Exploring the link between literacy practices, the rural-urban dimension and academic performance of primary school learners in Uganda district, Uganda

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dc.contributor.advisorBanda, Felix
dc.contributor.authorKirunda, Rebecca Florence
dc.contributor.otherNULL
dc.contributor.otherFaculty of Arts
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-10T07:42:14Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-27T09:17:56Z
dc.date.available2007/04/02 13:45
dc.date.available2007/04/02
dc.date.available2013-06-10T07:42:14Z
dc.date.available2024-03-27T09:17:56Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.descriptionPhilosophiae Doctor - PhDen_US
dc.description.abstractThis study aimed at establishing and analysing the literacy practices in the rural and urban communities and their effect on the academic achievements of learners. It also aimed to establish the impact of other factors, such as the exposure to the language of examination, the level of parents formal education and the quality of parental mediation in the their children's academic work, which could be responsible for the imbalance between the rural and urban learners academic achievements. This study endeavours to established that the literacy practices in urban areas prepare learners for schooled and global literacies while the literacies in rural areas are to localised and thus impoverish the learners initial literacy development. This study also seek to determine the extent to which the current language policy in education in Uganda favours the urban learners at the expense of the rural learners as far as the acculturation into and acquisition of the schooled and global literacies are concerned.en_US
dc.description.countrySouth Africa
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/9995
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.subjectLanguage arts (Primary). Uganda; Language and languages, Study and teaching (Elementary). Uganda; Literacy, Social aspects. Uganda; Education, Urban. Uganda; Education, Rural. Uganda; Academic achievement. Uganda; Effective teaching. Uganda.en_US
dc.titleExploring the link between literacy practices, the rural-urban dimension and academic performance of primary school learners in Uganda district, Ugandaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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