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Download full textSchroeder, Leila – Global Education Review, 2020
Even a quick glance at international data reveals something troubling: There is an increasing economic and educational gap between Africa and the rest of the world. If we look just a bit deeper, we find that economic and educational stagnation may simply be the inevitable outcomes of broad educational failure for millions of rural African…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Economic Development, Rural Areas, Academic Failure
Peer reviewedEakle, A. Jonathan, Comp.; Garber, Andrew M., Comp. – Reading Research Quarterly, 2003
Presents reports from Africa, Australia, and Malaysia that reflect this journal's interest in informing its readers of current international literacy research that does not otherwise appear in featured articles. Hopes that these and subsequent reports will lead to broader understandings of global literacy issues and to future international…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Instructional Improvement, International Communication
Peer reviewedFry, Edward – Reading Teacher, 1995
Offers four brief stories about teachers and teaching in Africa and the Caribbean. Points out that being interested in reading around the world and, in particular, in Third World countries has helped the author and many other people. (SR)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedObah, Thelma Y. – English Quarterly, 1982
Presents arguments for the use of ethnic literature, specifically the literature of African and West Indian writers, to support and develop positive reading attitudes and habits in students. Includes a selected bibliography of West Indian and African novels. (AEA)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Cultural Awareness, Ethnic Studies, Foreign Countries
Rasnak, Mary Ann; And Others – 1989
This annotated bibliography, a project undertaken by graduate students enrolled in a comparative reading course at Northern Illinois University, supplements and updated E. Malmquist's annotated bibliography, "Handbook on Comparative Reading." The bibliography contains 188 annotations drawn from a range of articles, chapters, and texts…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Annotated Bibliographies, Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies
Brumfit, C. J., Ed. – 1983
This collection of papers, most of them originating with the British Council, concern programs of language instruction undertaken in developing countries as a form of international technical assistance. The following are included: "The Role and Status of English as a Subject in the Zambian English-Medium Context" (Roy Wigzell);…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Developing Nations, Elementary Secondary Education, English
Rubagumya, Casmir M., Ed. – 1994
A collection of papers focuses on research perspectives and educational policy and practice concerning language in Africa. Articles include: "Language Policy in Tanzania and the Hidden Agenda" (Rehema Rajabu, Deo Ngonyani); "The Post-Primary Swahilisation Scheme in Tanzania: From Debate to Struggle" (Hermas Mwansoko);…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, Code Switching (Language)
