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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fttsvojs:oai:journal.fi:article/97911 2023-05-15T17:43:44+02:00 Ideologies and practices in a kindergarten offering early education in Northern Sámi outside the Sámi homeland Heltai, Borbála Bartha, Csilla 2017-10-26 application/pdf https://apples.journal.fi/article/view/97911 https://doi.org/10.17011/apples/urn.201712104582 eng eng University of Jyväskylä https://apples.journal.fi/article/view/97911/55924 https://apples.journal.fi/article/view/97911 doi:10.17011/apples/urn.201712104582 Apples - Journal of Applied Language Studies; Vol 11 No 3 (2017): Special issue on CoDesigns: Envisioning Multi-sited Language Education Policies; 7-28 Apples - Journal of Applied Language Studies; Vol 11 Nro 3 (2017): Special issue on CoDesigns: Envisioning Multi-sited Language Education Policies; 7-28 1457-9863 Language nest Multilingual education Sámis info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed article 2017 fttsvojs https://doi.org/10.17011/apples/urn.201712104582 2020-09-16T22:46:30Z 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. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Sámi Sámi Federation of Finnish Learned Societies: Scientific Journals Online Apples - Journal of Applied Language Studies 11 3 7 28 |
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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. |
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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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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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University of Jyväskylä |
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