IDIHCS   22126
INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN HUMANIDADES Y CIENCIAS SOCIALES
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
capítulos de libros
Título:
Policy perspectives from Argentina
Autor/es:
PORTO, MELINA Y BARBONI, SILVANA
Libro:
The Common European Framework of Reference: a case study of cultural politics and global educational influences
Editorial:
Multilingual Matters
Referencias:
Lugar: Clevedon; Año: 2011; p. 193 - 212
Resumen:
In Argentina, the development of language policies in general, and curricular innovations in ELT in compulsory schooling in particular, have been strongly tied to political decisions at a national level for a number of years. The biggest and most influential province in the country, the province of Buenos Aires, which has the second largest and most complex system of education in Latin America, is the best exponent of the ways language policies have been applied in the country. Distinct cultural, political and social needs have guided the decisions made in the province as regards educational policy planning and implementation. Certain features of international educational tendencies have exercised an important influence too, as in the case of the European model for the teaching of languages embodied in the CEFR.
This chapter describes how the most recent English language curriculum developed in Buenos Aires is the outcome of the workings of national and provincial life in a complex, culturally-specific setting, and the connections and interrelationships between this unique setting and the CEFR. The following questions guide our reflections: What are the particular cultural, political and social needs that have led to policy and curricular change? How has a strongly localised curriculum been developed with an international perspective in mind? In what ways has borrowing from the CEFR been possible? What challenges, difficulties and achievements have emerged?