Choice of Scottish Gaelic-Medium and Welsh-Medium Education at the Primary and Secondary School Stages: Parent and Pupil Perspectives

Autor/in	O'Hanlon, Fiona
Titel	Choice of Scottish Gaelic-Medium and Welsh-Medium Education at the Primary and Secondary School Stages: Parent and Pupil Perspectives
Quelle	In: International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 18 (2015) 2, S.242-259 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1367-0050
DOI	10.1080/13670050.2014.923374
Schlagwörter	Welsh; Indo European Languages; Language of Instruction; Bilingualism; Secondary Education; Employment Potential; Foreign Countries; Comparative Analysis; Parent Attitudes; School Choice; Heritage Education; Cross Cultural Studies; Elementary Schools; Preferences; Student Attitudes; Educational Quality; Cultural Context; Interviews; Content Analysis; United Kingdom (Scotland); United Kingdom (Wales) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Walisisch; Indoeuropäisch; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Bilingualismus; Sekundarbereich; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Ausland; Elternverhalten; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Schülerverhalten; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Inhaltsanalyse
Abstract	Results are presented of a comparative study of the reasons for parental choice of Scottish Gaelic-medium and Welsh-medium primary education in the year 2000 and of the reasons for pupils' decisions to continue with Gaelic or Welsh-medium education at secondary school in 2007. Parents in both contexts cited the quality of Celtic-medium education to similar extents in the choice of Welsh or Gaelic-medium education, but parents in the Welsh context more frequently cited employment rationales, and parents in the Scottish context more frequently cited heritage and the benefits of bilingualism. The Welsh-medium and Gaelic-medium pupils cited a preference for learning in Welsh or Gaelic, a wish to continue to be educated with friends, heritage, quality of Celtic-medium education and employment rationales to similar extents in the choice of Celtic-medium secondary education. However, Welsh-medium pupils more frequently cited the Welsh-medium education experiences of older family members, and Gaelic-medium pupils more frequently cited valuing bilingualism as a reason for such a choice. The results are discussed in relation to previous research on choice of Gaelic and Welsh-medium education, and in relation to contextual factors, such as linguistic demographics, and the level of institutionalization of Gaelic and Welsh within each national context. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10