McKinney, Carolyn, 1973-

Language and power in post-colonial schooling : ideologies in pra ctice / Carolyn McKinney. - xx, 177 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Language, culture, and teaching .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

What counts as [a] language? -- What counts as language in education policy and curricula? -- Whose language resources count in schooling? -- Anglonormativity: language ideologies and the reproduction of race - - Positioning students in an anglonormative English class: asymmetrical relations of knowing -- Hope I: students' agency in interrupting Anglo normativity -- Hope II: interrupting Anglonormativty through transforma tive pedagogies -- Conclusion: changing what counts as legitimate langu age use in schooling.

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Linguistic minorities.
Language and education.
Language policy.
Sociolinguistics.

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