Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ555609
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0143-4632
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Formal vs. Non-Formal Vernacular Education: The Education Reform in Papua New Guinea.
Siegel, Jeff
Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, v18 n3 p206-22 1997
Discusses a community-based nonformal education movement in Papua New Guinea to use hundreds of the country's languages to teach initial literacy in local preschool and adult education programs. The article describes this movement, the proposed government reform of the English-only formal education system and the ensuing conflicts. (37 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Change Strategies, Community Schools, Developing Nations, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Language Attitudes, Language Planning, Literacy Education, Official Languages, Preschool Education, Public Opinion, Second Language Instruction, Sociolinguistics, Uncommonly Taught Languages
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Papua New Guinea
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