The Struggle for Legitimacy

Informationen zum Autor Andrea Sterzuk began her educational career as a teacher of French as a second language to elementary school-aged children in the Canadian north. A speaker of English, French, and Spanish, Andrea obtained her PhD in second language education from McGill University in Montreal, Canada. She is presently an associate professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Regina in Regina, Canada where she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in the area of language and literacies education. Her research interests include English language variation, language policy, language ideologies, and education in white settler contexts. 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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Andrea Sterzuk
• Editore: University of Toronto Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 15.10.2011
• EAN: 9781847695178
• ISBN: 978-1-84769-517-8
• Serie: Critical Language and Literacy Studies; Critical Language and Literacy; Critical Language and Literacy Studies; Critical Language and Literacy
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Libri sul benessere, vita quotidiana > Famiglia; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie