Rutu Roadmap - Advancing Mother Tongue Education
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Presentation by Dr. Ellen-Rose Kambel (Rutu Foundation) and Rahzeb Choudhury (Lifelong Inspiration) at the Rutu Roundtable on Multilingual Education for Migrant Children in Europe. The Roundtable was hosted by Utrecht University in Utrecht, the Netherlands on 6 November 2015. More info: http://www.rutufoundation.org/rutu-roundtable-utrecht/
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Rutu Roadmap - Advancing Mother Tongue Education
- 1. The Rutu Roadmap Ellen-Rose Kambel, Rutu Foundation Rahzeb Choudhury, Lifelong Inspiration RUTU ROUNDTABLE MULTILINGUAL EDUCATION FOR MIGRANT CHILDREN IN EUROPE 6 NOVEMBER/ UTRECHT, THE NETHERLANDS 09:45-10:15 / #RutuRT
- 4. “I used to get mad and aggravated because I couldn’t speak English. People were looking at me as if I were another type of human being.”
- 5. “I felt dumb and left out when we did advanced math because my teacher wouldn’t let me do it even though I knew I could.”
- 6. “I would try my best to learn English but it was hard. No one spoke [Spanish] so I wouldn’t make friends. I would sit in the back.”
- 7. What is Mother Tongue Education? • any form of schooling that makes use of the language or languages that children are most familiar with • Children may speak more than one mother tongue • NOT: education in mother tongue(s) only bilingual/multilingual education
- 8. Why Mother Tongue Education? children learn better and faster in a language they understand learning a second language is not affected they stay in school longer their self-confidence grows greater parent participation socio economic benefits
- 9. Why Mother Tongue Education? Equal opportunities for All
- 10. Multilingualism is the norm Monolingualism is the exception Over 50% of the world’s population speaks more than 1 language
- 11. why are millions of children not educated in their mother tongues? If we know this works…. UNESCO 2015
- 12. 1. Lack of political will • Colonial hangovers • National fears • Anti-migrant sentiment But multilingualism and mother tongues continue to exist…
- 13. 2. Costs • Teachers need to be trained anyway • Additional costs less than 5 % of national budget
- 14. 2. Costs Actual costs without mother tongue education: • drop out • repetition • missed earnings • lower tax income • socio-economic impact
- 15. misconceptions 3. Lack of awareness • Bilingual education will confuse children • Children will not learn dominant language • Too many languages in a classroom • Practical concerns: not enough teachers, not enough materials
- 16. where is evidence? • In expensive academic journals and books • Many pilot projects worldwide, but not widely shared or scaled
- 17. A few Mother tongue education projects since 1950s
- 18. What Rutu Foundation does: Teacher Training Research Multilingual Materials Advocacy
- 19. What we would like to do Make mother tongue education the norm, not the exception
- 20. How? Building a global platform
- 21. A Global Platform o build community & capacity o communicate and lobby more effectively o enable more mother tongue education
- 22. A Global Platform • Best practice guidelines • Publications • Translation toolkits • Campaigns
- 23. A Global Platform • Events (face-to-face & online) • Directory of organisations • Grassroots partnerships and programmes
- 24. Rutu Roundtable Multilingual Education for Migrant Children in Europe To share opportunities and barriers to introducing mother tongue based multilingual education for migrant children in Europe To discuss Rutu Roadmap on making Mother Education the norm. Children are children the world over Collaboration between the Rutu Foundation, Utrecht University and the Teacher Training Institute of Suriname (CPI)
- 25. Participants today • Teachers • Parents • Policy makers • Teacher trainers • Researchers • Donors • Business
- 26. Thanks to: Utrecht University City Council of Utrecht Lifelong Inspiration
Editor's Notes
- Personal story: language background; Sranan not allowed to be spoken. Dutch mother tongue, educated in Dutch. In Suriname: doing research in interior, found out that language plays major role in low passing rates (25%).
