ERIC Number: ED627202
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Apr-8
Pages: 8
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Benefits of Bilingual Education for Language-Minority Students: A Mixed-Method Approach
Ozfidan, Burhan; Burlbaw, Lynn M.
AERA Online Paper Repository, Paper prepared for the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (Online, Apr 8-12, 2021)
The purpose of this study is to discuss the benefits of developing a bilingual education program and what this program can offer regarding concerns related to the lives of minority people in Turkey. Explanatory sequential mixed method was used for this study. The first phase of this study was a survey that measured the perspectives of educators regarding potential bilingual education curricula in Turkey. The second phase comprised a qualitative data collection process to expand on the findings of quantitative results. For quantitative data collection, 280 participants responded to the survey instrument. For qualitative data collection, 12 participants were interviewed. Both quantitative and qualitative data reflected the benefits of a bilingual education program.
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Educational Benefits, Minority Group Students, Program Development, Teacher Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Native Language, Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development, Barriers, Teacher Surveys, Kindergarten, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Equal Education, Student Diversity, Language Minorities
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Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Kindergarten; Primary Education; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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