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Linguistic Diversity and Education

From Incremental Reform to Radical Social Change

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Re-thinking Postcolonial Education in Sub-Saharan Africa in the 21st Century

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It is almost unthinkable for new students of language and education that barely half a century ago, the official wisdom, based on then cutting-edge research, considered multilingualism bad for individuals and society. Today, the far-reaching benefits of linguistic diversity has become so well established in scholarly circles that language planning stakeholders have, gradually but assuredly, shifted from research to policy advocacy and grassroots multilingual education (MLE) programming.

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Odugu, D.I. (2017). Linguistic Diversity and Education. In: Shizha, E., Makuvaza, N. (eds) Re-thinking Postcolonial Education in Sub-Saharan Africa in the 21st Century. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-962-1_8

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