The processes of globalization are highly complex and influence the multi-layered structures of societies: economic, socio-cultural, political, linguistic and education aspects among others. A remarkable increase in global migration flows, especially over the last decade, required from the host countries to pay particular attention to the provision of equal education opportunities.
Introduction to Multilingual and Multicultural Education
HSE UniversityAbout this Course
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HSE University
HSE University is one of the top research universities in Russia. Established in 1992 to promote new research and teaching in economics and related disciplines, it now offers programs at all levels of university education across an extraordinary range of fields of study including business, sociology, cultural studies, philosophy, political science, international relations, law, Asian studies, media and communicamathematics, engineering, and more.
Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Multilingual & multicultural education: introduction, historical development, concepts, dimensions
This module will introduce you to the basic concepts of diversity in education, describe the way multilingual education developed throughout the history, and present its dimensions.
Diversity and education: culture and language in a global world
This module will present you the historical background of multilingual education in the UK, USA, and Canada and show the way it is realized in the modern era.
Multilingual & multicultural education for young children
This module will introduce you to the basic ideas of Early and Late Second Language Learning, as well as give an insight into language immersion programmes for young children.
Policy and Planning in multilingual & multicultural education
This module will show you the correlation between power and ideology and language policies and analyze the factors that contribute to the formation of language policy and planning in education.
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TOP REVIEWS FROM INTRODUCTION TO MULTILINGUAL AND MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION
This course was extremely helpful for a person that works with ESL students and needs continuos preparation to effectively manage a multicultural and multilingual classroom.
Overall the course is informative and contains useful information. There are some questions in the quizzes that were not cover until the next week's lecture.
I learned a lot, thank very much to my virtual Professor, Denis Zubalov, Coursera, DOST Philippines - Caraga, and ASSCAT! Dugang kadasig!
Very informative! Highly recommended for educational psychologists, policymakers, researchers in multicultural education
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