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Early childhood language education and literacy practices in Ethiopia : perspectives from indigenous knowledge, gender and instructional practices

Title
Early childhood language education and literacy practices in Ethiopia : perspectives from indigenous knowledge, gender and instructional practices / edited by Kassahun Weldemariam, Margareth Sandvik and Moges Yigezu.
Publication
New York : Routledge, 2024.

Details

Additional Authors
  • Kassahun Weldemariam
  • Sandvik, Margareth, 1956-
  • Moges Yigezu
Description
xii, 199 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.
Summary
"This edited volume explores how indigenous knowledges and practices can be instrumental in improving literacy outcomes and teacher development practices in Ethiopia, aiding children's long-term reading, and learning outcomes. Chapters present research from a collaborative project between Ethiopia and Norway and demonstrate how students can be supported to think pragmatically, learn critically, and be in possession of the citizenship skills necessary to thrive in a multilingual world. The authors celebrate multilingualism and bring indigenous traditions such as oracy, storytelling, folktales to the fore revealing their positive impact on educational attainment. Addressing issues of language diversity and systematic ignorance of indigenous literacy practices, the book plays a necessary role in introducing Ethiopia's cultural heritage to the West and hence, bridges the cultural gaps between the global north and global south. Arguably contributing one of the first publications on early literacy in Ethiopian languages, this book will appeal to scholars, researchers, and postgraduate students studying the fields of early years literacy and language, indigenous knowledge, and applied linguistics more broadly"--
Series Statement
Routledge research in language education
Uniform Title
Routledge Research in Language Education.
Subject
  • Children > Language > Study and teaching (Early childhood) > Ethiopia
  • Literacy > Study and teaching (Early childhood) > Ethiopia
  • Indigenous peoples > Education (Early childhood) > Ethiopia
  • Ethnoscience > Study and teaching (Early childhood) > Ethiopia
  • Language policy > Ethiopia
  • Multilingual education > Ethiopia
  • Enseignement multilingue > Éthiopie
  • Language policy
  • Literacy > Study and teaching (Early childhood)
  • Multilingual education
  • Ethiopia
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
  • 9781032534428
  • 1032534427
  • 9781032544564
  • 1032544562
  • 9781003424956 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2023023054
OCLC
YBP 2023023054
Title
Early childhood language education and literacy practices in Ethiopia : perspectives from indigenous knowledge, gender and instructional practices / edited by Kassahun Weldemariam, Margareth Sandvik and Moges Yigezu.
Publisher
New York : Routledge, 2024.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Routledge research in language education
Routledge Research in Language Education.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Kassahun Weldemariam, editor.
Sandvik, Margareth, 1956- editor.
Moges Yigezu, editor.
Other Form:
Online version: Early childhood language education and literacy practices in Ethiopia New York : Routledge, 2024 9781003424956 (DLC) 2023023055
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