Sweden's changing demographics, due to recent migrations in the last fifty years,
have affected the Swedish educational system and Sweden's language policy. Funding for
special education in Sweden regarding its minority populations is on the decline. Previous
forced linguistic assimilation has occurred in Sweden among the Finnish population to the
proven detriment of Finnish children. Today, Sweden faces similar value assessments
regarding its immigrant language programs, bilingual education, and immigrant rights.
The theoretical framework behind a "new" form of preschool education being
implemented within Sweden will be explored. As the children in the Botkyrka
sprakforskola undergo an immersion foreign language program, they are denied access to
bilingual education. The sprakforskola's strategy, to assimilate the children into Swedish
society through language training, is met with resistance among individual children,
stemming from certain cultural groups, who actively determine their own language shift or
language maintenance. Final recommendations in the conclusion stress the valuing of
individual and cultural choice. / Graduation date: 2001
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ORGSU/oai:ir.library.oregonstate.edu:1957/28423 |
| Date | 18 September 2000 |
| Creators | Nordlander, Amy Nastrom |
| Contributors | Gross, Joan E. |
| Source Sets | Oregon State University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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