Edukacja dwujęzyczna i konstruowanie tożsamości etnicznej (na przykładzie mniejszości tubylczych w obszarach Arktyki)

Abstract

ABSTRACT. Gmerek Tomasz, Edukacja dwujęzyczna i konstruowanie tożsamości etnicznej (na przykładzieThe article deals with the issue of the relation between education and the processes of the development of ethnic identity in the Arctic. Particular emphasis was placed on reconstructing educational practices and the language policy that is implemented toward indigenous minorities in the circumpolar countries. An attempt was made at examining the relationship between language policy, schooling, and development of ethnic identity of aboriginal minorities in the Far North.

Ideology of Meritocracy in Education – Social Reconstructions of (In)equality

“…Once again, it must be stressed that in a meritocratic approach, there is a belief that the education system is a factor that compensates for inequalities and divisions in society, in such a way as to ensure that all individuals from different classes and social groups have equal chances of achieving success in life. 28 In sociology, the category of meritocratic society has found its realization in structural functionalism, which assumes that social life consists in the mutual adaptation of complementary elements of the social system in order for the whole system to function efficiently. 29 These elements, according to the proponents of the functional-structural conception, are social institutions, which perform numerous functions in social systems.…”