Equal Rights to the Curriculum : Many Languages, One Message

This book addresses issues that educators, policymakers and parents of linguistically diverse children face when teaching in, administrating or choosing an International School. It draws on theory to propose guidelines, best practice and checklists for ensuring that all children in a school’s multicultural society benefit from a the curriculum.

The parents of second language children are often seen but not heard in schools. This book is unique in addressing the many issues facing parents of children whose first language is different from that of the school classroom.

Drawing on teaching theory, the book provides these parents with a wealth of practical information, guidelines and checklists, enabling them to ask schools intelligent and challenging questions to test whether their children’s linguistic diversity is really being properly catered for.

The theory review and best practice guidelines should be of value also to teacher trainers, teachers, administrators and policy makers. They provide an accurate analysis of important issues together with pragmatic pointers towards improving educational practice so that all children growing up in a school’s multicultural society will be guaranteed what they deserve: Equal Rights to the Curriculum.

This book addresses issues that educators, policy makers and parents of linguistically diverse children must face when teaching in, administrating or choosing an International School. The author draws on teaching theory to propose guidelines, best practice and checklists for ensuring that all children in a school's multicultural society benefit from a truly inclusive curriculum, regardless of their linguistic and cultural origins Contents Acknowledgements Foreword Introduction Chapter 1. Hidden and Overt Power Structures in International Schools Chapter 2. Research, Theory and Good Practice Chapter 3. Third Culture Children Chapter 4. ESL Parents – Seen But Not Heard Chapter 5. Promoting Other Languages Chapter 6. Choosing an Effective International School for Your Child Appendix 1: An Internationalism Audit Glossary Further Reading References Index Addressing issues that educators, policy makers and parents of linguistically diverse children must face when teaching in, administrating or choosing an international school, the author draws on teaching theory to propose guidelines, best practice and cheklists for ensuring that all children benefit from an inclusive curriculum.