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Language-in-education policy in Aruba: Ideologies, classroom realities and linguistic justice in secondary schools

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: This poster on language-in-education policies in Aruban secondary education was presented at the 11th Spring Research Conference on Multilingual Acquisition, hosted by the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya. It covers the first findings from a PhD-project on the ideologies underlying Aruban language-in-education policy. It focuses on three policy documents and eleven interviews with teachers. The project is funded by the project 'Pluridentities: Protecting and stimulating plurilingual identities in learners in Europe via inclusive policies and classroom practices,’ granted by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (No. 101178914).

Source: VUBIR (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19663942

Authors: van Donselaar, Bart, Van Oss, Victoria, Mijts, Eric, Surmont, Jill

Institutions: Vrije Universiteit Brussel, University of Aruba

Language: English

Topic: Multilingual Education and Policy

Subfield: Linguistics and Language

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Quality education, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

Funder: European Commission