Mother Tongue and Bilingual Education:
A collection of conference papers.
© Uddannelsesnetværket Copenhagen 2008 Project

Coordinator: Eva Iversen

This publication is based on a conference held by the Danish Education Network, November 28th–29th, 2007 in cooperation with The Danish University of Education and The University College (Copenhagen & North Zealand): CONFERENCE ON MOTHER TONGUE AND BILINGUAL EDUCATION: Myths, realities and consensus? 125 people took part in the conference, including NGOs, Danida, teachers, students, researchers, consultants and local politicians. In this publication we have put together a collection of papers presented at the conference (focusing on education in the South), as well as the recommendations on mother tongue and bilingual education made by the participants. The theme of the conference was mother tongue and bilingual education both in Denmark and in the South. A full conference report was compiled and edited by consultant Lene Timm, which included papers presented in Danish and summaries of workshop discussions and recommendations in Danish (this report is available on the website of the Education Network (www.uddannelsesnetvaerket.dk). The aim of the publication is to primarily serve NGOs working with education programmes, encouraging them to include strategies for mother tongue and bilingual education in their programmes.