Transcultural Pedagogies for Multilingual Classrooms

Responding to Changing Realities in Theory and Practice

Edited by Rahat Zaidi, Umit Boz, Eve Moreau

Publication date:

12 December 2023

Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Dimensions:

234x156mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781800414402

This book explores the ways in which transcultural pedagogies can support learning and literacies in critical, creative and socially just ways, highlighting research initiatives from across the globe. Each chapter provides a different and innovative perspective with respect to reimagining language and literacy pedagogies in conjunction with students’ diverse literacies and resources. Presenting a collection of classroom and community-based research, the book addresses the intersections of plurilingualism, identity and transcultural awareness in various contexts, including schools, universities, as well as local and Indigenous communities. These settings have been deliberately chosen to profile the range of research in the field, showcasing transcultural, plurilingual, translanguaging and community-engaged pedagogies, among others.

Acknowledgments

Contributors

Marjorie Faulstich Orellana: Foreword

Rahat Zaidi, Umit Boz and Eve Moreau: Introduction: Transcultural Pedagogies for Multilingual Classrooms

Theme 1: Teaching through a Multilingual and Transcultural Lens

Chapter 1. Zhuo Sun and Guofang Li: Rethinking Chinese Heritage Language (CHL) Teaching in Translocal Realities: Pedagogical Adaptations and Missed Opportunities to Bridge Transcultural Gaps in Canada

Chapter 2. Anuschka van ’t Hooft, Sara Florence Davidson, Liam Doherty and Bonny Norton: Developing Digital Stories in Indigenous Languages: Striving for Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies in Mexico and Canada

Chapter 3. Gail Prasad: Be(com)ing Multilingual Allies and Activists: Fostering Cultural and Linguistic Collaboration in the Classroom

Chapter 4. Burcu Yaman Ntelioglou, Bev Fontaine, Barb Ehman, Karon McGillivary, Sylvia Lathlin-Scott and Marcella Clarke: Community-Engaged Indigenous Language Revitalization as a Gateway for a Decolonizing and Critical Posthuman Trans'lingual'/’cultural’ Education

Chapter 5. Marie-Paule Lory: Plurilingual Kamishibaï: A Plurilingual Pedagogical Art-Based Project to Go Beyond Monolingualism in the Classroom

Chapter 6. Esther Bettney Heidt: Translanguaging Pedagogies as a Tool to Decolonize Multilingual Education in International Schools

Theme 2: Exploring Teaching and Learning in Transcultural Times

Chapter 7. Jacqueline D’warte: Building on Plurilingual Repertoires in Mainstream Classrooms

Chapter 8. Claudia Vallejo Rubinstein: Crafting a Journey, Claiming a Home: Transnational Background Children’s Collaborative Engagement in Plurilingual and Transcultural Pedagogies for Being and Belonging

Chapter 9. Sílvia Melo-Pfeifer: Challenging Mainstream Perspectives on Multilingual Pedagogies: An Analysis of Teachers' Online Discussions on Linguistic Landscapes

Chapter 10. Ava Becker: Transcultural Pedagogies for Challenging Times: Deshaciendo la Maleta

Chapter 11. Patriann Smith: Transraciolinguistics for Transculturally Just Futures: An International Perspective

Linguistic and cultural diversity are a global reality. The editors and authors of this volume make an important and original contribution to share knowledge about ways to improve education in diversity contexts. The contributions cover a wide range of topics: from commitment to revitalising the languages of autochthonous minorities, preserving the languages of immigrants to the use of new media and artistic encounters as teaching tools.