Translanguaging, Coloniality and Decolonial Cracks - Bilingual Science Learning in South Africa

In this ethnography of bilingual science learning, the author connects microanalyses of classroom discourse to broader themes of de/coloniality in education. The author examines the linguistic landscape of the school and the attitudes of staff and students which produce both coloniality and cracks in the edifice of coloniality.

About the author

Robyn Tyler is a Senior Researcher in the Centre for Multilingualism and Diversities Research at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. She supervises graduate stu­dents and student teachers and is a member of the bua-lit Language and Literacy Collective (www.bua-lit.org.za). Her research interests include semiotic repertoires for learning, translingual practice, youth and identity, inquiry-based science education and language across the curriculum.

Summary

In this ethnography of bilingual science learning, the author connects microanalyses of classroom discourse to broader themes of de/coloniality in education. The author examines the linguistic landscape of the school and the attitudes of staff and students which produce both coloniality and cracks in the edifice of coloniality.

Product details

• Authors: Robyn Tyler
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2023
• EAN: 9781800411982
• ISBN: 978-1-80041-198-2
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 430 g
• Series: Translanguaging in Theory and Practice; Translanguaging in Theory and
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Teaching of a specific subject, Bilingualism & multilingualism, Bilingualism and multilingualism, EDUCATION / Teaching / General