Bilingual programs in Primary Education: What do teachers say?
Abstract
INTRODUCTION. This article explores the satisfaction of teachers in the Region of Murcia involved in bilingual education and presents the proposals they make to improve its implementation. METHOD. With a descriptive research methodology, 78 teachers of public and private primary schools distributed among all areas of the Region of Murcia and with several years of experience in bilingual education were interviewed. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION. The main results show that the satisfaction of teachers is high, despite widespread complaints about the lack of involvement of the education authorities and doubts about the advantages of these programs for students with educational needs.
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