Introduction to Multilingual and Multicultural Education
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Approx. 10 hours to complete
Course Summary
This course explores the challenges and advantages of multilingual and multicultural education. It discusses the importance of embracing diversity and offers practical strategies for creating inclusive classrooms.Key Learning Points
- Understand the benefits of multilingual and multicultural education
- Develop techniques for creating inclusive classrooms
- Learn how to promote diversity and cultural awareness
Related Topics for further study
- Diversity and Inclusion
- Multilingual Education
- Cultural Awareness
- Inclusive Classrooms
- International Education
Learning Outcomes
- Develop an understanding of the importance of diversity and cultural awareness
- Acquire practical strategies for creating inclusive classrooms
- Become equipped to promote multilingual education
Prerequisites or good to have knowledge before taking this course
- Intermediate English proficiency
- Access to a computer and internet
Course Difficulty Level
IntermediateCourse Format
- Self-paced
- Online
- Video lectures
- Quizzes
- Assignments
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Description
The processes of globalization are highly complex and influence the multi-layered structures of societies: economic, socio-cultural, political, linguistic and education aspects among others. A remarkable increase in global migration flows, especially over the last decade, required from the host countries to pay particular attention to the provision of equal education opportunities.
Outline
- Multilingual & multicultural education: introduction, historical development, concepts, dimensions
- About the University
- Course Promo
- Intro lecture
- Diversity in education
- Development of multilingual and multicultural education
- Dimensions of multicultural education
- Culture in education
- About University
- Rules on the academic integrity in the course
- Multilingual & multicultural education: introduction, historical development, concepts, dimensions
- Diversity and education: culture and language in a global world
- Diversity in education
- Bilingual education in the modern era
- Multilingual education in Canada
- Heritage language teaching
- European multilingual education
- Content and language interactive learning
- Multilingual education in the UK
- Diversity and education: culture and language in a global world
- Multilingual & multicultural education for young children
- Multilingual education for young children
- The earlier the better?
- Dual language learners
- Bilingual advantage
- Primary school
- Goals of multicultural education for young children
- Multilingual & multicultural education for young children
- Policy and Planning in multilingual & multicultural education
- Policy and planning in multilingual education
- European policy of intercultural education
- Issues of power and ideology
- Types of educational language policies
- Language rights
- Linguistic human rights and diversity
- Policy and Planning in multilingual & multicultural education
- The teacher and the student in multilingual & multicultural education
- The teacher in multilingual education
- Teacher preparation
- Teacher education in Europe
- Teacher education in North America
- Teacher education in South America
- The student in multilingual education
- Bilingual primary education
- Bilingual secondary education
- Bilingual secondary education 2
- Translanguaging to learn
- The teacher and the student in multilingual & multicultural education
- Practice in multilingual & multicultural learning space
- Multilingual learning space
- Barriers to parental involvement
- Community promoting parental involvement
- Multiliteracies in education
- Research overview: bilingualism and creativity
- Bilingual and creative education
- Practice in multilingual & multicultural learning space
- The education of ethnic and cultural minority groups
- The education of ethnic and cultural minority groups
- Citizenship education
- Factors affecting academic outcomes
- Language education of indigenous people
- Monoglossic language ideologies
- Heteroglossic language ideologies
- The education of ethnic and cultural minority groups
- Opportunities, challenges and paradigms in multilingual & multicultural education
- Opportunities and challenges in multilingual settings
- Opportunities and challenges for teachers and students
- Recommendations for higher education institutions
- Recommendations for national/regional authorities
- Paradigms in multicultural education
- Future directions in multilingual and multicultural education
- Opportunities, challenges and paradigms in multilingual & multicultural education
- CONCLUSION
- Final quiz
Denis Zubalov
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