Without language, everything is nothing in education
SOURCE: HSRC Review
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
TITLE AUTHOR(S): K.Heugh
KEYWORDS: EARLY CHILDHOOD, LANGUAGE IN EDUCATION POLICY, LANGUAGE RIGHTS
DEPARTMENT: Equitable Education and Economies (IED)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 4173
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/6469
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/6469
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
TITLE AUTHOR(S): K.Heugh
KEYWORDS: EARLY CHILDHOOD, LANGUAGE IN EDUCATION POLICY, LANGUAGE RIGHTS
DEPARTMENT: Equitable Education and Economies (IED)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 4173
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/6469
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/6469
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Abstract
The meeting of the association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) Biennale in Libreville, Gabon in March 2006, will be remembered as the turning point in the use of African and international languages in school education. Kathleen Heugh tells us why.-
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