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

Published New York : Routledge, 2024

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Description 1 online resource Series Routledge research in language education Routledge Research in Language Education. 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"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Kassahun Weldemariam is Senior Lecturer, PhD in pedagogical work,Department of Pedagogy, Curriculum and Professional Studies, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Margareth Sandvik is Professor of Norwegian Didactics, Faculty of Education and International Studies, Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway. Moges Yigezu is Associate Professor of Linguistics, Department of Linguistics and Philology, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed 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 Language policy Literacy -- Study and teaching (Early childhood) Multilingual education EDUCATION / General EDUCATION / Bilingual Education EDUCATION / Elementary Ethiopia Form Electronic book Author Kassahun Weldemariam, editor. Sandvik, Margareth, 1956- editor. Moges Yigezu, editor. LC no. 2023023055 ISBN 9781003424956 1003424953 9781000985894 100098589X 1000985938 9781000985931

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