1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452425603321

Titolo

Strategizing resilience and reducing vulnerability [[electronic resource] /] / Peter R.J. Trim, Jack Caravelli, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2009

ISBN

1-61122-961-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 p.)

Collana

Defense, security and strategy series

Altri autori (Persone)

TrimPeter R. J

CaravelliJack <1952->

Disciplina

355/.0335

Soggetti

Emergency management

Security, International

National security

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"This book stems in the main from papers presented at the Third CAMIS Security Management Conference ... which was held at Birkbeck College, University of London, From 5th to 7th September, 2007."--Pref.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910813890103321

Autore

Tandong Tandong

Titolo

Children, their schools and what they learn on beginning primary school : English and French educational legacies in Cameroon schools / / by Genevoix Nana

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2013

ISBN

1-4438-5415-8

Edizione

[1.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (415 p.)

Soggetti

Education, Elementary - Cameroon

Comparative education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This research is a pioneering study in comparative education in the context of Cameroon in particular, and Africa in general, which highlights present-day school and classroom instances of language socialisation as instantiating Anglophone and Francophone education traditions in their representation of the British and French educational legacies from the colonial era. Its findings point to practices specific to each study site and to Anglophone and Francophone subsystems of education as they translate local, national and global education perspectives and parallel Anglophone and Francophone cultures writ large. The narrative, analysis and findings of this study are, therefore, of relevance to educational communities in other countries, as issues of language socialisation, ideology, identity, bilingualism/multilingualism and comparative education are raised from a language- and culture-learning angle. The findings of this work also present emerging patterns of communal practices resulting from the coexistence of both subsystems of education, while the empirical data presented expose an inadequacy between official bilingualism discourse and its implementation in schools which may have a significant impact on future orientation of this policy in schools in Cameroon. - - This book will be useful to scholars interested in the fields of language



socialisation and comparative education in general, and in Africa and Cameroon in particular. It will also be of interest to language policymakers in the context of Cameroon, as data from schools indicate that official bilingualism practice does not echo policy discourse and problematises the construct of a Cameroonian identity as constitutive of Anglophone, Francophone and local cultures. The data report, however, shows that the paradigm shift in teachersa perceptions about the value of languages apparently influenced pupilsa attitudes towards the various languages to which they were being socialised, both at home and in school, and particularly shaped their understanding of the necessity of learning the second official language. - -