Challenges, opportunities, risks and hopes. Making the voice of non-English speaking children stronger in early years provision [Aberdeen]
In the last decade, the needs of young children who are learning English as an Additional Language has been a popular research topic in the area of ‘multilingual education’ (Gorter et al., 2013), with a view of enabling children to have full access to the curriculum (Conteh et al., 2007). However, if the focus of the research is centred on children’s experience in Early Years settings, rather than their needs, the situation in which a shared language is unavailable appears to be under-examined. Moreover, while there is research on the adaptation strategies of the non-English speaking children (Drury, 2007), there is still a gap concerning the multilingual settings as a complex network of relationships.
Young bilingual learners at home and school: researching multilingual voices
Young bilingual learners at home and school: researching multilingual voices, by Rose Drury, Stoke-on-Trent, UK, Trenthan Books, 2007, iv+113 pp., $29.95 (Paperback) ISBN 13:9781858563558 Young Bil...
What is an archival education?1
This article introduces the approach to Master's level archival education adopted at the University of Manitoba. It is intended as a contribution to the recently renewed discussion of graduate archival education in the UK and Ireland. The author maintains that recent major developments in the accessibility, uses, and very conception of archives powerfully underscore the distinctiveness of archival work. These developments foster continued collaboration between archivists and those in related professions such as records management, but, more importantly, reinforce their longstanding distinctiveness. The article discusses why and how the University of Manitoba has responded to the increasingly complex challenges facing archivists and archival educators in this evolving setting with an archival, conceptual, historical, and research-oriented curriculum.