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

• Pubblicazione: Cardiff, : University of Wales Press, 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (370 p.)
• Disciplina: 371.0094299
• Soggetto topico: Education, Secondary - Wales, South
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: ThomasHuw S WilliamsColin H
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Parents, personalities and power
• ISBN: 0-7083-2585-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910463315203321
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