Ethnologue > SIL Bibliography > Subject index > Education

Education

Index of SIL publications on Education listed by country.

See only SIL publications on Education available online or from our bookstore.

---

General works

• Blackburn, Perry L. 1994. Review of: Research on Whole Language: support for a new curriculum, by Diane Stephens.
• Bomberger, Joan. 1997. "Report on the 42nd annual convention of the International Reading Association, May 4-9, 1997."
• Boswell, Fred. 1997. "Do Bible translators need formal biblical training?."
• Bowling, Donna W. 2001. Review of: Misreading reading: the bad science that hurts children, by Gerald Coles; and Reading instruction that works: the case for balanced teaching, by Michael Pressley.
• Carénas, Françoise. 2001. Learning patterns of international students.
• Chapaitis, Helen Doss. 1994. "Development of the prep school age child and his education."
• Clifton, Deborah A. 1998. Review of: Teachers as course developers, by Kathleen Graves, editor.
• Clifton, Deborah A. 1998. Review of: The self-directed teacher: managing the learning process, by David Nunan and Clarice Lamb.
• Cobb, Elyce. 1991. Review of: Whole language: inquiring voices, by Dorothy Watson, Carolyn Burke and Jerome Harste.
• Davis, Evelyn C., Hafsah Nur and Sophia A. A. Ruru. 1994. "Helping teachers and students understand learning styles."
• Davis, Patricia M. 1996. "Can they really read those long words?."
• Draper, Sheila. 1997. "Teacher training: Part 2-training indigenes as literacy instructors."
• Fox, Melvin J. 1997. "Ford Foundation: personal reflection."
• Franklin, Karl J. 1995. "Training in the SIL context."
• Franklin, Karl J. 2006. Review of: Science and religious habits of mind: irreconcilable tensions in the curriculum, by Ron Good.
• Freisen, Dan. 1995. Review of: Education for critical consciousness, by Paulo Freire.
• Fuller, Elizabeth. 2007. Celebrating the diversity of culture through inter-cultural training.
• Guria, Maggie and Glenys Waters. 1998. "Learning to read and reading to learn: An environmental science ‘resource book’."
• Hatcher, Robert Timothy. 2007. Towards culturally appropriate adult education methodologies for the Central Asian context: a comparison of Central Asian and Western educational practices.
• Hatcher, Tim. 2007. Review of: Globalized e-learning cultural changes, Andrea Edmundson, editor.  
• Headland, Thomas N. and Alexander H. Bolyanatz. 1996. Review of: Research-doctorate programs in the United States: continuity and change, by Marvin L. Goldberger, Brendan A. Maher and Pamela Ebert Flattau, editors.
• Herbert, Patricia. 1996. "Women, literacy, and development: Challenges for the twenty-first century."
• Hohulin, Lou. 2001. Review of: Mentor courses: a resource book for trainer-trainers, by Agni Malderez and Caroline Budoczky.
• Howell, Brian M. 1996. "Where and how to apply to graduate school: a personal testimony."
• Inyega, Hellen and others. 2008. Language and education in Africa: answering the questions.
• Jones, Eric. 1993. Review of: Whole language: what’s the difference?, by Carole Edelsky, Bess Altwerger and Barbara Flores.
• Kehler, Gwen. 1993. Review of: Insult to intelligence: the bureaucratic invasion of our classrooms, by Frank Smith.
• Kilalema, Dorcas. 2001. "Developing community-based curriculum."
• Klaassens, Anne. 1997. "Education and development: Is the relationship always positive?."
• Klaassens, Anne. 1997. "When students don’t learn, when schools don’t teach: Minority school failure in perspective."
• Liesch, Maja. 1998. "The dawn of a new concept in Fulani society: Being literate is a good thing."
• Locnikar, Joanne. 1998. Review of: Learning to listen, learning to teach: the power of dialogue in educating adults, by Jane Vella.
• Locnikar, Joanne. 1998. Review of: Mem Fox talks about literacy and learning [on cassette tape], by Mem Fox.
• Malone, Susan E. and Robert F. Arnove. 1998. La planification des programmes d'alphabétisation des adultes centrés dur les élèves.
• Malone, Susan E. and Robert F. Arnove. 1998. Planning learner-centred adult literacy programmes.  
• Matthews, Delle. 1995. "Women’s education in developing countries."
• Meyer, Jim. 1994. "Writing, teacher training, and grammar."
• Micklos, John. 1993. "Mem’s magic: An interview with Mem Fox."
• Mikulecky, Larry. 2005. "Workplace literacy."  
• Pikkert, Joost. 1992. "A sociohistorical philosophy of education."
• Reeder, JeDene. 2007. Review of: Bakhtinian perspectives on language, literacy, and learning , Arnetha F. Ball and Sarah Warshauer Freeman, eds. (Learning in doing: social, cognitive and computational perspectives).  
• Ringenberg, Kay. 1995. "Visual Auditory Tactile Kinesthetic Integration (VATKI)."
• Robinson, Clinton D. W. and Elisabeth Gfeller. 1997. "A basic education programme in Africa: The people’s own?."
• Sanders, Joy and Sara Bijl, compilers. 1998. "Health curriculum ideas for prep schools."
• Sands, Julie. 1995. "The impact of literacy on women and development: Case studies from South Asia."
• Satre, Scott A. 2000. Review of: 150 ways to increase intrinsic motivation in the classroom, by J. P. Raffini.
• Spielmann, Margaret. 1996. "Evaluating training."
• Spielmann, Margaret. 1996. "Mentoring as a model for training MTTs."
• Starker, Paula. 1994. Review of: Literacy and bilingualism, by James D. Williams and Grace Capizzi Snipper.
• Tucker, G. Richard. 1999. "An applied linguist reflects on SIL’s role(s) and selected activities."
• Unseth, Peter. 1996. "Teaching the translation of euphemisms."
• van Ginkel, Agatha. 2008. "Educational values and material development."  
• Walter, Stephen L. 1996. "Gazing into the literacy crystal ball: SIL’s work in literacy and education."
• Wannemacher, Mark. 1996. "Some notes on teaching in non-Western cultures."
• Waters, Glenys. 1998. "Adding a fifth dimension to vernacular language education."
• Waters, Glenys. 1998. Local literacies: theory and practice.  
• Webb, Lyndal. 1993. Review of: How big is the moon? Whole maths in action, by Dave Baker, Cheryl Semple and Tony Stead.
• Whisler, Jacqueline L. 1986. A dialogue journal as a means to encouraging a bilingual student to write cohesively.

