Managing Diversity in Education ─ Languages, Policies, Pedagogies

In these sixteen essays from eight European countries, contributors examine constructing evidence-based instructional policies, engaging language with symbolic policy and local practices, Germany after the PISA shock, English in Ireland post-primary schools, newcomers to Ireland, Irish higher education and diversity, German linguistic skills, assessing the impact of English language support, moving from English language support to plural awareness, moving from knowledge to learning, linguistic "third spaces" in education, and the ecology of mobile phone use in Wesbank, South Africa. Distributed in the US by UTP Distribution. Annotation c2014 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

David Little is a Fellow and Associate Professor Emeritus at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. His recent publications include The Linguistic and Educational Integration of Children and Adolescents from Migrant Backgrounds (2010).
Constant Leung is a Professor of Educational Linguistics at King's College London, UK. His recent publications include English - A Changing Medium for Instruction (2012, edited with Brian Street).
Piet Van Avermaet is a Professor in the Linguistics Department, Ghent University, Belgium and Head of the Centre for Diversity & Learning, Ghent University. His research interests include diversity and social inequality in education, multilingual and multicultural education, and language and the integration of immigrants.