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The story behind the story : tracing San children in Botswana


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Abstract: In this article,Willemien le Roux,founder ofthe Bokamoso Preschool Programme,and Gaolatlhe Eirene Thupe, its current Coordinator, reflect on their experiences in carrying out a tracer study on participants in the programme. This currently operates in 13 San settlements in the Ghanzi District of western Botswana and incorporates three main hypotheses: that San children who have gone through preschool will be less likely to drop out of formal schools; that parents will participate more positively in the formal education process if their children are somehow ‘lured’into learning through play; and that the introduction of languages in an informal way will break through children’s resistance to other languages and give them a head start in primary school.
Authors: Le Roux, W. , Thupe, G.E.
Country: Botswana
Category: Practice
End Page: 25
Serial number: 100
ISSN: 1387-9553
Journal: Early Childhood Matters
Keywords: education , children , research
Language: eng
Organization: Bernard van Leer Foundation
Year: 2002
Region: Southern Africa
Right: © 2002 Bernard van Leer Foundation
Subject: Education, Science and Technology
Start Page: 22
Title: The story behind the story : tracing San children in Botswana