Owners of Learning : The Nyae Nyae Village Schools over Twenty-Five Years /

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This book describes the Nyae Nyae Village Schools, an innovative and unique mother-tongue education initiative set in north-eastern Namibia. Inspired by the optimism of Independence, the project was designed in close consultation with the Ju'hoansi community in the early 1990s. Drawing upon the...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hays, Jennifer (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2016
Series:Basel Namibia studies series ; 16.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Native language and education > Namibia > Nyae Nyae.
!Kung (African people) > Education > Namibia > Nyae Nyae.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / by Willemien le Roux
  • Introduction
  • 1. Background : a journey to Nyae Nyae
  • 2. The Nyae Nyae Ju/'hoansi
  • 3. Like they are in jail : global and local contexts of San education
  • 4. The kids' decision : socialization and education
  • 5. We can start under the trees : the village schools over 25 years
  • 6. The Ju/'hoansi language as a medium of instruction
  • 7. Nharokxao : the teachers
  • 8.. Logistics : transportation, accommodation and food
  • 9. Every year there are problems : transition to the government schools
  • 10. Community consultation and participation
  • Afterword.

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