Segregation in language education [electronic resource] : the case of South Tyrol, Italy / Ann Wand.
Wand, Ann, author.
2023
LC3735.I8
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Title Segregation in language education [electronic resource] : the case of South Tyrol, Italy / Ann Wand.
Author Wand, Ann, author.
ISBN 9783031327476
3031327470
3031327462
9783031327469
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32747-6
Imprint Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2023]
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xv, 279 pages)
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-031-32747-6 doi
Call Number LC3735.I8
Dewey Decimal Classification 370.117/50945/38
Summary This book sets out to try to understand why segregated schooling still exists, especially in northern Italy in South Tyrol where they practice separate but equal education. Supported by the UN, the Austrian and Italian governments, the province is considered a peace model due to its consociational approach to dealing with the regions Nazi and Fascist past, which has led to a negative peace. The autonomy statutes, which derived from this peace, resulted in an education system that is linguistically segregated for the purposes of protecting South Tyrols ethnolinguistic minorities. Ann Wand is the Founder and Director of The Oxford Method, an online British university preparatory programme for international students interested in attending Britains top universities. She is also the Programme Manager for Customised Faculty led programmes in Oxford, England and Florence, Italy at the American Institute for Foreign Study (AIFS).
Note Includes index.
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Students' Views Towards Bilingual Education
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Intro
Acknowledgements
Contents
About the Author
Abbreviations
1: The Prologue
The Purpose of Ethnography and Why It Is Important
Academic Versus Creative Writing: Is Ethnography Misunderstood?
Ethnographic Writing and the Use of Case Studies to Express Both Voice and Theory
Can We Be Objective or Are We Biased? The Role of Positionality and the Self as Informant Within Anthropology
The Messiness That Comes With Doing Fieldwork
My Research and Fieldwork Methodology
My (Linguistic) Limitations
A Word on Certain Terminology

The Purpose of This Book, Its Layout, and Its Audience
References
Part I
2: Willkommen in Südtirol
The Demographic Background of South Tyrol
The Quota System and Declaration of Linguistic Affiliation
Recognising the 'Other'
References
3: From Fascist Occupation to the Twenty-First Century
Ettore Tolomei
The Fascist Occupation of South Tyrol
The Option, the SVP, and the Gruber-De Gasperi Agreement
The Bombings, the 'Commission of 19', the 'Package', and the Statutes
A Work in Progress
References
4: Heimat, Disagio, and South Tyrolean Identity

Part I: Cultural 'Distance' and the Role of Motivation
Understanding Cultural 'Distance'
Motivation
Part II: The Role of 'Place' Through Heimat and Disagio
Heimat
Disagio
Part III: South Tyrolean Identity
Part IV: Ethnic Versus National Identity
National (State) Education and Symbolic Power
References
The Role of the Family in Learning the Second Language
Is 'Free Choice' in Education Really a Free Choice?
Part II
5: Deconstructing the German- and Italian-Speaking Schooling Systems
Part I: The History and Background of the South Tyrolean Education System

Walsche e Crucchi
One Territory, Two Realities
Re-Germanisation
Part II: The Italian-Speaking School System
Second Language Learning from Kindergarten to High School
Part III: The German-Speaking School System
Second Language Instruction in German-Speaking Education: From Elementary Onto High School
Part IV: Dividing Walls and Separate Entrances in South Tyrolean Schools
References
6: Language Learning 'Blocks': Its Victims and Its Conquerors
The Language Learning 'Block'
The 'Victim' Versus 'Conqueror' Mentality

Being 'Forced' to Learn the Official Second Language
Teacher Quality
Teaching German Versus Teaching English to Italian-Speaking Students
Topographical and Cultural Distribution
Opportunities Taken
Opportunities Missed: The Role of Politics in Second Language Acquisition
The Patentino
Preferring German Dialect Over the Use of High German
References
7: Varied Responses to Bilingual Education
Part I: Talking With Parents
The Role of the Family in Learning the SecondLanguage
Is 'Free Choice' in Education Really a Free Choice?
Part II: Talking With Students

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