Girls, Educational Equity and Mother Tongue-based Teaching

Carol Benson

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Abstract: One of the principal mechanisms through which inequality is reproduced is language, specifically the language used as the medium of instruction. The learner’s mother tongue holds the key to making schooling more inclusive for all disadvantaged groups, especially for girls and women.

Keywords: disadvantaged; Asia-Pacific; Africa; Latin America; instruction; research; children; schools; native speaking; educational equity; girls; education; mother tongue instruction; language; Asia; inequality; society; Educational discrimination; marginality; girl's participation; strategies; bilingual; women; schooling systems; foreign medium; males; females; learners (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007-12
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