South Africa’s literacy crisis: our app could help young readers by using home language and English: Educational technology, while no silver bullet, can be a tool for learning. Wirestock Literacy changes lives: in Unesco’s words, it “empowers and liberates people, … reduces poverty, increases participation in the labour market and has positive effects on health …
South Africa’s reading crisis: 5 steps to address children’s literacy struggles: Reading and writing are not just cognitive skills – they are socially shared and shaped practices. Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock Kunyashe is a Grade 1 pupil in Cape Town, South Africa. She’s very focused on her schoolwork. She shares a tiny one-roomed shack, hardly bigger …
Media literacy education in South Africa can help combat fake news – here’s what’s needed: A teacher conducts a lesson under a tree in Limpopo Province. Sandile Ndlovu/Sowetan/ Gallo Images /Getty Images Online platforms are replete with examples of false information – from WhatsApp messages punting some miraculous cure for COVID, to social media posts …
Death literacy: why it’s important to talk about dying: When it comes to talking about death, we have no shortage of euphemisms. This is perhaps most famously illustrated in Monty Python’s dead parrot sketch from 1971. A pet shop worker insists to a customer that his new parrot is “not dead but resting, stunned, pining …
Bilingual schooling can boost literacy – but in Côte d’Ivoire it’s not as clear cut: Bilingual education could be the key to improving outcomes in Cote d'Ivoire Riccardo Lennart Niels Mayer / EyeEm via GettyImages In countries where more than one language is spoken, education systems are challenged with choosing which language to use in …
Africa’s first continent-wide survey of climate change literacy finds education is key: A young woman fetching water. Climate change literacy rates in Nigeria range from 71% in Kwara to 5% in Kano. Shutterstock Most Africans have heard of climate change and agree that it should be stopped. But far fewer feel that ordinary people can …
Don’t know how your data is used, or how to protect it? You’re not alone – but you can improve your data literacy: Thought Catalog/Unsplash Discussions about how Facebook operates have been high on the agenda over the past week as the US Congress investigates the platform’s impact. At the core of these discussions are …
South Africa in the news: Cadbury Helps With Literacy in Africa: Only 2% of books published in South Africa are in local African languages, yet 80% of the population speaks a language other than English or Afrikaans. Our Cadbury Dairy Milk brand wants to change …: “South Africa” – BingNews Bowing out in style: Welsh …
South Africa in the news: Facebook launches ‘My Digital World’ to address literacy needs in Sub-Saharan Africa: Facebook announced the launch of ‘My Digital World’, a programme designed to equip the youth and general public across Sub-Saharan Africa with digital skills.: “South Africa” – BingNews Anti-racist rebellion grows in Britain: Thousands of people across Britain …
Charles Dickens and the push for literacy in Victorian Britain: Dotheboys Hall, from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens. Illustration by 'Phiz' (Hablot K. Browne). Image scan and text Jacqueline Banerjee, Associate Editor, Victorian Web, CC BY-SA Such is the aura still surrounding Charles Dickens that it is no surprise readers want to mark the 150th …
Libraries, Literacy & You Seminar Day – a Sport interest event taking place on 2017-06-16 08:00:00 in New Zealand Located in the central North Island, the Institute is a world-class facility offering endless opportunities for corporate clients, sports teams, elite … at Massey University Sport & Rugby Institute 56 Albany Drive , Massey University Palmerston …