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Record Nr.

UNINA9910796403603321

Autore

Abraham Getahun Yacob

Titolo

Literacy and democracy in South African primary schools / / Getahun Yacob Abraham and Mary Alice Barksdale

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2018

©2018

ISBN

1-4985-6146-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (199 pages)

Disciplina

374.0120968

Soggetti

Literacy - South Africa

Democracy and education - South Africa

Education, Primary - South Africa

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- South Africa's history and the school context -- The research methodologies -- The write to read project -- The life orientation education study -- Lessons learned -- Concluding remarks.

Sommario/riassunto

"This book provides results from two extensive qualitative studies in South African primary school classrooms--the first on leadership qualities and voting, and the second from a project on writing to read. The authors discuss the studies' central themes of transformation in teaching practice with an emphasis on the role of context"--