Languages, cultural capital and school choice: Distinction and second-language immersion programmes
Journal article
Smala, Simone, Paz, Jesus Bergas and Lingard, Bob. (2013). Languages, cultural capital and school choice: Distinction and second-language immersion programmes. British Journal of Sociology of Education. 34(3), pp. 373 - 391. https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2012.722278
Authors | Smala, Simone, Paz, Jesus Bergas and Lingard, Bob |
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Abstract | This paper argues that languages, increasingly marginalised in schools in English-speaking countries, are gaining ‘elitist’ ground as part of the ‘value-added’ marketisation of schools and parents’ desire for their children to gain ‘positional goods’ through schooling. In arguing our case, the paper draws on survey and other data derived from second-language immersion programmes in two Queensland secondary schools, where key learning areas such as mathematics and science are taught through the medium of another language. As a corollary, we also argue that some schools – in our case, government schools – are using their immersion programmes as markers of distinction in a period of post-comprehensive schooling and emerging school markets, which includes both government and non-government schools. There is also a global policy context to such programmes in respect of countries such as Spain, China and Germany supporting the teaching of their respective languages in nations around the world. |
Keywords | school choice; distinction; cultural capital; languages; school markets; external government agencies |
Year | 2013 |
Journal | British Journal of Sociology of Education |
Journal citation | 34 (3), pp. 373 - 391 |
Publisher | Carfax Publishing Ltd. |
ISSN | 0142-5692 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2012.722278 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-84876338583 |
Page range | 373 - 391 |
Research Group | Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education (ILSTE) |
Publisher's version | File Access Level Controlled |
Place of publication | United Kingdom |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/853yq/languages-cultural-capital-and-school-choice-distinction-and-second-language-immersion-programmes
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