The Management of Diversity in Schoolscapes

Abstract

The material environment of formal education (i.e., Johnson's (1980: 173) findings concerning "the symbolic integration of local schools and national culture", while the private schools seemed to construct schoolscapes which foreground students' agency, and attract a special target group of parents.

Learning Schoolscapes in a Minority Setting

“…There were 8 interviews made with primary school teachers and language teachers, and photos were also taken . The research method was a qualitative one and the 'tourist guide technique' was applied (Szabó 2015). This approach relies on a new fieldwork method that Szabó has developed .…”

“…Hidden curriculum also refers to all those values and expectations which are not included in the written curriculum and at the same time reflect the more or less conscious educational philosophy of institutions (Brown 2012) . According to Szabó (2015), "schoolscapes are determined not only by laws and local regulations, but by the visual practices of the given institution as well . Inscriptions and cultural symbols placed on the façade and the walls of the school building are tools for orienting the choice between various cultural and linguistic ideologies" (Szabó 2015: 24) .…”

Negotiating understandings of language learning with Elli and her parents in their home

“…Currently, there is a growing literature on ethnographic and linguistic landscape studies that use walking tours and videography to enhance interaction and awareness-raising for place-making (cf. e.g., Pink, 2007;Lee & Ingold, 2006;Szabó, 2015). During this short tour (1 min 15 sec), Elli illustrated her foreign-languagerelated practices in her own environment talking to the portable camera while recording.…”

“…All in all, Elli's tour with the camera round her private space seemed to involve meaningful place-making for her language learning practices (see Pink, 2007;Lee & Ingold, 2006;Szabó, 2015). She brought to the fore a choice of means (e.g., the media and the Internet), tools (e.g., a computer and a dictionary) and English language related practices (e.g., activities on the computer, watching TV series) in her everyday environment.…”

The planning and building of a new residential community

“…, as material manifestations of actions taken in the past. The (re)construction of different (language) ideologies and ideologies of nationalism has been studied in Hungary with respect to visual arrangements in public spaces (Szabó, 2015). Hult (2009) combined the study of linguistic landscape with nexus analysis, as did Pietikäinen et al (2011), exploring multilingualism and language policy in the streets of a Swedish city.…”