From Small Places: Toward the Realization of Literacy as a Human Right, Jo-Anne Wilson-Keenan

Автор: Jo-Anne Wilson-Keenan
Название: From Small Places: Toward the Realization of Literacy as a Human Right
ISBN: 9463001352 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789463001359
Издательство: Brill
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Описание: From Small Places: Toward the Realization of Literacy as a Human Right brings together history, theory, research, and practices that can lead to the realization of this right, both in itself, and as a means of achieving other rights. The premise of this book is that this right begins early in life within small places across the world. This idea originates from the words of Eleanor Roosevelt, Chair of the Commission that drafted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR): Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home—so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any map of the world… Unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere. Herein, literacy is viewed as a life-long social process. Literacy includes reading, writing, and new literacies that are evolving along with new technologies. The book includes an examination of the evolution of literacy as a human right from 1948, the time of the writing of the UDHR, to the present. Barriers to the realization of literacy as a human right, including the pedagogy of poverty and pathologizing the language of poor children, are explored. The book also describes theory, research and practices that can serve to dismantle these barriers. It includes research about brain development, language and literacy development from birth to the age of six, and examples of practices and community initiatives that honor, support, and build upon children’s language and literacy. Nominated: The 2016 Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, which honors authors whose writing, in illuminating past or present injustice, acts as a beacon towards a more just society.

Автор: Zehlia Babaci-Wilhite
Название: Local Languages as a Human Right in Education: Comparative Cases from Africa
ISBN: 9462099456 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789462099456
Издательство: Brill
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Описание: “There seems to be general agreement that children learn better when they understand what the teacher is saying. In Africa this is not the case. Instruction is given in a foreign language, a language neither pupils nor the teachers understand well. This is the greatest educational problem there is in Africa. This is the problem this book discusses and it is therefore an important book. The recent focus on quality education becomes meaningless when teaching is given in a language pupils do not understand. Babaci-Wilhite concludes that any local curriculum that ignores local languages and contexts risks a loss of learning quality and represent a violation of children’s rights in education. The book is highly recommended.” —Birgit Brock-Utne, Professor of Education and Development, University of Oslo, Norway

Автор: Zehlia Babaci-Wilhite
Название: Local Languages as a Human Right in Education: Comparative Cases from Africa
ISBN: 9462099464 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789462099463
Издательство: Brill
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Цена: 119540.00 T
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Описание: “There seems to be general agreement that children learn better when they understand what the teacher is saying. In Africa this is not the case. Instruction is given in a foreign language, a language neither pupils nor the teachers understand well. This is the greatest educational problem there is in Africa. This is the problem this book discusses and it is therefore an important book. The recent focus on quality education becomes meaningless when teaching is given in a language pupils do not understand. Babaci-Wilhite concludes that any local curriculum that ignores local languages and contexts risks a loss of learning quality and represent a violation of children’s rights in education. The book is highly recommended.” —Birgit Brock-Utne, Professor of Education and Development, University of Oslo, Norway