Singing under a tree: Does oral culture help lower primary teachers be learner-centred?

International Journal of Educational Development

Volumn 22, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 321-337

  Croft, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Learner centred; Local knowledge; Lower primary; Malawi; Teacher education

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; LEARNING; PRIMARY EDUCATION; TEACHING;

MALAWI;

EID: 0036260425     PISSN: 07380593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-0593(01)00063-3     Document Type: Article

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