Aiming Towards More Equal Opportunities in Luxembourg Simoes Loureiro, Kevin. creator author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut SpringerLink (Online service) text sz 2024 1st ed. 2024. monographic eng

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access XVIII, 309 p. 25 illus., 21 illus. in color. online resource. This book explores the implementation of educational policies aimed at addressing educational inequalities and specifically focuses on Luxembourg’s pioneering plurilingual education policy in non-formal early childhood education and care. It emphasizes the significance of developing plurilingual policies that accommodate diverse linguistic and organizational contexts, ensuring more effective implementation and equitable educational opportunities for all children. Through an in-depth analysis, this book provides insights into various aspects of policy implementation. It delves into the drivers and goals of the plurilingual policy, the measures taken to implement it, the challenges encountered, and the success factors identified at the policy level. Additionally, it examines the attitudes, intentions and obstacles faced by those involved at the practice level. Drawing on a range of theoretical frameworks and empirical studies, the book presents multiple perspectives on the subject. By employing a mixed-methods design, including policy document analysis of the plurilingual education program, expert interviews with policy-level stakeholders and a cross-sectional survey of early childhood practitioners in the non-formal education sector, this work offers a multifaceted approach. The book not only enhances the understanding of policy implementation processes, but also sheds light on the practical implications and potential for reducing educational inequalities in multilingual educational settings. The findings and discussions in this book are, thus, pertinent not only to Luxembourg, but also offer policy- and practice-related implications for similar educational contexts globally. Chapter I: Introduction -- Chapter II: Conceptualization and contextualization of a socio-political debate in early childhood education and care: Multilingualism as both a resource and a challenge -- Chapter III: Theoretical concepts: organizational and inequality perspective in education -- Chapter IV: State of Research -- Chapter V: Empirical mixed method study for the analysis of the plurilingual education policy implementation -- Chapter VI: Conclusion and discussion. by Kevin Simoes Loureiro. Early childhood education Language and languages Study and teaching Education and state Social justice Educational sociology Early Childhood Education Language Education Educational Policy and Politics Social Justice Sociology of Education LB1139.2-.5 9783031682216 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-68221-6 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-68221-6 240913 20251030113040.0 978-3-031-68221-6