Translanguaging, Coloniality and Decolonial Cracks : Bilingual Science Learning in South Africa / Robyn Tyler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tyler, Robyn, Author.

Series:

Translanguaging in Theory and Practice ; 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language policy--South Africa.

Language policy.

Multilingual education--South Africa.

Multilingual education.

Science--Study and teaching (Secondary)--South Africa.

Science.

Translanguaging (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (184 p.)

Place of Publication:

Bristol ; Blue Ridge Summit : Multilingual Matters, [2023]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In this ethnography of bilingual science learning, the author connects microanalyses of classroom discourse to broader themes of de/coloniality in education. The author examines the linguistic landscape of the school and the attitudes of staff and students which produce both coloniality and cracks in the edifice of coloniality.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

1 De/coloniality and Language in South African Schooling

2 Language, the Body and Identity in Learning

3 Language at Success High: Ideologies and Practices

4 Constraint in Curriculum, Assessment and Classroom Discourse

5 Decolonial Cracks Introduced by Students

6 Decolonial Cracks in Pedagogy: Freedom and Resistance

7 Conclusion: Widening the Cracks

Appendix 1: A Multilingual Science Resources List

Appendix 2: Grade 9 Chemical Reactions Tests and Worksheets: English, isiXhosa and Translingual

Appendix 3: Transcription Convention

References

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Feb 2023)

ISBN:

1-80041-199-5

OCLC:

1343008061