WG on Books and Learning Materials (WGBLM)

By GAZZA, Sophia
Juxtaposed against the oral tradition, books were long perceived as foreign media with inadequate cultural content. What are the patterns of reading habits in Africa today? This document, divided in three parts, studies the relationships between...
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Books and Learning Materials
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1997
This document is the result of a study exploring the use of African languages in education and the policy experience of six African countries: Botswana, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, South Africa and Tanzania. The study was conducted by three African...
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Book
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1997
By BILLANY, Nigel, Paajanen, Timo, Syrjänen, Eero, Bgoya, Walter, Lujanen, Marita, Noonan, Richard
The quality of education depends to a large degree on the availability of textbooks. To what extent is this perception honoured by the actions of educational policy makers? Using research from a wide range of African countries, the authors examine...
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Book
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1997
By WOODHALL, Maureen
New ground is broken in providing case studies of an under-researched aspect of policy. Research conducted in five African countries (Gambia, Madagascar, Namibia, Senegal and Zambia) examines, within a cost-effective framework, the advantages and...
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Book
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1997
By ZELL, Hans M.
This bibliography of the book chain in sub-Saharan Africa supplement the Publishing and Book Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Annotated Bibliography, by Hans Zell and Cécile Lomer, published in 1996. It records, annotates and classifies...
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Book
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Year
1997

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