An Advocacy Project for Multicultural Education: The Case of the Shiyeyi Language in Botswana

Autor/in	Nyati-Saleshando, Lydia
Titel	An Advocacy Project for Multicultural Education: The Case of the Shiyeyi Language in Botswana
Quelle	In: International Review of Education, 57 (2011) 5-6, S.567-582 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0020-8566
DOI	10.1007/s11159-011-9254-4
Schlagwörter	Multicultural Education; Official Languages; Academic Achievement; Educational Quality; Cultural Differences; Human Dignity; Foreign Countries; English (Second Language); Teaching Methods; Advocacy; African Languages; Beliefs; Equal Education; Justice; Language of Instruction; Second Language Learning; Botswana + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Multikulturelle Erziehung; Office language; Amtssprache; Schulleistung; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Kultureller Unterschied; Menschenwürde; Ausland; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Sozialanwaltschaft; Africa; Language; Languages; Afrika; Sprachen; Afrikanische Sprache; Belief; Glaube; Gerechtigkeit; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb
Abstract	Multicultural education respects cultural differences and affirms pluralism which students, their communities and teachers bring to the learning process. It is founded on the belief that a school curriculum which promotes the ideals of freedom, justice, equality, equity and human dignity is most likely to result in high academic achievement and quality education. In Botswana, English is the official language and medium of instruction and Setswana is the national lingua franca which is used for formal occasions in the villages and other informal settings. Any other languages spoken by unrecognised tribes are banned from use in schools or the media, including minority languages taught before independence in 1966, This paper describes the Shiyeyi Language Project, initiated by the Wayeyi tribe, which advocates for a multicultural model of education where children learn in their mother tongue and about their local culture at an early stage, then add the national language, and eventually an international language as medium of instruction. The project operates within an unfriendly political and legal context, but has achieved some results. Continued efforts, especially as supported by similar language projects, have the potential to change the situation in Botswana. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10