Migration and Inclusive Practices in Mainstream Schools
par Andy Hancock/ Senior Lecturer/Member of CERES

Abstract: Schools across Europe have become increasingly more diverse as a result of globalisation and forced migration. Despite this increasing diversity, monolingual ideologies and monocultural practices still prevail and the teaching profession is not representative of the diverse communities they serve. This presentation  highlights some of the challenges facing teachers but at the same time it  offers guidance to educators on inclusive practices, as part of a wider social justice agenda for schools, in order to promote children’s and young people’s self-esteem, participation and achievement.
 
Bio: Dr Andy Hancock is a Senior lecturer at the University of Edinburgh and Co-Director of the Centre for Education for Race Equality in Scotland (CERES). He has a background as a teacher working in multilingual schools in London, Zimbabwe and Scotland. Andy has researched and published extensively on a range of issues including complementary schools, linguistic landscapes and language policy in Scotland. In 2014 he co-edited a volume, Learning Chinese in Diasporic Communities (John Benjamins). This book stems from an interest that relates to his PhD study exploring children’s biliteracy practices in multilingual settings in Scotland.