- Source: Melinda Anderson, ‘Bilingualism: When Education and Assimilation Clash’. In: The Atlantic, October 27 2015. http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/10/history-bilingual-education/412543/
- Source: Melinda Anderson, ‘Bilingualism: When Education and Assimilation Clash’. In: The Atlantic, October 27 2015. http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/10/history-bilingual-education/412543/
- Source: Melinda Anderson, ‘Bilingualism: When Education and Assimilation Clash’. In: The Atlantic, October 27 2015. http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/10/history-bilingual-education/412543/
- What researchers found: children learn better and faster in a language they understand it does not affect learning a second language they stay in school longer their self-confidence grows greater parent participation
- Ultimately, mother tongue education is about creating a level playing field, about creating equal opportunities for all, regardless of economic status, ethnic background or geographic location.
- Over 50% of the world’s population speaks more than 1 language. Multilingualism is the norm. Monolingualism is the exception.
- If we know this works, then why are millions of children not education in their mother tongues. 2.3 billion people lack access to education in their own language. UNESCO 2015
- Three reasons: 1. Lack of political will. Can be nationalistic ideology: one nation, one language. Colonialism: language of the colonizer is considered better, more status; policy makers may have achieved their position because of mastery of colonial language. And there may also be a significant dose of anti-migrant sentiments: migrants must learn and speak only dominant language.
- 2. the costs: policy makers believe it is more expensive to create multilingual materials and train teachers. Two points: we need to educate teachers and make materials any way, so only those costs over and above the regular costs should be included. Studies in Spain and South Africa show that costs amount to less than 5% of total education budget. In addition: research shows that MTE actually saves costs: costs relating to repetition have been estimated at 500 million euros a year for the state. Costs of drop out even higher: think of missed earnings, lower tax income, social-economic impact etc. etc. This is not linked to language, yet if even 1% of repetition and dropout can be prevented by MTE then this amounts to considerable amount of money.
- 2. the costs: policy makers believe it is more expensive to create multilingual materials and train teachers. Two points: we need to educate teachers and make materials any way, so only those costs over and above the regular costs should be included. Studies in Spain and South Africa show that costs amount to less than 5% of total education budget. In addition: research shows that MTE actually saves costs: costs relating to repetition have been estimated at 500 million euros a year for the state. Costs of drop out even higher: think of missed earnings, lower tax income, social-economic impact etc. etc. This is not linked to language, yet if even 1% of repetition and dropout can be prevented by MTE then this amounts to considerable amount of money.
- Third reason why MTE is not implemented widely: lack of knowledge. Lots of misconceptions: bilingual education will confuse chjildren, MTE prevents children from learning 2nd language. Also practical concerns: not enough teachers, too many languages in a classroom... All of this can be overcome as research worldwide has shown. [example: translanguaging] But where is this evidence and good practices? Mostly in academic journals and research which are out of reach for most teachers and policy makers; and pilot projects are often underfunded, no resources to make their positive results more widely visible.
- Third reason why MTE is not implemented widely: lack of knowledge. Lots of misconceptions: bilingual education will confuse chjildren, MTE prevents children from learning 2nd language. Also practical concerns: not enough teachers, too many languages in a classroom... All of this can be overcome as research worldwide has shown. [example: translanguaging] But where is this evidence and good practices? Mostly in academic journals and research which are expensive and out of reach for most teachers and policy makers; and pilot projects are often underfunded, no resources to make their positive results more widely visible.
- What Rutu does: Multilingual materials; open source, with parents, teachers, communities, e-tool with University of Querétaro Teacher training; multilingual & intercultural education, also teacher training institutes Research: with Univ Utrecht
- What Rutu would like to do: make MTE the norm, not the exception.
- How? Building a global platform for MTE
- Why a global platform: create a ‘voice’ for MTE build community & capacity lobby more effectively raise funds more easily How? connect MTE initiatives worldwide directory, events bridge gap academia & practice library, toolkits, how-to guides
- Why a global platform: create a ‘voice’ for MTE build community & capacity lobby more effectively raise funds more easily How? connect MTE initiatives worldwide directory, events bridge gap academia & practice library, toolkits, how-to guides
- Why a global platform: create a ‘voice’ for MTE build community & capacity lobby more effectively raise funds more easily How? connect MTE initiatives worldwide directory, events bridge gap academia & practice library, toolkits, how-to guides