Linguistic Issues, Language Rights and Plurilinguistic Education: How Have the Finnish Educational Policy Reforms Affected the Swedish-speaking Finns?
| dc.contributor.advisor | Calleya, Stephen | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ekvall, Nicole Victoria Susanne | |
| dc.creator | Ekvall, Nicole Victoria Susanne | |
| dc.date | 2017-11-29 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-05-17T17:09:11Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-05-17T17:09:11Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | Linguistic issues are likely to occur in countries with more than one official language. This is also the case in Finland, a country with two national languages (Finnish and Swedish). Even though Finland is a proponent of language rights and multilingualism, it experiences linguistic issues as its language climate has been deteriorating over the past decades. Hence, this study conducts a policy analysis of how the Finnish educational policy reforms of 1968, 2004, and 2012, have affected the Swedish-speaking Finns, to shed light on how Finland is doing when it comes to respecting and enforcing the language rights of its Swedish-speaking minority. The educational policies under study are all connected to the linguistic issue in Finland as they regulate the compulsory Swedish-language subject in Finnish-speaking schools. This thesis argues that education is key to mastering a language and Finland should promote educational policies that enforce a plurilinguistic education in the comprehensive school, in order to remain a bilingual country. In addition, these types of educational policies create the possibility of a healthy language climate that allows for socio-cultural diversity in a multilingual society. | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.13021/G8VT3S | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1920/10934 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.subject | Linguistic issues | |
| dc.subject | Pluralinguistic education | |
| dc.subject | Swedish-speaking Finns | |
| dc.subject | Language rights | |
| dc.subject | Educational policy | |
| dc.subject | Finland | |
| dc.title | Linguistic Issues, Language Rights and Plurilinguistic Education: How Have the Finnish Educational Policy Reforms Affected the Swedish-speaking Finns? | |
| dc.type | Thesis | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Conflict Analysis and Resolution | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | George Mason University | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of Malta | |
| thesis.degree.level | Master's | |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Science in Conflict Analysis and Resolution |