Linguistic and Cultural Innovation in Schools

Jane Spiro is Reader in Education and TESOL at Oxford Brookes University, UK. She has run projects for the development of international teachers and learners of English in four continents of the world.   She has published widely on TESOL methodologies, teacher reflection, internationalisation and learner creativity.Eowyn Crisfield is a specialist in bilingualism and education.  She works to bridge the divide between research and practice, supporting whole school communities to embed languages across the curriculum, and to develop policy and practices that empower language diversity.

• Chapter 1. Mapping the Terrain.- Chapter 2. Connecting Students to a Sense of Place: Reviving Hawaii.- Chapter 3. To Square the Particular with the Global: The Aga Khan Academy Mombasa.- Chapter 4. Dynamic Multilingualism in International Schools: German European School, Singapore.- Chapter 5. From One to Many: Bilingual Education in a Monolingual Context, Europa School.- Chapter 6. Moving from “English only” to Multilingual-Empowered: The British School of Amsterdam.- Chapter 7. The Path Less Travelled.