Browsing by Author "Halai, Anjum"

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    Implementing Language-in- Education Policy in Multilingual Mathematics Classrooms: Pedagogical Implications
    (2013) Halai, Anjum; Karuku, Simon
    In this paper, we examine selected literature on classroom-based research to understand how students and teachers (re)negotiate the language of interaction in a mathematics classroom when the official medium of instruction is different from the students’ dominant language. We identify the tensions and dilemmas associated with the implementation of language-in-education policy in selected postcolonial Anglophone countries where English is used as a medium of instruction at various stages of formal schooling. We also examine the pedagogical implications of these tensions and dilemmas, paying particular attention to emerging issues of code-switching, translation and ‘safe’ use of language.
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    Issues for quality enhancement and harmonization of education in East Africa.
    (Springer Link, 2016-03) Mohamed, Mussa; Karuku, Simon; Halai, Anjum
    This chapter provides a description of the historical and political development of the current mass education system in East Africa. It goes on to provide a comparative analysis of the structure of the school education system in the East African countries, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. Finally, on the basis of the historical and comparative analysis of the education system the chapter raises questions for harmonization of the education system in the partner states in the East African Community.