Kara Brown
Biographic Data
| ID | 3638908 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kara Brown |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kara |
| FAMILY NAME | Brown |
| SIGNATURE | BROWN K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Carolina |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Development of Specialised Foreign-Language Schools in Soviet Estonia: Creating a Paradox of Privilege
This article sheds light on a paradox in the Soviet educational landscape: the development of specialised foreign-language schools in the context of a purported egalitarian society. These schools endured, and even thrived, through the collapse of the Soviet Union. First, a historical overview for Soviet-era development of specialised-school policies is provided. Second, the development of these specialised schools both generally, as well as in th…
The Story of the Baltic University: Merits, H. Director and Producer, 2015
Teachers as Language-Policy Actors: Contending with the Erasure of Lesser-Used Languages in Schools
On the basis of an ethnographic study of the Võro-language revitalization in Estonia, this article explores the way teachers function as policy actors in the broader context of the school. As policy actors, the language teachers' appropriation of regional-language policy helps simultaneously to reproduce and challenge existing ideologies in the school environment. I explore the teachers' understandings of their power and freedom to inform their n…
Regional Identity and Schools in Estonia: Creating a "We" Feeling
Teachers as Language-Policy Actors: Contending with the Erasure of Lesser-Used Languages in Schools
On the basis of an ethnographic study of the Võro-language revitalization in Estonia, this article explores the way teachers function as policy actors in the broader context of the school. As policy actors, the language teachers' appropriation of regional-language policy helps simultaneously to reproduce and challenge existing ideologies in the school environment. I explore the teachers' understandings of their power and freedom to inform their n…
Regional Identity and Schools in Estonia: Creating a "We" Feeling
Regional Identity and Schools in Estonia: Creating a "We" Feeling
Teachers as Language-Policy Actors: Contending with the Erasure of Lesser-Used Languages in Schools
On the basis of an ethnographic study of the Võro-language revitalization in Estonia, this article explores the way teachers function as policy actors in the broader context of the school. As policy actors, the language teachers' appropriation of regional-language policy helps simultaneously to reproduce and challenge existing ideologies in the school environment. I explore the teachers' understandings of their power and freedom to inform their n…
The Story of the Baltic University: Merits, H. Director and Producer, 2015
The Development of Specialised Foreign-Language Schools in Soviet Estonia: Creating a Paradox of Privilege
This article sheds light on a paradox in the Soviet educational landscape: the development of specialised foreign-language schools in the context of a purported egalitarian society. These schools endured, and even thrived, through the collapse of the Soviet Union. First, a historical overview for Soviet-era development of specialised-school policies is provided. Second, the development of these specialised schools both generally, as well as in th…
Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Global Education and Multiculturalism (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Religious Education and Schools (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Anthropology (1 works)