Plurilingual Approaches to Teacher Education

Laila Kjærbæk, Line Krogager Andersen

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Abstract

This paper presents the research and development project Plurilingual Approaches to Teacher Education focusing on the development of such approaches in Danish teacher education. The project is funded by The Danish National Centre for Foreign Languages (NCFF) and conducted in collaboration between the University of Southern Denmark and six University Colleges.

In this two-part presentation, we present the aim, content, organization and results of the development project (inspirational materials for teacher education and primary schools), after which we embark upon the research perspectives of the project.

The first part presents the theoretical foundations of the project, based on a broad understanding of plurilingual approaches, drawing on both translanguaging (García-Mateus & Palmer 2017; García 2009), pluralistic approaches (Candelier, Daryai-Hansen & Schröder-Sura 2012; Daryai-Hansen, Drachmann & Sigsgaard 2019) and a cross-linguistic approach (Krogager Andersen 2020).

On this basis, we introduce the plurilingual courses developed and tested by the project participants – both at teacher education and primary school level. The courses have been designed based on a common overall theoretical basic understanding implemented in diverse ways, using diverse methods, and approaching different languages and linguistic focal points.

The second part of the presentation brings together the different research perspectives that have arisen as a result of this inter-institutional, interdisciplinary and plurilingual approach. Here we will focus on the experiences of teacher educators, student teachers, primary school teachers and primary school students in relation to plurilingual teaching, and we will discuss resistance, engagement, barriers, and opportunities.

Finally, we will discuss perspectives for the future development in teacher education such as the organizational, academic, and epistemological questions and challenges raised, how these may be overcome, and how this may be construed in the context of the ongoing reform of the teacher education in Denmark.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
Publikationsdato29 jun. 2023
StatusUdgivet - 29 jun. 2023
Udgivet eksterntJa
Begivenhed10th International Conference of the Association EDiLiC: From Early Childhood to Adulthood: Transitions, Continuity, and Disruptions in Plurilingual Education - Københavns Universitet
Varighed: 28 jun. 202430 jun. 2024

Konference

Konference10th International Conference of the Association EDiLiC: From Early Childhood to Adulthood: Transitions, Continuity, and Disruptions in Plurilingual Education
LokationKøbenhavns Universitet
Periode28/06/2430/06/24

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