The main aim is to give a synopsis of the articles which were the first of three phases of an international collaborative research project betweAfrica and a university in China.The overall theme of the project was:Lit...The main aim is to give a synopsis of the articles which were the first of three phases of an international collaborative research project betweAfrica and a university in China.The overall theme of the project was:Literacy development in mary schools.Firstly,an introduction,including the benefits and challenges of the intesearch project collaboration based on reports in literature,is discussed.Secondly,the background othe South Africa-China project and its three phases is described.Thirdly,the literacy developmin primary schools in South Africa is discussed.Lastly,a synopsis of the South African tea’s em-pirical findings providing overviews of literacy development within the early ban and rural education in South Africa is presented.These overviews(together with two remaioverviews not included in this article)serve as a point of departure for the second phasearch project.展开更多
文摘The main aim is to give a synopsis of the articles which were the first of three phases of an international collaborative research project betweAfrica and a university in China.The overall theme of the project was:Literacy development in mary schools.Firstly,an introduction,including the benefits and challenges of the intesearch project collaboration based on reports in literature,is discussed.Secondly,the background othe South Africa-China project and its three phases is described.Thirdly,the literacy developmin primary schools in South Africa is discussed.Lastly,a synopsis of the South African tea’s em-pirical findings providing overviews of literacy development within the early ban and rural education in South Africa is presented.These overviews(together with two remaioverviews not included in this article)serve as a point of departure for the second phasearch project.