I am a graduate student at University of Hawaii- Manoa working on an action research project. This blog will follow my journey as I gather data.
How this all started???
The topic that I am looking at
exploring is how sharing storybooks with children in Uganda effect
their interest in reading and their pre-literacy skills.
Uganda is an
oral culture with their stories being shared verbally. When I was in
the village visiting in March, it caught my attention how interested
Hannington (a 50 year old Ugandan father of five) was on a child's
storybook. When I inquired about books within the village, they just
don't have them due to cost.
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| Hannington |
Due to moving down to Uganda for the
next year this topic is relevant to me as I love books. From a very
young age I was always seen with books so it is something that I am
interested in because of my passion for the written word. As an
early educator I find storybooks a vital part of how children are
taught and I think that the findings of the research will be
beneficial not only to me but my Ugandan staff as well as teachers in
the Western culture.
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