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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463315203321

Titolo

Parents, personalities and power [[electronic resource] ] : Welsh-medium schools in South-East Wales / / edited by Huw S. Thomas and Colin H. Williams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cardiff, : University of Wales Press, 2013

ISBN

0-7083-2585-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (370 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ThomasHuw S

WilliamsColin H

Disciplina

371.0094299

Soggetti

Education, Secondary - Wales, South

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword; Preface and acknowledgements; List of Maps and Tables; Maps showing location of Welsh-medium schools in south-east Wales; Notes on Contributors; Abbreviations; Glossary of terms; An Act of Faith; A Dynamic Profile; The Shifting Impact of Language and Identity; Understanding Power; The Articulation of Power; An Evolving Synergy; Future Prospects for Welsh-medium Education:Reflections from a Recent Migrant; Parent Power; Local Authorities and Welsh-medium Education; School Reorganisation: A Lesson in How Not to Do It. The Case of Canton, Cardiff West

The School Phenomenon: Encouraging Social Language Use Patterns in Welsh-medium EducationTransforming Strategies: Pathways to an Integral Education System; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This pioneering volume is the first ever to investigate in depth the myriad interconnected influences on the phenomenal growth of Welsh-medium schools over the last half century and probe the foreseeable challenges that they will have to face.