Literacy, Culture, and Development: Becoming Literate in Morocco.

Abstract

Preface 1. Domains, questions and directions 2. Language and literacy in Morocco 3. The cultural context of schooling 4. Doing fieldwork in Morocco 5. Learning to read in Arabic 6. Social factors in literacy acquisition 7. Beliefs and literacy 8. Learning to read in a second language and second literacy 9. Functional literacy: school learning and everyday skills 10. School dropout and literacy retention: out of school, out of mind? 11. Literacy and poverty 12. Linking research and policy 13. Becoming literate: concluding thoughts Photo-essay on literacy in Morocco References Appendices.