ERIC Number: EJ1240571
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Mar
Pages: 10
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Cultural Awareness on a Bilingual Education: A Mixed Method Study
Ozfidan, Burhan; Toprak, Mustafa
Multicultural Learning and Teaching, v15 n1 Mar 2020
The purpose of this study is to investigate how a bilingual education program would protect the cultural inheritance, linguistic knowledge, ethnic and religious identity of minority peoples. This study utilized an explanatory sequential mixed method, conducted in two phases: a quantitative phase followed by a qualitative phase. Both quantitative and qualitative data reflected that a bilingual education program could increase the educational success of students and contribute to social justice including equal educational rights. Such as system might also increase brotherhood between different ethnic groups in society and perhaps resolve the conflicts among them. A bilingual education program for minority people is essential for equal access to education. It solves conflicts between different ethnic groups and brings happiness to the society.
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Bilingual Education, Social Justice, Equal Education, Ethnic Groups, Intergroup Relations, Conflict Resolution, Access to Education, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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