Open AccessMot en ny satsing på flerspråklighet – en analyse av språkpolitiske føringer i barnehagens styringsdokumenter
Author(s) -
Katrine Giæver,
Elena Tkachenko
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
nordic studies in education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.195
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1891-5949
pISSN - 1891-5914
DOI - 10.23865/nse.v40.2442
Subject(s) - multilingualism , norwegian , curriculum , multilingual education , policy learning , linguistics , political science , sociology , pedagogy , humanities , art , philosophy , computer science , machine learning
In this article, we discuss how language policy for multilingualism in Norwegian early childhood education has changed during the last 30 years. Drawing on discourse analysis of central official policy documents from different time periods, we discuss the change towards a monolingual language policy. Our analysis shows controversies and inconsistencies in the policy. As we critically question this development, we also discuss the opportunities the current early childhood curriculum opens for supporting multilingual children and connect it to recent research on superdiversity and dynamic and flexible multilingualism.