Works specific to particular countries

Africa

Burkina Faso

• Birch, Evelyn. 1991. "Human learning: a look at the definition, levels, factors, and processes."
• Butler, Herbert W. 1997. "Education of the Mossi."
• Langdon, Margaret A. 1997. "The place of mother tongue literacy in social development in three African contexts."

Cameroon

• Spreda, Janice O. 1996. Towards a transitional model of basic education for rural women in the north west province of Cameroon.
• Tadadjeu, Maurice. 2005. "Language, literacy and education in African development: a perspective from Cameroon."  
• Trudell, Barbara Louise. 2004. The power of the local: education choices and language maintenance among the Bafut, Kom and Nso' communities of Northwest Cameroon.
• Trudell, Barbara. 2007. "Local community perspectives and language of education in sub-Saharan African communities."

Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Langdon, Margaret A. 1997. "The place of mother tongue literacy in social development in three African contexts."

Ethiopia

• Boothe, Ken and Roland Walker. 1997. "Mother tongue education in Ethiopia: From policy to implementation."
• Siebert, Ralph. 1995. "Recent developments regarding education policy and languages in the North Omo Administrative Region."

Ghana

• Langdon, Margaret A. 1997. "The place of mother tongue literacy in social development in three African contexts."

Kenya

• Trudell, Barbara. 2007. "Local community perspectives and language of education in sub-Saharan African communities."

Mali

• Canvin, Margaret. 2003. Language and education in Mali : a consideration of two approaches.
• Trudell, Barbara. 2007. "Local community perspectives and language of education in sub-Saharan African communities."

