Use teacher PD targeting pedagogical content knowledge, research-based practices, and print environments to improve early literacy instruction quality in low-resource countries¶

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Evidence · no claims cited

Description¶

The article draws implications for improving the quality of early literacy instruction in the least developed countries from its Rwanda trial results. It states: "We discuss implications for improving the quality of early literacy instruction in the least developed countries." The strategy is to invest in teacher professional development that builds early literacy pedagogical content knowledge, promotes research-based pedagogical practices, and enriches classroom print environments, since these outcomes showed significant improvement in the trial.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• A PD program addressing teachers' early literacy pedagogical content knowledge, classroom pedagogical practices, and classroom print environments

Constraints¶

• Evidence comes from a rural Rwanda context; observed classroom practice differences were not statistically significant

Target Learners¶

• Early-grade students and teachers in least developed countries

Target Learning Goals¶

• Early literacy instruction quality and reading skills

Related Strategies¶

• Literacy Rich Environment

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Angela Johnson, Catherine Galloway, Elliot Friedlander, Claude Goldenberg. (2019). Advancing educational quality in Rwanda: Improving teachers' literacy pedagogy and print environments. International Journal of Educational Research 98, 134-145. https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/international-journal-of-educational-research