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Education
Adult refugee learners with limited literacy: needs and effective responses
Document Library
May 10, 2016

Adult refugees with limited education are a distinctive learner group with substantial and distinctive educational, social, and psychological needs. Working with these learners is a highly specialised activity, requiring high levels of educational skill and commitment. With a paucity of original research available about this group of learners, this study provides a systematic documentation of… Read more

Adult education, Literacy, refugees
Education
What Works? Engaging research to shape policy: The case of grammar
Document Library
October 25, 2015

This article explores how literacy research is currently being positioned to address the political imperatives of the day, focusing on debates relating to the teaching of grammar. It takes the international debate about the value of grammar teaching as the context for exploring prevailing ambiguities and tensions in literacy research, arguing a particular view of… Read more

Higher Education, Literacy, research
Education
School for Life Project Completion Report
Assignment
January 24, 2014

The School for Life (SfL) is an NGO in Northern Ghana running a  ‘Literacy for Life Change’ programme. It targets out of school children, between the ages of 8 and 14, and, through an intensive nine-month programme, gives them adequate basic literacy and numeracy skills to enable them to integrate into formal primary schools. The… Read more

Ghana, Literacy
Education
Development of Early Grade Reading Primers – some practical tips for programme development
Blog
December 3, 2013

Recently, the HEART team received a request to investigate the practicalities of developing an early grade reading primer programme for a country with low levels of literacy and educational infrastructure. Experts in the field of literacy, children’s book publishing, and programmatic distribution were consulted and their responses synthesised into a guide. Below are a few… Read more

Early Grade Reading Primers, Education, Literacy, Programme development
Education
Literacy in Pakistan
Helpdesk Report
July 5, 2013

Literacy broken down by class were available from the Annual Status of Education Report for 2012: Class 2 Urdu: 22%; English: 20.9% literate Class 5 Urdu: 75.6; English: 77.7% literate Class 8 Urdu: 98.6%; English: 99.2% literate The ASER statistics are markedly higher than statistics from other sources. The most recent statistics available were from… Read more

Literacy, Pakistan
Education
Learning Outcomes in Afghanistan
Helpdesk Report
August 10, 2011

Currently only an average of 26% of the population aged 15 or over can read or write. One of the first achievements of post-conflict Afghanistan was to bring almost 4 million children back to school. However, low primary enrolment especially for girls and in rural areas and very weak learning achievements remain. This report includes… Read more

Afghanistan, Community, Home-Based, Learning, Literacy, Sector-Wide
Education
Learning Outcomes in Pakistan
Helpdesk Report
August 10, 2011

Currently only 54% of the population aged 15 or over can read or write (66.25% male and 41.75% female). Of the youth population (15-24 years), the literacy rate (2004-8) is 79% for males and 59% for females. Efforts to improve literacy rates have focused on improving inputs, such as, teacher qualifications and training as well… Read more

Education, Learning, Literacy, Pakistan
Education
Language of Instruction
Helpdesk Report
June 14, 2011

This report gives an overview of the best evidence available on whether mother tongue is the most effective language of instruction for children.  It provides evidence of the impact of language of instruction on learning outcomes, international assessments of learning and provides data on the cost effectiveness of mother tongue instruction.  It also reports a… Read more

bilingual, Education, language, Literacy, mother tongue, Multilingual, Schools, Second Language
Education
Gender
Health
Women’s Literacy and the Links Between Maternal Health, Reproductive Health and Daughter Education
Helpdesk Report
July 8, 2010

Development agencies have found two predictable indicators for longevity among women in developing countries: accessible clean water and literacy skills. Of the 1 billion illiterate people in the world, two thirds of them are women. Literate women average 2 children per family while illiterate women give birth to 6–8 children. Educated women are more likely… Read more

Education, Gender Equality, Girls, Literacy, Maternal Health, Reproductive Health, Women

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