Cross-National Comparison of Parental Choice of Two-Way Bilingual Education in the United States and Israel

Autor/in	Meshulam, Assaf
Titel	Cross-National Comparison of Parental Choice of Two-Way Bilingual Education in the United States and Israel
Quelle	In: Comparative Education Review, 63 (2019) 2, S.236-258 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0010-4086
Schlagwörter	Cross Cultural Studies; Parent Attitudes; Language Minorities; Semitic Languages; English (Second Language); School Choice; Educational Philosophy; Educational Policy; Second Language Learning; Foreign Countries; Immersion Programs; Bilingual Education Programs; Comparative Education; Educational Research; Political Influences; United States; Israel + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Elternverhalten; Sprachminderheit; Arabisch; Hebräisch; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Ausland; Immersionsprogramm; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; USA
Abstract	This article presents a comparative analysis of a metasynthesis of Israeli and US studies on parental choice of two-way bilingual education. My analysis reveals that the reasons majority-language and minority-language parents expressed in the US and Israeli studies converge in some aspects but, significantly, also diverge. I argue that the divergences problematize the sociopsychological motivational model that dominates the analysis of parental choice of bilingual schools and lack of engagement with the general sociological literature on parental choice and lack of international comparison of school choice. I address these gaps, drawing on two sociological insights to understand parental choice of bilingual education: sociohistorical and political dynamics of the educational fields in which the choices are made and a Bourdieusian culturalist understanding of parental choice. These two perspectives can account for the potential for divergence across locales and cultures and have implications for policy makers in parental choice and bilingual education. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01