Abstract
culturally relevant picture books in five primary schools in Papua New
Guinea (PNG). The purpose of the books was to disseminate agricultural
and livelihood messages both at school and at home. Schools were
provided with big-book versions as permanent school resources and asked
to send small-book versions home to families to both support children’s
reading and encourage the uptake of the agricultural messages. The
evaluation showed that, although many teachers valued and used the
books, some schools were reluctant to share the books with families.
Teachers appreciated the dual-language text and culturally relevant
pictures and stories, and many requested that more of these types of
books be made available. For more effective book distribution, church
networks and non-government agencies should be used to distribute books
to families and support obtained from school boards and provincial
education departments of PNG.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Language, Culture and Curriculum |
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| Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 2018 |
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The ‘Maria’ books: the achievements and challenges of introducing dual language, culturally relevant picture books to PNG schools. / SIMONCINI, Kym; PAMPHILON, Barbara; Simeon, Lalen.
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T1 - The ‘Maria’ books: the achievements and challenges of introducing dual language, culturally relevant picture books to PNG schools
AU - SIMONCINI, Kym
AU - PAMPHILON, Barbara
AU - Simeon, Lalen
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - This article describes the development and uptake of two dual-language,culturally relevant picture books in five primary schools in Papua NewGuinea (PNG). The purpose of the books was to disseminate agriculturaland livelihood messages both at school and at home. Schools wereprovided with big-book versions as permanent school resources and askedto send small-book versions home to families to both support children’sreading and encourage the uptake of the agricultural messages. Theevaluation showed that, although many teachers valued and used thebooks, some schools were reluctant to share the books with families.Teachers appreciated the dual-language text and culturally relevantpictures and stories, and many requested that more of these types ofbooks be made available. For more effective book distribution, churchnetworks and non-government agencies should be used to distribute booksto families and support obtained from school boards and provincialeducation departments of PNG.
AB - This article describes the development and uptake of two dual-language,culturally relevant picture books in five primary schools in Papua NewGuinea (PNG). The purpose of the books was to disseminate agriculturaland livelihood messages both at school and at home. Schools wereprovided with big-book versions as permanent school resources and askedto send small-book versions home to families to both support children’sreading and encourage the uptake of the agricultural messages. Theevaluation showed that, although many teachers valued and used thebooks, some schools were reluctant to share the books with families.Teachers appreciated the dual-language text and culturally relevantpictures and stories, and many requested that more of these types ofbooks be made available. For more effective book distribution, churchnetworks and non-government agencies should be used to distribute booksto families and support obtained from school boards and provincialeducation departments of PNG.
KW - culturally relevant teaching materials
KW - Dual-language books
KW - Papua New Guinea
KW - picture books
KW - PNG
KW - primary education
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U2 - 10.1080/07908318.2018.1490745
DO - 10.1080/07908318.2018.1490745
M3 - Article
JO - Language, Culture and Curriculum
JF - Language, Culture and Curriculum
SN - 0790-8318
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