考书。这种对历史脉络的清晰把握，是任何浮于表面的论述都无法比拟的。

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作为一名长期关注教育生态的观察者，我对任何试图系统性梳理教育现象的著作都抱有极高的期待与审慎的态度。这本书的体量和所涵盖的议题范围，暗示着作者试图构建一个宏大的分析框架，用以解释教育体系在特定社会环境中的运作机制。我特别关注那些在主流讨论中容易被忽视的边缘群体教育问题，或是在技术浪潮冲击下，传统教育理念如何进行自我调适与重塑的议题。好的教育理论不应该只停留在精英阶层的视野内，它必须能有效触及到最基层的实践者——那些奋战在一线的教师和身处困境中的学生。如果这本书能提供详实的案例分析，并将其巧妙地编织进其核心理论之中，使其理论不仅高屋建瓴，而且脚踏实地，那么它的影响力将远远超出学术圈，渗透到政策制定和课堂教学的每一个角落。

从出版社的定位和同行间的初步议论来看，这本书似乎在试图打破某种约定俗成的教育认知壁垒。它似乎在挑战一些我们习以为常的教育教条，引导读者去质疑那些被视为“理所当然”的教育目标和评估标准。我设想其中可能包含对标准化考试制度、课程设置僵化等问题的尖锐剖析，这些问题长期以来一直是教育改革者难以绕开的痛点。真正的洞见往往来自于对现状的彻底解构，这本书能否提供一套行之有效的方法论，去辨识并瓦解那些阻碍教育进步的隐性结构，是我最为期待的部分。如果作者只是停留在批判层面，而缺乏建设性的理论延伸，那未免有些遗憾。但从其厚度和引用的丰富性来看，我倾向于相信它提供了一套完整的理论闭环，旨在不仅指出问题所在，更指明了通往未来教育愿景的路径——即使这条路径充满荆棘和争议。

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