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Mother Tongue as Default Language of Instruction in Lower Primary Science Classes: Tension between Policy Prescription and Practice in Nigeria
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Okebukola, Peter Akinsola; Owolabi, Olatunde; Okebukola, Foluso Olutoyin – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2013
The forecast for the first quarter of this century is that the issue of teaching science in the language to which the learner is most familiar will receive more attention in our quest to win more students for science. Over two-thirds of countries in Africa, Asia, and Europe have developed policies on the use of the mother tongue for teaching…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Schools, Elementary School Science, Science Instruction