Prospects for language education in multilingual societies
Kees Broekhof & Hans Cohen de Lara
2003, 45 pp., ISBN 90 5563 059 4
Sardes European Accession Series, volume 2
This volume was compiled as part of the project 'Ethnic and Cultural Minorities in Education', an international co-operation project which ran from October 2001 to December 2002. The project was conducted on the basis of Memoranda of Understanding between, on the one hand, the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science and, on the other, the ministries of education of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovenia. The Dutch ministry was the main sponsor of the project, through Cross Agency. Co-funding was provided by the ministries of the other countries.
The aim of the project was to offer the participating countries the opportunity to exchange expertise and experience in the field of education for minority groups, with a focus on expected developments resulting from the enlargement of the European Union. The project involved international seminars for education experts, visits to sites of good practice and the preparation of state of the art reports by experts in the participating countries.
In consultation with the project participants it was decided that the project should pay specific attention to three vital areas in the education of ethnic and cultural minorities: pre-school education, language education and parental involvement. These priorities are visible in the project publications.
Volume 2 is a publication setting out major principles and considerations in language policy making in multi-lingual settings.
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