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Sosiaalinen oikeudenmukaisuus, kieli ja koulutus (2023)
Social justice, language and education

Iikkanen, P., Ennser-Kananen, J., Intke-Hernandéz, M., & Riuttanen, S. (2023). Sosiaalinen oikeudenmukaisuus, kieli ja koulutus. In A. Pitkänen-Huhta, K. Mård-Miettinen, & T. Nikula (Eds.), Kielikoulutus mukana muutoksessa (pp. 310-333). Suomen soveltavan kielitieteen yhdistys ry. AFinLA-teema, 16. https://doi.org/10.30660/afinla.126771

JYU authors or editors

Publication details

All authors or editors: Iikkanen, Päivi; Ennser-Kananen, Johanna; Intke-Hernandéz, Minna; Riuttanen, Sanna

Parent publication: Kielikoulutus mukana muutoksessa

Parent publication editors: Pitkänen-Huhta, Anne; Mård-Miettinen, Karita; Nikula, Tarja

eISBN: 978-951-9388-77-9

Journal or series: AFinLA-teema

eISSN: 2814-6298

Publication year: 2023

Publication date: 28/11/2023

Number in series: 16

Pages range: 310-333

Number of pages in the book: 400

Publisher: Suomen soveltavan kielitieteen yhdistys ry

Place of Publication: Jyväskylä

Publication country: Finland

Publication language: Finnish

DOI: https://doi.org/10.30660/afinla.126771

Persistent website address: https://journal.fi/afinla/article/view/126771

Publication open access: Openly available

Publication channel open access: Open Access channel

Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/92177

Abstract

Socially just education calls for recognizing societal power structures, working actively towards dismantling oppression and implementing more equitable educational practices. Cultural diversity has gained a foothold in Finnish education policies and core curricula, but there is a great deal of variation in how themes related to social justice are dealt with on the practical level. As an entry point to social justice-oriented education, we first discuss social identities and intersectionality in language learning. Then we discuss the decolonization of teaching and learning and introduce two approaches to more equitable education: translanguaging and raciolinguistics. Finally, we suggest some further directions towards more social justice-oriented language education. These would entail for example adopting an explicit decolonial and anti-oppressive stance and incorporating pedagogies developed and led by minoritized scholars, activists and practitioners. Raciolinguistic and intersectional approaches would lend themselves well towards this end. Teachers need training and support in implementing these pedagogies.

Keywords: education and training; language education; social justice; language teaching; power structures; valuation; racialisation; multilingualism; multiculturalism; intersectionality; decolonisation; education policy

Free keywords: translanguaging; raciolinguistics

Contributing organizations

Ministry reporting: Yes

Reporting Year: 2023

JUFO rating: 1