Americas

Brazil

• Murphy, Isabel I. 1992. ’And I, in my turn, will pass it on’: Indigenous education among the Kayapó Amerindians of central Brazil.
• Murphy, Isabel I. 1998. "Educação indígena kayapó: orientação para professores não-Kayapó."
• Murphy, Isabel I. 2004. "And I, in my turn, will pass it on": knowledge transmission among the Kayapó.  

Ecuador

• Waters, Ann. 1992. Curriculum para la educación de mujeres indigenas en el Ecuador.

Peru

• Davis, Patricia M. 1996. "Why might good readers stop reading?."
• Davis, Patricia M. 1996. Leer es aprender: Adquisición, retención y uso del alfabetismo entre los machiguengas de la Amazonia.  
• Davis, Patricia M. 2004. Reading is for knowing: literacy acquisition, retention and usage among the Machiguenga.  

Asia

Bangladesh

• Kosonen, Kimmo, Catherine Young and Susan Malone. 2007. Promoting literacy in multilingual settings.  

Cambodia

• Kosonen, Kimmo, Catherine Young and Susan Malone. 2007. Promoting literacy in multilingual settings.  
• Vitikainen, Ari. 2001. "The recent history of education in Cambodia."

China

• Chen, Guomei. 1990. "Educational research on preschool education in disadvantaged areas (A paper presented to the National Workshop on Educational Research in Papua New Guinea, 11-19 November 1989)."
• Kosonen, Kimmo, Catherine Young and Susan Malone. 2007. Promoting literacy in multilingual settings.  

India

• Guttman, Cynthia and Kimmo Kosonen. 1994. Within reach.
• Kosonen, Kimmo, Catherine Young and Susan Malone. 2007. Promoting literacy in multilingual settings.  
• Kosonen, Kimmo. 1998. What makes an education project work? Conditions for successful functioning of an Indian primary-level programme of nonformal education.

Indonesia

• Davis, Evelyn C. 1989. Systems approach to institutional planning: guidelines for university growth.
• Davis, Evelyn C. 1989. Systems approach to institutional planning: strategies for university development.
• Davis, Evelyn C. 1990. Pendekatan sistem dalam perencanaan institusional: panduan untuk pertumbuhan universitas.
• Grimes, Barbara Dix. 1999. "HIV/AIDS dari segi sosial-budaya."
• Kosonen, Kimmo, Catherine Young and Susan Malone. 2007. Promoting literacy in multilingual settings.  
• Stephens, Barrie. 1990. "Teaching for TOEFL: a report."

Laos

• Khamluan Sulavan,Thongpheth Kingsada and Nancy A. Costello. 1996. papheni seuksaa kaandamlong siiwid khong, phaw katuu buuhaan = hiid kaan phaalcom phalmong katuu ahoon = Katu traditional education for daily life in ancient times; laaw katuu angkid = Lao - Katu - English.

Malaysia

• Smith, Karla. 2001. "Nontraditional education among the Iranun, a Malaysian ethnic minority."

Nepal

• Kosonen, Kimmo, Catherine Young and Susan Malone. 2007. Promoting literacy in multilingual settings.  

Pakistan

• Jumani, Nabi Bux. 2003. "The social aim of education."

Philippines

• Dekker, Diane E. 1999. "Leaving home: my language or yours?."
• Dekker, P. Gregory. 1999. "First language component literacy: a bridge over troubled waters."
• Kosonen, Kimmo, Catherine Young and Susan Malone. 2007. Promoting literacy in multilingual settings.  
• Young, Catherine. 2003. "First language: a foundation for effective basic education."

Thailand

• Kosonen, Kimmo, Catherine Young and Susan Malone. 2007. Promoting literacy in multilingual settings.  

Pacific

Australia

• Kilham, Christine A. 1990. "Translation and training in Aboriginal and Islander Australia."

