What is it about?
Access to high-quality bilingual education is essential and has changed a great deal in recent decades. This study asked 164 bilingual education professionals from Spain and the United States to complete a questionnaire about the effect of educational climate and policies in their own countries.
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Why is it important?
Teachers in Spain rate bilingual education more highly than teachers in the US, with significant differences in their general perceptions and their views on resources, collaboration, students, parents and community. Being proficient in two languages seems to have a positive effect on general perceptions and on perceptions about parents, and years of teaching experience also influence responses. The study points to a need for more professional development in both countries.
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This study, written with Jesús Paz-Albo, Aránzazu Hervás-Escobar and Amanda Montes, reflects my interest in comparing bilingual education in Spain and the United States from the teachers' point of view.
Dr. Miguel Fernández Álvarez
Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
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This page is a summary of: Bilingual education teachers’ perceptions of the educational climate and policies in the United States and Spain, Revista Complutense de Educación, October 2021, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM),
DOI: 10.5209/rced.70926.
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