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ERIC Number: EJ564779
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-1441-0559
Literacy on the Ground: A Located Perspective on Literacy Policy in South Africa.
Prinsloo, Mastin; Kell, Catherine
Literacy and Numeracy Studies, v7 n2 p83-101 1997
Social Uses of Literacy project in South Africa interviewed Xhosa-speaking and Afrikaans-speaking blacks. Results showed divergent opinions about schooling and multiple ways of communicating without schooling. Results should be used to inform national policy about school restructuring and the National Qualifications Framework. (SK)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Ethnography, Foreign Countries, Literacy, Policy Formation, Public Policy, Social Influences
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: South Africa