The Struggle for Legitimacy

Informationen zum Autor Andrea Sterzuk (PhD, Second Language Education, McGill University) is an associate professor of Education at the University of Regina. She is currently the president of the Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics. Her research examines issues of power, identity and language in education as they relate to settler-colonialism. Her research projects have explored language variation in elementary schools, English-only ideology in higher education, language planning and policy in higher education, and the development of language beliefs in pre-service teachers. Klappentext This book examines experiences of Indigenous students in settler schools by using the example of a Canadian school as a window onto the relationship between colonial discourses; indigenized English language varieties; racialized identities; and biased educational practices of settler schools. Zusammenfassung This book examines experiences of Indigenous students in settler schools by using the example of a Canadian school as a window onto the relationship between colonial discourses; indigenized English language varieties; racialized identities; and biased educational practices of settler schools.

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• Authors: Andrea Sterzuk
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.10.2011
• EAN: 9781847695178
• ISBN: 978-1-84769-517-8
• Series: Critical Language and Literacy Studies; Critical Language and Literacy; Critical Language and Literacy Studies; Critical Language and Literacy
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