Organizing an NGO-Sponsored English-Medium School in South India: Lessons Learned

Autor/in	Gibb, Gordon S.
Titel	Organizing an NGO-Sponsored English-Medium School in South India: Lessons Learned
Quelle	In: Journal of International Education and Leadership, 2 (2012) 2, (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2161-7252
Schlagwörter	Language of Instruction; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Phenomenology; Foreign Countries; Outreach Programs; Nongovernmental Organizations; Diseases; Elementary School Students; Governance; Middle School Students; Program Descriptions; School Culture; School Administration; Second Language Instruction; International Education; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Ausland; Jobcoaching; Disease; Krankheit; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Schulkultur; Schulleben; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Internationale Erziehung; Indien
Abstract	This paper describes lessons learned from the first-year education efforts of Rising Star Outreach of India, a U.S.-based nongovernmental charitable organization (NGO) working with leprosy colonies in Tamil Nadu, India. In 2008, Rising Star Outreach established a residential school to provide English-medium schooling for 180 colony children in Standards K through 8. Using lived experience methods of phenomenological research described by Manen (1990), the author describes six themes derived from personal experience during the a full year of organizing and directing the school, including obtaining government recognition, organizing school governance, working within local school culture, hiring and training teachers, providing English-medium instruction, and establishing and maintaining positive relations with parents and families. The themes include lessons learning that can benefit other organizations endeavoring to establish schools in developing areas. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01