Ideologies and practices in a kindergarten offering early education in Northern Sámi outside the Sámi homeland
In this study we analyse data collected in a Finnish kindergarten where one of the groups offers immersion education in Northern Sámi, an endangered language. The kindergarten is located outside the Sámi homeland in a majority city of Finland. This fact sets up extra challenges, but also offers poss...
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ftjyvaeskylaenun:oai:jyx.jyu.fi:123456789/56278 2024-05-19T07:46:02+00:00 Ideologies and practices in a kindergarten offering early education in Northern Sámi outside the Sámi homeland Pachné Heltai, Borbála Bartha, Csilla 2017 application/pdf fulltext http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-201712104582 eng eng Centre for Applied Language Studies, University of Jyväskylä Apples : Journal of Applied Language Studies 1457-9863 3 11 10.17011/apples/urn.201712104582 Pachné Heltai, B. & Bartha, C. (2017). Ideologies and practices in a kindergarten offering early education in Northern Sámi outside the Sámi homeland. Apples: Journal of Applied Language Studies , 11 (3), 7-28. Retrieved from http://apples.jyu.fi/article/abstract/503 URN:NBN:fi:jyu-201712104582 http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-201712104582 © The Author(s) openAccess Language nest Multilingual education Sámis article publishedVersion 2017 ftjyvaeskylaenun 2024-04-30T23:34:29Z In this study we analyse data collected in a Finnish kindergarten where one of the groups offers immersion education in Northern Sámi, an endangered language. The kindergarten is located outside the Sámi homeland in a majority city of Finland. This fact sets up extra challenges, but also offers possibilities for the promotion of multilingual competencies. First we review some possible categorizations of multilingual educational forms and highlight the advantages of adopting a multilingual habitus in education (Benson, 2014). The group we studied works partially as a language nest, thus we discuss this method in some detail. After that, we introduce the data and the method we used for their interpretation. We present the results by discussing three topics: the broader social context; the diversity of the linguistic repertoires of the participants; and the learning environment and organization of everyday activities. Our findings show that active cooperation between the participants, alignment with the local needs and resources, and flexibility toward language practices are crucial for successful education and the promotion of the non-dominant language and culture. peerReviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Sámi Sámi JYX - Jyväskylä University Digital Archive |
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In this study we analyse data collected in a Finnish kindergarten where one of the groups offers immersion education in Northern Sámi, an endangered language. The kindergarten is located outside the Sámi homeland in a majority city of Finland. This fact sets up extra challenges, but also offers possibilities for the promotion of multilingual competencies. First we review some possible categorizations of multilingual educational forms and highlight the advantages of adopting a multilingual habitus in education (Benson, 2014). The group we studied works partially as a language nest, thus we discuss this method in some detail. After that, we introduce the data and the method we used for their interpretation. We present the results by discussing three topics: the broader social context; the diversity of the linguistic repertoires of the participants; and the learning environment and organization of everyday activities. Our findings show that active cooperation between the participants, alignment with the local needs and resources, and flexibility toward language practices are crucial for successful education and the promotion of the non-dominant language and culture. peerReviewed |
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Ideologies and practices in a kindergarten offering early education in Northern Sámi outside the Sámi homeland |
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Ideologies and practices in a kindergarten offering early education in Northern Sámi outside the Sámi homeland |
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Ideologies and practices in a kindergarten offering early education in Northern Sámi outside the Sámi homeland |
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ideologies and practices in a kindergarten offering early education in northern sámi outside the sámi homeland |
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Apples : Journal of Applied Language Studies 1457-9863 3 11 10.17011/apples/urn.201712104582 Pachné Heltai, B. & Bartha, C. (2017). Ideologies and practices in a kindergarten offering early education in Northern Sámi outside the Sámi homeland. Apples: Journal of Applied Language Studies , 11 (3), 7-28. Retrieved from http://apples.jyu.fi/article/abstract/503 URN:NBN:fi:jyu-201712104582 http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-201712104582 |
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