Papers by Shirley Kelly
The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, 2010
Abstract: Botswana, a prosperous stable democracy in southern Africa is at a cross road. The Gree... more Abstract: Botswana, a prosperous stable democracy in southern Africa is at a cross road. The Green Movement demands that it promote sustainable development while curtailing an increasingly high HIV infection rate that leaves many of its children parentless, Batswanas with a sense of hopelessness, strained human and financial resources from high death rates, and expensive universal retroviral drug
programs. Botswana’s children are burdened with emotional scars from AIDS and some have no hope of enjoying the prosperity of their homeland so they drop out of school. Such a waste of future human capital is counterproductive when Botswana depends on foreign human, managerial, agricultural and other technical expertise. Dependence on highly paid foreigners has led to resentment among Batswana’s
poor (over 50% of the population) and contradicts Botswana's quest for sustainable development. Resentment may become a destabilizing force and needs to be addressed in a manner that is best for the country and its people. Botswana needs to redesign and deliver social institutions,policies, and programs that will safeguard its children and its future.
Education Review, 2011
Handbook of Child Development and Early Education: Research to Practice
fills the void for a ... more Handbook of Child Development and Early Education: Research to Practice
fills the void for a compilation of empirically validated early learning classroom practices which take into account the individual needs of developing children. The scholarly collection is contained within 624 pages and twenty-six chapters. The chapters are grouped into six distinct but interrelated parts: (i) Development and Early Education, (ii) Brain Functioning and Learning, (iii) Social and Emotional Development, (iv) Language and Literacy, (v) Mathematics and Science and (vi) a concluding chapter. Although the chapters are interrelated, each one is self-contained with its own theoretical framework for understanding early learning and development from a socio-cognitive perspective.
Book Reviews by Shirley Kelly
Education Review, 2013
This is a book review of Virginia LoCastro’s book "Pragmatics for Language Educators: A Socioling... more This is a book review of Virginia LoCastro’s book "Pragmatics for Language Educators: A Sociolinguistic Perspective". The book is one of 40 titles in the ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional Series published by Routledge. Her sociolinguistic
perspective is not entirely new in language education.She highlights how
social context and social interactions at home, school,
and the community are instrumental in the development of language and literacy skills in children (Peregoy & Boyle 2001; Wells 2009; and Cook
& Cook 2009). However, the term pragmatics has been
largely left out of the discourse in the training of
elementary pre-service teachers. This omission is what
makes LoCastro’s book a valuable contribution to the
education of teachers about language and literacy
development
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programs. Botswana’s children are burdened with emotional scars from AIDS and some have no hope of enjoying the prosperity of their homeland so they drop out of school. Such a waste of future human capital is counterproductive when Botswana depends on foreign human, managerial, agricultural and other technical expertise. Dependence on highly paid foreigners has led to resentment among Batswana’s
poor (over 50% of the population) and contradicts Botswana's quest for sustainable development. Resentment may become a destabilizing force and needs to be addressed in a manner that is best for the country and its people. Botswana needs to redesign and deliver social institutions,policies, and programs that will safeguard its children and its future.
fills the void for a compilation of empirically validated early learning classroom practices which take into account the individual needs of developing children. The scholarly collection is contained within 624 pages and twenty-six chapters. The chapters are grouped into six distinct but interrelated parts: (i) Development and Early Education, (ii) Brain Functioning and Learning, (iii) Social and Emotional Development, (iv) Language and Literacy, (v) Mathematics and Science and (vi) a concluding chapter. Although the chapters are interrelated, each one is self-contained with its own theoretical framework for understanding early learning and development from a socio-cognitive perspective.
Book Reviews by Shirley Kelly
perspective is not entirely new in language education.She highlights how
social context and social interactions at home, school,
and the community are instrumental in the development of language and literacy skills in children (Peregoy & Boyle 2001; Wells 2009; and Cook
& Cook 2009). However, the term pragmatics has been
largely left out of the discourse in the training of
elementary pre-service teachers. This omission is what
makes LoCastro’s book a valuable contribution to the
education of teachers about language and literacy
development
programs. Botswana’s children are burdened with emotional scars from AIDS and some have no hope of enjoying the prosperity of their homeland so they drop out of school. Such a waste of future human capital is counterproductive when Botswana depends on foreign human, managerial, agricultural and other technical expertise. Dependence on highly paid foreigners has led to resentment among Batswana’s
poor (over 50% of the population) and contradicts Botswana's quest for sustainable development. Resentment may become a destabilizing force and needs to be addressed in a manner that is best for the country and its people. Botswana needs to redesign and deliver social institutions,policies, and programs that will safeguard its children and its future.
fills the void for a compilation of empirically validated early learning classroom practices which take into account the individual needs of developing children. The scholarly collection is contained within 624 pages and twenty-six chapters. The chapters are grouped into six distinct but interrelated parts: (i) Development and Early Education, (ii) Brain Functioning and Learning, (iii) Social and Emotional Development, (iv) Language and Literacy, (v) Mathematics and Science and (vi) a concluding chapter. Although the chapters are interrelated, each one is self-contained with its own theoretical framework for understanding early learning and development from a socio-cognitive perspective.
perspective is not entirely new in language education.She highlights how
social context and social interactions at home, school,
and the community are instrumental in the development of language and literacy skills in children (Peregoy & Boyle 2001; Wells 2009; and Cook
& Cook 2009). However, the term pragmatics has been
largely left out of the discourse in the training of
elementary pre-service teachers. This omission is what
makes LoCastro’s book a valuable contribution to the
education of teachers about language and literacy
development