Papua New Guinea

• Ahai, Naihuwo. 1991. "Literacy in an emergent society."
• Atkinson, Joy. 1997. "STEP course update."
• Boush, Susan. 1997. "Training for prospective prepschool teachers."
• Dommerholt, Annie. 1993. "The Tok Ples learning to read programme we are developing."
• Eliason, James. 1990. "Review of: Papua New Guinea Journal of Education, October 1989 issue."
• Head, Rob and June Head. 2001. "Our involvement in elementary teacher training 1999-2001."
• Heath, Shirley Brice. 2001. "Ways of learning how."
• Jonduo, Willie. 1994. "Children who have gone to vernacular Tokples School stay in school longer."
• Jonduo, Willie. 1994. "How effective is teacher training for vernacular school teachers?."
• Jonduo, Willie. 1997. "Literacy issues in Papua New Guinea."
• Keruwa, Rambai. 2001. "Learning and knowing through four generations in PNG."
• Litteral, Robert L. 1978. "Language and education in Papua New Guinea."
• Litteral, Robert. 1999. "Language development in Papua New Guinea."  
• Malone, Dennis L. 1991. "Literacy and education in P.N.G.: An update."
• Malone, Dennis. 2004. The in-between people: language and culture maintenance and mother-tongue education in the highlands of Papua New Guinea.  
• Malone, Susan E., editor. 1987. Developing tokples education programmes in Papua New Guinea.
• Malone, Susan Elizabeth. 1997. Cooperation, conflict, and complementarity: a study of relationships among organizations involved in mother tongue literacy and pre-primary education in Papua New Guinea.
• McCarthy, Joy. 1995. "Vernacular elementary education."
• Meyer, Jens and Lizzie Meyer. 2006. "Starting points: ideas to get communities talking about the AIDS epidemic."
• Murane, John, editor. 1978. Language planning and grammatical typologies.
• Nagai, Yasuko and Ronah Lister. 2004. "From vernacular to English: a model of innovation from within the hearts of the indigenous teachers in Papua New Guinea."
• Nagai, Yasuko. 1997. Educational change from within: Developing a vernacular elementary school in Papua New Guinea.
• Nagai, Yasuko. 1998. "Community-based curriculum development in Papua New Guinea: a case study."
• Nagai, Yasuko. 1999. "Developing a community-based vernacular school: a case study of the Maiwala elementary school in Papua New Guinea."
• Nagai, Yasuko. 1999. "Research partnerships with local people: new approaches to research in indigenous societies."
• Nagai, Yasuko. 2000. "New approaches to university research in indigenous settings: an example from Papua New Guinea."
• Nagai, Yasuko. 2000. "Towards the maintenance of the Maiwala language: the role of a vernacular elementary school in Papua New Guinea."
• Nagai, Yasuko. 2001. "Developing assessment and evaluation strategies for vernacular elementary school classrooms: a collaborative study in Papua New Guinea."
• Nagai, Yasuko. 2001. "Vernacular education and development: dilemmas, struggles and innovations in Papua New Guinea."
• Nagai, Yasuko. 2004. "Vernacular education in Papua New Guinea: is it really effective?."
• Nakin, Lucy. 2001. "An overview of the Certificate of Elementary Teacher Training programme."
• Patton, Jack T. 1994. "The philosopher’s stone: a brief history of the Western tradition of education as it affects Papua New Guinea."
• Patton, Jack T. 1994. "Vernacular languages in primary education in Papua New Guinea: a brief historical overview."
• Patton, Jack T. 2000. "Time-line of the development of vernacular primary education in Papua New Guinea and SIL’s involvement."
• Pfantz, Daryl Alan. 1992. Educational language policy in Papua New Guinea: how far can the vernacular pre-school concept be extended?.
• Ray, Ruth. 2001. "CETT vernacular language and literacy training."
• Rempel, Robin and Joy McCarthy. 1994. "Diploma for Trainers of Elementary Teachers (DTET): Information-a compilation of writings."
• Sanders, Arden G. 1988. Learning styles in Melanesia: Toward the use and implications of Kolb’s model for national translator training.
• Sowden, Judith. 2001. "Elementary teacher education in Papua New Guinea."
• Spaulding, Craig. 1994. "Community directed development through literacy: Fact or myth?."
• Spaulding, Patricia. 1994. "Community directed curriculum development."
• Waters, Glenys, editor. 1995. A survey of vernacular education programming at the provincial level within Papua New Guinea.
• Wroge, Diane. 1990. "National workshop on educational research--Tokples preschools."