Competing Purposes: Mother Tongue Education Benefits Versus Economic Interests in Rural Zimbabwe.

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Autor/Urheber	Gamuchirai Tsitsi Ndamba; Josiah C. Sithole; Micheal M. van Wyk
Institution	University of Western Ontario
Titel	Competing Purposes: Mother Tongue Education Benefits Versus Economic Interests in Rural Zimbabwe.
Quelle	In: doi:10.18584/iipj.2017.8.1.1; 1916-5781; International Indigenous Policy Journal, Vol 8, Iss 1 (2017)(2017) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
DOI	10.18584/iipj.2017.8.1.1
Schlagwörter	language-in-education policy; mother tongue education; economic factors; Zimbabwe; rural primary schools; J; Social Sciences; H
Abstract	The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the perceptions of educators on the barriers to the implementation of the Zimbabwean language-in-education policy, which recommends use of Indigenous languages up to the end of the primary school level. Postcolonial theory informed this case study. Individual interviews and focus group discussions were conducted with 15 rural primary school teachers, 3 school heads, and 2 school's inspectors who were purposefully selected from Masvingo district. Data were analysed using the constant comparative method for thematic coding. The findings revealed that participants strongly believed that the English language offers socio-economic opportunities, a factor which may negatively influence teachers in the implementation of the mother tongue-based policy. Recommendations that inform policy-makers are made.
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