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Daly, Nicola; Sharma, Sashi – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2018
Research indicates that teachers can face challenges in knowing how to support language learners because they often have minimal training in teaching language learners in mainstream contexts (Martin, 2004; Sharma et al., 2011) and may consider language learners using their home language as detrimental to their learning (Franken & McComish,…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Language of Instruction, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Characteristics
Sreedhar, Sulochana, Ed. – 1987
After listing the aims and objectives of the Institute for Socially Disadvantaged Groups' Educational Improvement (ISDGEI), in Kolhapur, India, this collection of seven articles discusses prospects, problems, and successes of providing universal elementary education to the children of India. Articles: (1) discuss quantitative and qualitative…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Improvement
Guha, Smita – 2000
"Udbhas," which means "expression," is a non-profit organization founded in 1988 to spread literacy and promote post-literacy education among the underprivileged children in the slums of Calcutta, India. This paper describes the creation, work, and benefits to children of Udbhas. The paper notes that most of the organization's…
Descriptors: Children, Disadvantaged Environment, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
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Pathak, Yogini; Pathak-Shelat, Manisha – Monographs of the Department of Human Development and Family Studies, 1985
This monograph provides an account of the work done in the village placement project of the Department of Child Development of the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India from 1976-77 to 1984-85. Chapter 1 offers an overview of major problems of children and women in India. It emphasizes the need for rural development programs and the…
Descriptors: Child Development Specialists, Child Health, Childhood Needs, Childrens Libraries