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Direct linkCroft, Alison – International Journal of Educational Development, 2002
The work of experienced and student lower primary teachers in three schools in Southern Malawi was studied, using lesson observations, interviews and pupil tests. The use teachers make of songs is given as an example of how they use oral culture. The function of songs in lessons is mainly to manage the class rather than to teach content, in…
Descriptors: Oral Tradition, Foreign Countries, Student Centered Curriculum, Elementary School Teachers
Download full textBlincoe, Deborah, Ed.; Forrest, John, Ed. – Journal of the New York Folklore Society, 1989
A special theme issue of this biannually published journal illustrates a range of topics that public folklorists in New York state have addressed in their work. The first article, "Forty Years before the Mast: Sailing the Stormy and Serene Seas of Public Folklore" by Bruce R. Buckley, introduces the volume by setting public folklore in…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Art Education, Ballads, Community Resources
