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"English on a Pedestal": The Language Attitudes and Practices of African Migrant Bilingual Parents and Early Years Professionals in the U.K.
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Denise Amankwah; Katie Howard – English in Education, 2024
Bilingual parents must often make difficult and complex choices about which languages to use with their children. While existing research has explored family language practices and attitudes within certain language communities, the experiences of African parents are conspicuously absent from the literature. This study explores factors influencing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Native Language, African Languages, Bilingualism
Pre-School Policies and Programmes in Low-Income Countries.
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Sestini, Elizabeth – International Journal of Early Childhood, 1985
Characteristics of preschool provision for early childhood education in Malawi are compared with that in Kenya and Zambia. Highlighted are government involvement in preschool education as a reflection of changing economic and social structures, national preschool objectives, national and local teacher training programs, curriculum development,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Development, Developing Nations
Curriculum for Early Childhood Education: A Report of a Workshop Held at the Kenya Institute of Education (July 16 to August 3, 1979). Volume 1.
German Foundation for International Development, Bonn (West Germany). – 1980
A workshop on "Curriculum for Early Childhood Education," held in the summer of 1979 at the Kenya Institute of Education, aimed to familiarize participants with the problems facing early childhood education in Africa. Specific workshop objectives were (1) to familiarize participants with the psychological, social, political, and economic…
Descriptors: Child Development, Computation, Curriculum Development, Developing Nations