Challenging social injustice in superdiverse contexts through activist languages education
Edited book (chapter)
Chapter Title | Challenging social injustice in superdiverse contexts through activist languages education |
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Book Chapter Category | Edited book (chapter) |
ERA Publisher ID | 3337 |
Book Title | Handbook on Promoting Social Justice in Education |
Authors | Lamb, Terry (Author), Hatoss, Aniko (Author) and O'Neill, Shirley (Author) |
Editors | Papa, Rosemary |
Page Range | 33-69 |
Chapter Number | 2 |
Number of Pages | 37 |
Year | 2020 |
Publisher | Springer |
Place of Publication | Cham, Switzerland |
ISBN | 9783030146245 |
9783030146252 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14625-2 |
Web Address (URL) | https://link.springer.com/referencework/10.1007%2F978-3-030-14625-2 |
Abstract | In a current world of rapid change and immense global mobility, communities are experiencing unprecedented increases in population diversity that have dramatically heightened the challenge of ensuring social justice for linguistic minorities, including migrants, refugees, and people on the move, with implications for society as a whole. This chapter explores the rhetoric of related policies and practices and the ways in which they respond to the needs of superdiverse communities. The cases of the UK, Europe, and Australia, which all claim their multicultural status and multiculturalism as an important community resource, are discussed. Through an exploration of current research, the effectiveness of languages education policy and planning (LPP) is critiqued to provide a new paradigm that has the capacity to bring attention to and eliminate social injustice in linguistically diverse communities. The chapter argues for the nurturing of new spaces of language use that challenge the monolingual habitus and which can engage the collective autonomy of communities themselves. It conceptualizes how activist languages education can build community capacity and achieve socially just outcomes, thus simultaneously providing a better space for multilingualism and a foundation for peace. |
Keywords | activist languages education, languages education policy and planning, multiculturalism, social justice, superdiversity |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390201. Education policy |
479999. Other language, communication and culture not elsewhere classified | |
390108. LOTE, ESL and TESOL curriculum and pedagogy | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | University of Westminster, United Kingdom |
University of New South Wales | |
School of Education | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q6y23/challenging-social-injustice-in-superdiverse-contexts-through-activist-languages-education
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