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Parents, personalities and power : Welsh-medium schools in South-East Wales / edited by Huw S. Thomas and Colin H. Williams.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education, Secondary--Wales, South.
- Education, Secondary.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (370 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-7083-2585-8
- OCLC:
- 843198808
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