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- Title
Re-thinking English literacy development in Tonga: A case study, 2012-2017.
- Authors
Jurmo, Paul
- Abstract
This article presents a case study of a five-year English-literacy project carried out in primary and middle schools in the Pacific island nation of Tonga from 2012 to 2017. It summarizes why and how the project was begun; the activities carried out by Peace Corps Volunteers and Tongan partners; its objectives; and the products, procedures, and lessons that this international collaboration generated. The project aimed at building Tongan educators' capacities to create, use, and sustain "child-centered" (or "student- centered") instructional and assessment practices; use books, libraries, and technologies to support literacy development; strengthen family and community support for children's learning and literacy development; and increase access by young children and in-school and out-of-school youth and adults to literacy development opportunities. The article concludes with recommendations for actions that policymakers, practitioners, and parents might take to build a more effective literacy development system in their nations.
- Subjects
ENGLISH language acquisition; MIDDLE schools; LEARNING; SCHOOL children; TONGANS; PRIMARY education; SECONDARY education
- Publication
Prospects (00331538), 2017, Vol 47, Issue 3, p215
- ISSN
0033-1538
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11125-018-9427-z