2017, Volume 11, Issue 3
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The use of language in migrant stay-at-home parents’ process of integration : Experiences of inclusion and exclusion
(Centre for Applied Language Studies, University of Jyväskylä, 2017)This paper examines the use of language and how it contributes to the experiences of inclusion and exclusion of recent migrant stay-at-home parents in Finland. The study shows how the use of language facilitates the ... -
Integration and language education in Norwegian immigration policy documents 1980–2016
(Centre for Applied Language Studies, University of Jyväskylä, 2017)During the last decade, Norway has had one of the fastest growing populations in Europe, due to labor immigration and to an increasing number of asylum seekers. More than 16% of the population now has an immigrant family ... -
Tackling sustainability: First steps towards co-designing teacher professional development
(Centre for Applied Language Studies, University of Jyväskylä, 2017)Transformative, innovative practices and sustainable professional development are not achieved just by attending workshops, seminars and specific designed teacher education courses, though these programmes may often include ... -
Challenges in developing in-service teacher training: Lessons learnt from two projects for teachers of Swedish in Finland
(Centre for Applied Language Studies, University of Jyväskylä, 2017)Teacher education in Finland is widely respected and of high quality. However, there is a recognised need to develop the educational continuum from pre-service education to in-service training. This article deals with ... -
Obstacles to bilingual education: A case study of policy appropriation in a lower secondary school
(Centre for Applied Language Studies, University of Jyväskylä, 2017)The purpose of this paper is to present some of the main findings from my thesis (Lundberg, 2015) that concern the policy formulation and implementation of bilingual education in a multi-ethnic lower secondary school in ... -
Ideologies and practices in a kindergarten offering early education in Northern Sámi outside the Sámi homeland
(Centre for Applied Language Studies, University of Jyväskylä, 2017)In this study we analyse data collected in a Finnish kindergarten where one of the groups offers immersion education in Northern Sámi, an endangered language. The kindergarten is located outside the Sámi homeland in a ... -
Finnish higher education institutions' reactions to the 2015 asylum seeker situation : Motives, goals and future challenges
(Centre for Applied Language Studies, University of Jyväskylä, 2017)In 2015, military conflicts and related humanitarian crises neighbouring areas of Europe made millions of people leave their homes. Europe, including Finland, experienced a rapid increase in the number of asylum seekers. ...