Language, Education, and Ideology: Mapping the Linguistic Landscape of U.S. Schools

ISBN-13: 9780897897525 Publisher: ABC-CLIO, Incorporated Publication date: 11/30/2002 Series: Contemporary Language Education Pages: 216 Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.00(d) Language educators in general, and foreign language educators in particular, need to be aware of and sensitive to issues related to the interface and nexus of language, education, and ideology. This work places foreign language education in its social context, as well as applying critical pedagogy to the foreign language classroom, to help educators become more aware of the social, political, historical, and economic contexts in which they work and which effect the classroom setting.Research and scholarship in critical pedagogy is impressive, extensive, and powerful, and has had significant impact on nearly every aspect of contemporary educational scholarship. One area in which critical theory and critical pedagogy have been slow to have a noticeable effect, however, is that of language education, espec