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• A Culturally Sensitive Approach to Promoting Initial Literacy Development in Africa : Ongoing and Planned Research and Development at the University of Zambia’s Centre for Promotion of Literacy in Sub-Saharan Africa (CAPOLSA) 

  Serpell, Robert; Jere-Folotiya, Jacqueline; Chansa-Kabali, Tamara; Munachaka, Jonathan; Maumbi, Mwanza Nakawala; Yalukanda, Christopher; Sampa, Francis; Lyytinen, Heikki (Springer, 2017)

  A four-year research and development program at CAPOLSA (the Centre for the Promotion of Literacy in Sub-Saharan Africa) was inspired by widespread dissatisfaction with poor literacy outcomes of mass basic schooling in ...

• The dynamics of fast food consumption in a South African urban township environment 

  Mafame, Thendo (2019)

  The delineation of ethnographic qualitative research methods allowed for this study to explore the dynamics of fast food consumption in the South African urban township environment. This study aimed to investigate the ...

• From grassroots literacy to transliteracies in the educational context of the Moldavian Csángó 

  Laihonen, Petteri; Bodó, Csanád; Heltai, János Imre (Routledge, 2024)

  This paper investigates literacies in the Moldavian region of Romania, where bilingual speakers produce writings in a contested language they call the ‘Csángó mode of speaking’. The speakers sometimes define their language ...

• Using a phone-based learning tool as an instructional resource for initial literacy learning in rural African families 

  Nshimbi, Jacob C.; Serpell, Robert; Westerholm, Jari (University of Johannesburg, 2020)

  Background: Despite increased enrolments at primary schools in Zambia, more than half of the children in Grades 1–4 are unable to meet the required minimum standards for literacy. Aim: The study set out to examine the ...

• Digital technologies and remote teaching during COVID-19 pandemic in African higher education institutions 

  Ukpabi, Dandison; Agjei, Richard O.; Mengo, Nyabisi; David, Lekpa Kingdom (Routledge, 2023)

  Digital transformation of higher educational institutions (HEIs) in Africa has been a discussion issue in many fora across several African countries, yet with little investment commitment from the government. Interestingly, ...