How do teachers view multilingualism in education? Evidence from Greece, Italy and The Netherlands

As an increasing number of multilingual children are enrolled in European schools, it is important to gain more insight into teachers’ attitudes towards multilingual approaches in education. The goal of this study is to investigate the attitudes of primary school teachers in Greece, Italy and the Netherlands, three countries that have a highly multilingual student population but differ with respect to the migration context and language policies. Using an online questionnaire, we assessed teachers’ attitudes towards multilingualism in the school environment and their adherence to monolingual id... Mehr ...