ERIC Number: EJ1465126
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 9
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ISSN: ISSN-1467-5986
EISSN: EISSN-1469-8439
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Enhancing Teacher Competence, Student Well-Being, and Parental Involvement through Multilingual Learning Materials
Ellen-Rose Kambel1; Tomislav Tudjman2
Intercultural Education, v36 n2 p228-236 2025
AVIOR, an Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership, aimed to narrow the achievement gap between native and non-native pupils in Europe. European partners collaborated to provide bilingual literacy and numeracy materials for primary school's children aged 4-8. Additionally, they shared best practices on creating inclusive multilingual classrooms among teacher trainers and school leaders. AVIOR's outcomes included enhanced school engagement and teachers who gained more awareness and insights into the benefits of multilingual teaching. It created a sense of identity for migrant children, along with increased parental involvement as their languages gained recognition in schools. Despite the project's impact, multilingualism remains uncommon in European schools due to cost and policy-maker awareness barriers. The project showed why multilingualism in European schools should be taken seriously.
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Instructional Materials, Bilingual Education, Teacher Competencies, Well Being, Parent Participation, Elementary School Students, Immigrants, Student Diversity, Bilingual Students, Cultural Differences, Literacy, Numeracy, Achievement Gap, Best Practices, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Europe
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Author Affiliations: 1Language Friendly Schools, Rutu Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands; 2Department Risbo, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands