caa a22 4500 606210555 CHVBK 20210128101034.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11125-015-9341-6 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11125-015-9341-6 Babaci-Wilhite Zehlia Graduate School of Education, University of California, Berkeley, 5647 Tolman Hall, 94720-1670, Berkeley, CA, USA aut Zanzibar's curriculum reform: Implications for children's educational rights [Elektronische Daten] [Zehlia Babaci-Wilhite] This article explores recent developments in linguistic choices in education in Zanzibar and examines the arguments for using local languages of instruction (LoI) as a right. The article's analysis is based on a study of a curriculum change in Zanzibar in which English replaced Kiswahili as the LoI in the last two years of primary school in mathematics and science subjects. The article reviews theory and practices regarding the consequences of LoI for quality education and its implications for human rights in education. The methods included several field visits, observations in classrooms, and interviews in order to address both the reasons behind the curriculum change and its consequences. The conclusion is that expanding the use of English in primary school will reduce the quality of teaching and learning; from the perspective of a rights-based approach, this violates the educational rights of Zanzibari children. UNESCO IBE, 2015 Language of instruction nationallicence Curriculum reform nationallicence Rights in education nationallicence Science nationallicence Mathematics nationallicence Zanzibar nationallicence Tanzania nationallicence PROSPECTS Springer Netherlands 45/2(2015-06-01), 181-195 0033-1538 45:2<181 2015 45 11125 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11125-015-9341-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11125-015-9341-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Babaci-Wilhite Zehlia Graduate School of Education, University of California, Berkeley, 5647 Tolman Hall, 94720-1670, Berkeley, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- PROSPECTS Springer Netherlands 45/2(2015-06-01), 181-195 0033-1538 45:2<181 2015 45 11125