LEP読書会 2022-02-19で以下の論文を読んだ。
- Sayer, P. (2015). “More & Earlier”: Neoliberalism and Primary English Education in Mexican Public Schools. L2 Journal, 7(3). http://dx.doi.org/10.5070/L27323602 Retrieved from https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9fr9w0g
下記、読書ログ。
要約
Outline
- THE GLOBAL EXPANSION OF ENGLISH IN PRIMARY EDUCATION
- METHODOLOGY
- THE ENGLISH PROGRAM IN PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN MEXICO
- THE PELT PHENOMENON AND NEOLIBERALISM 4.1. PELT as Second Language Acquisition 4.2. PELT as Neoliberal Education Policy 4.3. The PELT Program as Part of Neoliberal Education Reform in Mexico
- CONCLUSIONS
要点
- メキシコの小学校英語政策
- 発展途上国、ELTの2つのトレンド：英語化＆早期開始
- メキシコの新自由主義改革と教育改革：コンピテンシーズの強調、教員組合の再編成、PISAショック、オフショア誘致のための人材育成
Quotes
教育予算と教育改革の矛盾
Kamwangamalu (2011) point out that for developing countries with weak educational infrastructures and a shortage of qualified English-speaking teachers, introducing PELT in public schooling requires a massive investment for what are often only minimal returns. (p.48)
→ 発展途上国だとより鮮明になるが、財政が厳しい国であればどこでも同じか。
教員組合
In Mexico, for example, in many states, recently-hired primary school English teachers are on a different, non-union contract and pay scale than the “regular” unionized classroom teachers. Their salaries are much lower (typically 33-50% or less) than what unionized teachers make and do not include the same benefits or job security through tenure. (p.46)
the restructuring of teacher tenure system (facilitated by the arrest on corruption charges of the president of the national teacher union, who had sponsored their own opposition candidate in the previous election) (p.51)
コメント
1. ネオリベラリズムと言語教育改革の接続は、実は理論的には難しい
ネオリベラリズムと言語教育改革は、どちらも現在進行系で共時的に起きている現象である。近年の言語政策研究（とくに英語圏のそれ）では、両者の連関がしきりに指摘されており、一部ではまるでゆるぎない事実のように扱われている。一方で、当然ながら両者は別の現象であるので、両者をつなぐ理論的橋渡しが、いくつか「発明」されている。それらは、本論文でも展開されているように、
というものである。一方で、上記の矢印は、相当のジャンプがあり、各キー概念（人的資本理論・言語資本・商品化）を狭義に理解するならば 理論的飛躍と判断されるリスクがあると思う。
本文中の一例：Human capital theory の拡大解釈？
Formulated several decades ago by Schultz (1971), the theory contends that economic growth depends on the health and education of the labor force—human capital—in addition to improvements in a country’s physical capital, such as roads, dams, and factories. From this perspective, education not only increases productivity by teaching young people new skills but also promotes development through the inculcation of so-called modern attitudes about work, education, fertility, and health. (引用部分, p.50)
