Multilingualism and Multiculturalism in the  Swedish-Medium Primary School Classroom  in Finland - Some Teacher Views

dc.creator	Mikaela BJÖRKLUND
dc.date	2013-10-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:16:48Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:16:48Z
dc.identifier	1307-9298
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/c54930ec28914ff092635695441f6540
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/18658
dc.description	Finnish society, including the Swedish-medium school, has traditionally been considered linguistically and culturally homogeneous. During the last twenty years there has been a distinct development towards increasingly heterogeneous municipalities and schools, but with great local variations. The aim of his article is to present some teacher perspectives on this development towards linguistically and culturally more heterogeneous primary school classrooms, what kind of new challenges teachers experience and what tools they express the need for. The data consist of qualitative interviews and focus discussions with teachers and headmasters in Swedish-medium classrooms and CLIL classrooms, representing both urban and rural settings. The results show some variation concerning the types of multilingualism evident in different contexts and the views on multilingualism and multiculturalism. A number of challenges and needed tools are identified. These call for a professional, facilitating teacher role, as well as for complex societal networks.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education
dc.relation	http://www.iejee.com/6_1_2013/IEJEE_6_1_bj%C3%B6rklund.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1307-9298
dc.source	International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, Vol 6, Iss 1, Pp 117-136 (2013)
dc.subject	Swedish-Medium
dc.subject	Primary school
dc.subject	Linguistic minorities
dc.subject	Multilingual
dc.subject	Multicultural
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.title	Multilingualism and Multiculturalism in the Swedish-Medium Primary School Classroom in Finland - Some Teacher Views
dc.type	article