Navigating English Policy and Practice in Japan's Primary Schools - (Early Language Learning in School Contexts) by Peter Ferguson (Hardcover)
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Highlights
- Examining the implementation of English as a foreign language within Japan's public elementary schools, this book reveals the challenges faced by policymakers, school principals and elementary school teachers in creating, transmitting and applying new language education policy.
- About the Author: Peter Ferguson is Associate Professor of Languages and Education at Kindai University, Japan.
- 206 Pages
- Language + Art + Disciplines, Study & Teaching
- Series Name: Early Language Learning in School Contexts
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About the Book
Examining the implementation of English as a foreign language within Japan's public elementary schools, this book reveals the challenges faced by policymakers, school principals and elementary school teachers in creating, transmitting and applying new language education policy.
Book Synopsis
Examining the implementation of English as a foreign language within Japan's public elementary schools, this book reveals the challenges faced by policymakers, school principals and elementary school teachers in creating, transmitting and applying new language education policy.
Review Quotes
Employing multiple case study methods, Ferguson colorfully illustrates and critically examines how social structure, power and ideologies shape policy implementation, focusing on English education in Japanese elementary schools. Presented with conceptual clarity and accessible language, the study offers valuable global insights and profound implications for understanding educational reforms.
Peter Ferguson's book is a pioneering study of an important subject that has been too long neglected. Ferguson analyses and assesses the education policy-making process, the elementary school English curriculum, the textbook production process, and how localities, schools, and teachers have attempted to cope with the requirement to teach English in elementary schools. Readers will gain many insights from his research.
This volume offers a nuanced and insightful examination of the ideologies, structures, and actors shaping the language policy landscape. It breaks new ground as one of the few monographs to investigate the implementation of English education policy at the elementary school level in Japan. For those interested in similar themes, it will prove to be an invaluable resource.
About the Author
Peter Ferguson is Associate Professor of Languages and Education at Kindai University, Japan. Following 30 years as a language teacher in Japan, his work explores educational linguistics, language policies, English education for young learners and language teacher education.
