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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"immersion education"”.
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The Laei Samoa Framework: Exploring the Long-Term Impacts of Samoan Bilingual/Immersion Education on the lives of Samoan Graduates
… investigates the impact of Samoan Bilingual/Immersion Education (SBIE) on graduates’ lives, and its effect on their wellbeing and career trajectories. Despite its status as the third most spoken language in Aotearoa NZ, there is a dearth of research on the outcomes and experiences of SBIE …
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How can I, as a Froebelian Teacher, practice Active and Experiential Learning in an Irish- Language Early Immersion Education (Luath-Tumoideachas) Setting?
The purpose of this Self-Study Educational Practitioner Research (SSEPR) Project (Huxtable & Whitehead, 2021) was to identify how I can improve and adapt my practice in language instruction in order to align my practice with my Froebelian values. This research project took place in an …
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How to better retain teachers in one-way K-12 language immersion programs
Language immersion education is a dream of the 1960s and 70s that has repeatedly found a way to reinvent itself and continue to survive. It not only brings language and culture to classrooms in all corners and cross-sections of society, but it raises the academic capital of the students who are a …
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Mandarin Chinese Immersion Program for Preschool Children in an Urban Private School in California: A Case Study
<p>This study enlisted language immersion practitioners in highlighting and exploring the issues and challenges that accompany language immersion education. Comprehensive focused personal interviews of preschool Mandarin Chinese language immersion educators in a private school provided the basis of …
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A Case Study of a Pilot Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe) Immersion School on Manitoulin Island
Canada’s education system has attempted to completely erase Indigenous languages in Canada and to replace them with English. However, work is being done to revitalize Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe language). An example of this is the Mnidoo Mnising Anishinaabek Kinoomaage Gamig (MMAK) immersion program …
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Listening to Teachers’ Voices: Exploring the U.S. Public School Mandarin Immersion Program Teachers’ Experiences and Beliefs
Among the various forms of bilingual education in the United States, dual language immersion education has grown rapidly during the past decades (Lindholm-Leary, 2001; Wilson, 2011). Particularly, while the implementation of Mandarin Chinese immersion programs attracted educators and stakeholders’ …
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The reproduction of inequality in the Irish-medium education sector in Northern Ireland
… inequality persists and is reproduced in the education system in Northern Ireland for children of the Irish-medium education sector. Irish-medium Education (IME), despite being a thriving sector of education in Northern Ireland, remains marginalised, while the benefits of immersion education …
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Pululima Faifai Pea: Establishment of Sāmoan Immersion Early Childhood Education Centres & Bilingual Units in Primary and Intermediate Schools
Sāmoan Immersion Preschools (Ā’oga ‘Amata) and Bilingual Education units covering from year one to year eight of school have become well established in some areas in the Auckland region since the 1980s, due to the commitment, support and contributions of parents, the Sāmoan community, church …
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Early introduction of trilingual education in primary schools in Ireland and Catalonia: a comparative study
… and only 27% of the Gaeltacht population. In education, two different Primary School Curriculum guidelines (one for Gaelscoileanna and Gaeltacht schools and one for national schools) reflect the different sociolinguistic roles that Irish plays within Irish society and the segregation existing …
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Las Actitudes Hacia Educación Bilingue Y Aprendizaje Del Español: Un Estudio De Estudiantes De Inmersión Y Estudiantes Tradicionales
El estudio propuesto aquí evalúa las actitudes de estudiantes en el colegio hacia la diversidad en Estados Unidos, el aprendizaje de español, la educación bilingüe y la motivación de aprender una lengua extranjera. Tambien, compara las actitudes de estudiantes tradicionales y de estudiantes en un …
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He Kura-Hāpainga, He Kura-Waka, He Kura-Kōrero, He Kura-Huna, He Kura-Kura
He aha rā ia ngā hua kua puta i te kura kaupapa Māori [KKM]? Kua whai hua rānei te kaupapa nei? Ko hea ngā taumata angitu KKM? Mā wai hei whakatau pēnā e ekea ana ngā taumata tika? Kua roa ēnei pātai, i te horopaki o Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Hoani Waititi Marae [TKKM o HWM], e puta ana i roto i te …
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Dual Immersion Programs and their Implications: Focused Analyses on the Educational History
<p>As a social construct, education fulfills the necessary elements, ideologies, and rituals required to construct social norms for society. What a society deems as a norm determines the sentiments and direction that a nation will take. These normative tendencies lead to national identity and …