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Engaging with Voices: Ethnographic Encounters with the Gambian Language‐in‐Education Policy
Author(s) -
Juffermans Kasper,
Van Camp Kirsten
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
anthropology and education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1548-1492
pISSN - 0161-7761
DOI - 10.1111/aeq.12012
Subject(s) - ethnography , sociology , relation (database) , field (mathematics) , critical reflection , heuristics , pedagogy , anthropology , mathematics , database , computer science , pure mathematics , operating system
Drawing on fieldwork in a primary school in rural G ambia, West A frica, this article foregrounds the notion of voice as analytical heuristics for understanding language in education. Arguing for more attention to voices from the field and for critical reflection on the researcher's voice in research, the article addresses the ways in which school children, teachers, parents, and other stakeholders voice their opinions and concerns about language in education in relation to official policy and practice.