Publications

Publication details [#41636]

Nagai, Yasuko. 1999. Developing a Community-based Vernacular School: A Case Study of the Maiwala Elementary School in Papua New Guinea. Language & Education 13 (3) : 194–206.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

education | instructing1 | primary school | vernacular

Language as a subject

Languages, Papuan

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This paper discusses how indigenous people of Papua New Guinea themselves (and not expatriates) were encouraged via the process of Participatory Action Research to take on an active role in the development of a community-based vernacular school.