Bilingual childcare : hitches, hurdles and hopes / Victoria Benz
- Author
- Benz, Victoria
- Published
- Bristol, UK ; Blue Ridge Summit, PA : Multilingual Matters, [2018]
- Physical Description
- xix, 169 pages ; 25 cm.
- Series
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: 1.1.Potential of Bilingual Education in the Early Childhood Sector -- 1.1.1.Language learning in the early years -- 1.1.2.`Killing two birds with one stone': Bilingual education in childcare -- 1.1.3.Childcare attendance rates -- 1.2.Linguistic Diversity in Australia and Sydney -- 1.3.Why German? -- 1.4.Approaching the Research Problem -- 1.4.1.About research methods and instruments -- 1.4.2.About ethics -- 1.5.Outline of the Book -- What We Know: Language Policies and Provision -- 2.1.Bilingual Education -- 2.1.1.Challenges for bilingual education programmes -- 2.1.2.Parental attitudes towards bilingual education -- 2.1.3.Summary -- 2.2.Australia's Explicit Language Policies: An Overview -- 2.3.Languages in Education -- 2.3.1.School education -- 2.3.2.Early childhood education -- 2.3.3.Institutional German in Sydney -- 2.3.4.Summary -- 2.4.Lacuna in the Body of Knowledge -- 3.The Institution -- 3.1.Fritzkidz' Background and Vision -- 3.2.Fritzkidz' Physical Infrastructure -- 3.3.Organisation and Linguistic Landscape -- 3.4.The Educators -- 3.4.1.Demographic characteristics -- 3.4.2.Qualifications and training -- 3.4.3.`There is no set goal yet': Staff and policy development -- 3.4.4.`Once it gets on board, it's a good thing, but something else might lack': Educators' attitudes to early language learning -- 3.5.Weak Grounds -- 4.Bilingual Programme Implementation -- 4.1.The Bilingual Programme -- 4.1.1.The daily routine -- 4.1.2.General communication practices -- 4.1.3.Bilingual education in practice -- 4.2.External Constraints -- 4.2.1.Asymmetries -- 4.2.2.`Okay, wo ist jetzt dein Schwerpunkt?': Conflicts of interests -- 4.2.3.Perceived involvement and interest -- 4.2.4.The bilingual programme in the public eye -- 4.3.Attitudinal Change or Reproduction? -- 5.The Clientele -- 5.1.Who Are the Fritzkidz Parents? -- 5.1.1.Linguistic practices -- 5.1.2.Place of birth and age -- 5.1.3.Educational and economic demographics -- 5.1.4.Summary -- 5.2.Choosing Fritzkidz -- 5.2.1.Reason for childcare in general -- 5.2.2.Choosing Fritzkidz in particular -- 5.2.3.Role of the bilingual programme -- 5.3.Elite Families' Childcare Needs -- 6.Value-Action Gap -- 6.1.Attitudinal Change: From Irrelevance to Influencing Language Desires and Family Practices -- 6.2.Importance of Language Learning -- 6.3.Plans to Continue with German -- 6.3.1.Convenient solution -- 6.3.2.Language competing against other subjects and activities -- 6.3.3.It's up to the child -- 6.4.Value-Action Gap as a Result of `Language Ideological Hypocrisy' or Unfair Choice? -- 6.5.The Dead End for Affirmative Attitudes -- 7.The Value of Language and Language Learning -- 7.1.Creating an Advantage: Non-language Specific Values of Language Learning -- 7.1.1.Cognitive development -- 7.1.2.Career opportunities -- 7.1.3.Travel opportunities -- 7.1.4.Facilitating awareness -- 7.1.5.Proxy for other languages -- 7.2.The Role of German: Language-specific Values of Language Learning -- 7.2.1.Identity and family communication -- 7.2.2.Investing in learning German: It wouldn't make any sense -- 7.2.3.Associations of trustworthiness and good organisation -- 7.2.4.The German language does not matter -- 7.3.Competitiveness over German-English Bilingualism -- 3.The Future of Bilingual Early Childhood Education -- 8.1.Language Attitudes, Ideologies and Practices in Bilingual German-English Early Childhood Education -- 8.1.1.Institutional practices -- 8.1.2.Parental attitudes -- 8.1.3.The role of German -- 8.1.4.Summary -- 8.2.Implications -- 8.2.1.Institutional policy -- 8.2.2.Family policy -- 8.2.3.Public policy -- 8.3.Directions for Future Research.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9781783099177 hardcover ; acid-free paper
1783099178 hardcover ; acid-free paper - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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