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Strauss, Annaly M.; Bipath, Keshni – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2020
Background: This article is based on a study that aimed at finding out how pre-primary teachers integrate directed play into literacy teaching and learning. Play is a platform through which young children acquire language. Aim: This study uses an action research approach to understand how guided play benefits incidental reading and expands…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Sight Vocabulary, Word Recognition, Play
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Haraseb, Victoria – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2011
The Working Group of Indigenous Minorities in Southern Africa (WIMSA) has been working to improve conditions for San communities since 1996. San communities in Namibia have an extremely high dropout rate compared to all other populations in the country, and one of WIMSA's most important areas of focus is education. Early Childhood Development…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Dropout Rate, Young Children, Learning Processes
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Penn, Helen – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 2008
This article discusses the complexities of aid-giving using the example of early childhood policies in Namibia. It supports a critical view of aid processes and of World Bank endeavours in particular. Using an analysis of the World Bank funded education sector-wide improvement plan (ETSIP) in Namibia and three Namibian local case studies, it shows…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy
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Hayden, Jacqueline; Otaala, Barnabas – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2005
This paper describes a recent study conducted jointly by the authors in the Khomas Region of Namibia. The study developed and trialled research and documentation methods regarding very young children who had been infected or affected by the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Because of the stigma attached to the disease, effective methods for assessing…
Descriptors: Young Children, Communicable Diseases, Childhood Needs, Childrens Rights