4/21 Translation matters: protocols and practices for book production in low-income and remote communities.
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by matt
4M ago
When delivering children’s books and educational resources into low-income and remote environments experiencing resource poverty, questions around how best to translate a text have a unique relevance. Emerging readers in these communities already often experience linguistic complexity, such as a disconnect between their mother tongue and the national language of education instruction. Introducing poorly translated materials into the literacy education of someone who is already struggling with basic language decoding does little to improve their capacity to learn. So, what does a ‘good’ transla ..read more
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2/21 Mirrors, Mentors and Mother Tongues: Why cultural relevance matters.
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by Cadence.dev
4M ago
Resource limitations are a barrier to learning in low-income and remote communities. Response initiatives therefore often prioritise getting large quantities of reading material into the hands of those in need. However, volume of reading materials alone will not effectively address the challenge; the books reaching children must also speak to their experience of the world. This paper surveys current thinking across academic and NGO research activities in support of Library For All’s approach to maintaining a diverse and culturally relevant library in response to program community needs. LFA W ..read more
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6/21 Accessibility and inclusivity in remote and low-income reader communities
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by matt
4M ago
Accessibility has long been viewed as an admirable goal for book creators, but adaptation — such as converting to a Braille edition, for example — is laborious and costly, and many conversion projects survive only on tenuous funding. As ever, this raises specific concerns for remote and low-income environments. In addition to obvious questions around funding and technology, there are important considerations around the conditions into which books are delivered. This paper surveys examines recent developments in technology and publishing formats, and highlights some of the ethical and pedagogic ..read more
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5/21 Are the reading wars relevant in remote and low-income reader communities?
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by matt
4M ago
Learning to read, and developing a lifelong engagement with reading, requires access to quality reading material, and plenty of it. Historically, there has been heated debate around what are the optimal approaches and texts to develop literacy in young readers. This discussion is so divisive it is commonly referred to as the ‘reading wars’, pitting systematic educational texts against less structured, creative varieties of books for early readers. This paper takes a fresh look at the ‘reading wars’, interrogating current thinking on the types of reading materials required for literacy improvem ..read more
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3/21 How many books make a library? The question of quantity in a library for emerging readers.
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by Cadence.dev
4M ago
Supporting children on an education journey that goes beyond the mechanics of literacy towards a holistic ability to learn and be interested in learning is best facilitated by providing a rich supply of reading and education resources. Funding limitations, however, along with considerations such as storage and transportation of books and educational resources, mean that large, well-resourced, varied libraries are extremely challenging to deliver and maintain in low-income communities. If new readers are expected to push beyond early literacy towards a long-term interest in learning, they need ..read more
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Christmas Appeal – Library for All
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by Daniel Dawson
2y ago
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