L’article pose un regard critique sur la façon dont les écoles de langue française de l’Ontario et de la Colombie-Britannique favorisent l’inclusion de la population scolaire immigrante au sein de la salle de classe. Adoptant une perspective critique de la notion de diversité, les auteures s’interrogent sur la manière dont l’école compose avec une population scolaire de plus en plus diversifiée sur les plans racial, culturel et linguistique. En examinant plus particulièrement la situation dans les écoles de langue française situées en milieu francophone minoritaire, les auteures mettent en lumière les difficultés que pose l’implantation en milieu francophone minoritaire de directives et politiques de gestion de la diversité élaborées suivant une perspective de majoritaire. De plus, la prédominance de l’éducation multiculturelle, axée sur la célébration des différences, laisse peu de place à une approche plus critique qui permettrait de questionner le statu quo et d’engager une réflexion sur la manière de concevoir et d’actualiser l’inclusion des minorités. À cet égard, une réflexion de fond s’impose sur la problématique de la diversité en milieu scolaire francophone minoritaire.The article takes a critical look at how French-language schools in Ontario and British Columbia favour the inclusion of the immigrant population in the classroom. Adopting a critical perspective on the notion of diversity, the authors question the way the school deals with an increasingly diversified school population on racial, cultural and linguistic levels. By examining the situation more closely in French-speaking schools located in Francophone minority areas, the authors reveal the problems of immigration to these areas in relation to administration directives and policies on diversity developed from a majority perspective. The predominance of multicultural education centred on the celebration of differences also leaves little room for a more critical approach, allowing the status quo to be questioned and reflections on how to conceive and update the inclusion of minorities. In this regard, a deep reflection is called for on diversity in the minority Francophone school milieu.Este artículo lanza una mirada crítica a la manera en que las escuelas de lengua francesa en Ontario y en Colombia Británica favorecen la inclusión de la población escolar inmigrante en los salones de clase. Adoptando una perspectiva crítica de la noción de diversidad cultural, las autoras cuestionan la manera en que la escuela se las arregla con la presencia de una población escolar cada vez más diversificada racial, cultural y lingüísticamente hablando. Al examinar específicamente la situación en las escuelas de habla francesa situadas en medio francófono minoritario, las autoras ilustran las dificultades que conlleva la implantación de una perspectiva mayoritaria en medio francófono minoritario. Aun más, la predominancia de la educación multicultural, centrada en la celebración de las diferencias, deja muy poco lugar a un enfoque más crítico que permitiría cu...
Dans cet an'de, nous explorons la valorisation du multT"linguisme et de l'dducation bilingue telle que rappartde dans des entrevues avec des parents immigrants dont les enfants sont inscrits ?l l'immersion franc.aise dans la r~gion mdtropolitaine de Vancouver.. L'analyse des donndes indique que l' apprentissage des langues et la socialisation langagi~re dg'passe la simple transmission de valeurs, de pratiques et de rg'pertoires linguistiques pour s" apparenter ~ Ia construction collective de nouvelles pratiques et d'identitds linguistiques. D'autre part, une dialectique de l'int(gration et de la rdsistance ~ l'assimilation semble sous-tendre l' action des parents en faveur du multilinguisme chez leurs enfants, laquelle s'inscrit dans une double stratdgie d'intdgration ~ visde nationale et internationale.In this article, we explore the values attributed to multilingualism and bilingual education expressed in interviews with immigrant parents whose children are enrolled in French Immersion programs in the Vancouver metropolitan area. Our analysis indicates that language socialization and language learning encompass mare than the transmission of values, practices, and language repertoires to include a collective construction of new practices and language identities. Furthermore, a dialectic of integration and resistance to assimilation appears to underlie the actions of these parents who foster multilingualism in their children as part of a national and international integration strategy.
This study investigated the relationship between education policy changes and the working conditions of teachers and school leaders in Vancouver, Canada. We found that policy does shape educators' discourse about their work conditions. This shaping manifested itself in the emotions teachers experience as they attempt to construct their identity as professional educators. Apparent contradictions emerged in educators' discussions of their work conditions, particularly their contrasting reports of feeling satisfied with their working environment, yet concerned about issues related to workload and recognition. Two different discourses, the political and the professional, emerged at a deep level of practice. These discourses express conflicting emotions about teaching and teachers' identity struggles in a context of rapid policy changes. The political discourse is framed around a partisan response to policy changes. The professional discourse focuses on engagement in satisfying educational activities. This study proffers a different conclusion to other studies implying a lack of understanding of practice by policy reformers. It suggests that, while teachers are very aware of policy changes, frequently engaging in a partisan critique thereof, they nevertheless temper that critique with a professional discourse shaped by pedagogical concerns in the local context. This concern with the classroom context enables them to focus their energies on constructing their sense of professional identity that frequently leads them to reinterpret policy initiatives from a local educator's perspective. While the political discourse has trappings of despair, the professional-pedagogical contains glimpses of hope.
En Colombie-Britannique, le respect de la diversité, des droits humains et de la justice sociale en fait les piliers de la politique officielle provinciale d’inclusion dans les écoles ( BC Ministry of Education 2005). Cet article traite de la comparaison entre deux contextes scolaires (le programme régulier en anglais et l’école francophone) qui se différencient par le choix de la langue d’enseignement, l’articulation des rapports entre majorité / minorités et l’enjeu identitaire, et par la manière d’y considérer l’inclusion de la diversité ethnique dans leurs pratiques pédagogiques. L’analyse comparée d’un échantillon de données résultant d’entrevues réalisées auprès d’enseignants des écoles secondaires de la région métropolitaine de Vancouver met en évidence leur conception de la diversité, les points de divergence et de convergence présents dans leurs discours sur la diversité ethnique et son inclusion en classe, de même que l’écart existant entre les politiques éducatives de multiculturalisme et d’inclusion, adoptées par la province (ibid.), et les pratiques pédagogiques mises en place à cet effet. In British Columbia, respect for diversity, human rights and social justice, are the pillars of the official provincial politics of inclusion in the schools (BC Ministry of Education 2005). This article is about the comparison between two school systems (the regular program in English and the francophone school) which are differentiated by the choice of the language of instruction, the relationship between majority/minorities and identity issues, and by the way in which they consider the inclusion of ethnic diversity in their pedagogical practices. The comparative analysis of a sample of data from interviews with teachers in secondary schools in the metropolitan region of Vancouver reveals their conception of diversity, the points of divergence and convergence which are present in their discourse on ethnic diversity and its inclusion in the classroom, as well as the gap which exists between the education politics of multiculturalism and inclusion, adopted by the province (ibid.), and the pedagogical practices put into place for this purpose.
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