Including non-dominant languages in educational policy change : key actors and agency / edited by Kimmo Kosonen and Carol Benson

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kosonen, Kimmo, editor.

Benson, Carol (Associate professor of international and comparative education), editor.

Series:

Bilingual education and bilingualism ; 158.

Bilingual education & bilingualism ; 158

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education and state--Case studies.

Education and state.

Language and education--Case studies.

Language and education.

Language policy--Case studies.

Language policy.

Linguistic minorities--Education--Case studies.

Linguistic minorities.

Multilingual education--Case studies.

Multilingual education.

Linguistic minorities--Education.

Genre:

Case studies

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Multilingual Matters, [2026]

Summary:

Presents a move from static descriptions of policy hierarchies to a dynamic model of actor interaction, a genuinely original analytical lens within the field. This edited volume discusses the actions of key agents in educational policy change, focusing on shifts towards greater use of non-dominant languages in multilingual contexts. It uses Kosonen and Benson's (2021) language-in-education policy change framework to consider actors, actions and agency at three levels: change from above, below and the side. Chapter authors expand on and critique this framework, applying it to a wide-range of low- and middle-income countries in the Global South and considering a diverse selection of actors including academics, NGOs, advocacy groups, teachers, communities and local governments. Taking a critical look at policymaking in multilingual settings, this book explores policy timelines, trajectories of change and implications for sustainable implementation of multilingual education. This volume will be of particular interest to researchers and practitioners working in the fields of international and comparative education and language policy and planning

Contents:

Introduction to the volume : Background to the framework, key concepts, a meta-level study of the authors and summary of the chapters / Carol Benson and Kimmo Kosonen

Towards the inclusion of non-dominant languages in education : Analyzing trajectories of policy change, key actors and agency / Kimmo Kosonen and Carol Benson

An actor-focused approach to a theory of change supporting multilingual education in Cambodia / Jessica Ball and Mariam Smith

Why the top needs the side : The interplay of state and non-state actors in bringing in (and keeping) NDLs in Thailand’s classrooms / Mirinda Burarungrot and Kirk R. Person

The revolving door of agentive spaces for change : Analyzing trajectories of change in Timor-Leste’s multilingual education program / Melody Ann Ross and Kerry Taylor-Leech

The dual role of ethnic basic education providers as above and below actors in the quest for multilingual education in Myanmar / Molly Kay, Non Sorn and Sam Marip

Teacher agency and synergistic actions among the top-side-bottom actors in the Philippines / Maria Mercedes Arzadon and Fernigil Colicol

Tamazight in Moroccan education : The importance of teacher perspectives / Franklin A. Eneh

The role of militants in advocating for a national bilingual education policy in Senegal / Erina Iwasaki

Implementing the Kazakh language education policy in Kazakhstan : Policy change from below and the side / Gabit Zhumatay

Language policy and practice in two endangered languages in China : Change from the side without civil society institutions? / Stephen A. Bahry

Warlpiri schools in Australia’s Northern Territory : Sustaining change from below with championing from the side / Emma Browne and Barbara Martin Napanangka†

Intercultural bilingual education in Chubut, Argentina / María Pía Maití

Reconsidering Unified Kichwa as an L1 in Ecuador : Change from the side and below / Nicholas Limerick

Possible worlds : Concluding thoughts on temporalities and non-dominant language-in-education policies / Kara Brown

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Online resource; title from epub page (De Gruyter Brill, viewed August 27, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version: Including non-dominant languages in educational policy change

ISBN:

9781788921145

1788921143

9781788921138

1788921135

OCLC:

1602526059

Publisher Number:

CIPO000402902

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license

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