The Pedagogical Role of Heritage Language Education for Children with a Migration Background in Public Kindergartens and Primary Schools: Results of Semi-structured Interviews with Teachers and Stakeholders

In Italy, heritage language education (HLE) is mainly offered as an extracurricular activity, and thus its role within the public school system remains in question. This paper sheds light on how teachers and stakeholders perceive the pedagogical role of HLE in kindergarten and primary schools in the...

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Autor principal:	Barbara Gross
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Lenguaje:	EN FR IT
Publicado:	University of Bologna 2021
Materias:	heritage language education equal educational opportunities migration background qualitative content analysis linguistic and cultural diversity Education L Education (General) L7-991
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:ee574c0280b740f388977518478fc0202021-11-30T13:47:29ZThe Pedagogical Role of Heritage Language Education for Children with a Migration Background in Public Kindergartens and Primary Schools: Results of Semi-structured Interviews with Teachers and Stakeholders2420-817510.6092/issn.2420-8175/13904https://doaj.org/article/ee574c0280b740f388977518478fc0202021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://educazione-interculturale.unibo.it/article/view/13904https://doaj.org/toc/2420-8175In Italy, heritage language education (HLE) is mainly offered as an extracurricular activity, and thus its role within the public school system remains in question. This paper sheds light on how teachers and stakeholders perceive the pedagogical role of HLE in kindergarten and primary schools in the Province of Bolzano. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with teachers and stakeholders and analyzed through a qualitative content analysis. The results show that HLE plays: 1) a role within personal development, for example, the development of personality and self-esteem; 2) a role within the school system: the data has shown the marginalized position of HLE in the school system as it is perceived as an added value for the individual but hardly as an added value to the school community and society; and 3) a role within teacher collaboration, showing little collaboration between teachers and HL teachers as HLE is not embedded in the school curricula.Barbara GrossUniversity of Bolognaarticleheritage language educationequal educational opportunitiesmigration backgroundqualitative content analysislinguistic and cultural diversityEducationLEducation (General)L7-991ENFRITEducazione Interculturale, Vol 19, Iss 2, Pp 129-141 (2021)
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description	In Italy, heritage language education (HLE) is mainly offered as an extracurricular activity, and thus its role within the public school system remains in question. This paper sheds light on how teachers and stakeholders perceive the pedagogical role of HLE in kindergarten and primary schools in the Province of Bolzano. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with teachers and stakeholders and analyzed through a qualitative content analysis. The results show that HLE plays: 1) a role within personal development, for example, the development of personality and self-esteem; 2) a role within the school system: the data has shown the marginalized position of HLE in the school system as it is perceived as an added value for the individual but hardly as an added value to the school community and society; and 3) a role within teacher collaboration, showing little collaboration between teachers and HL teachers as HLE is not embedded in the school curricula.
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title	The Pedagogical Role of Heritage Language Education for Children with a Migration Background in Public Kindergartens and Primary Schools: Results of Semi-structured Interviews with Teachers and Stakeholders
title_short	The Pedagogical Role of Heritage Language Education for Children with a Migration Background in Public Kindergartens and Primary Schools: Results of Semi-structured Interviews with Teachers and Stakeholders
title_full	The Pedagogical Role of Heritage Language Education for Children with a Migration Background in Public Kindergartens and Primary Schools: Results of Semi-structured Interviews with Teachers and Stakeholders
title_fullStr	The Pedagogical Role of Heritage Language Education for Children with a Migration Background in Public Kindergartens and Primary Schools: Results of Semi-structured Interviews with Teachers and Stakeholders
title_full_unstemmed	The Pedagogical Role of Heritage Language Education for Children with a Migration Background in Public Kindergartens and Primary Schools: Results of Semi-structured Interviews with Teachers and Stakeholders
title_sort	pedagogical role of heritage language education for children with a migration background in public kindergartens and primary schools: results of semi-structured interviews with teachers and stakeholders
publisher	University of Bologna
publishDate	2021
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The Pedagogical Role of Heritage Language Education for Children with a Migration Background in Public Kindergartens and Primary Schools: Results of Semi-structured Interviews with Teachers and Stakeholders

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