Volume 23, Number 1 (January 1997)

Originally published as:   Notes on Literacy. Volume 23, Number 1 (January 1997). Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics. © 1997 Summer Institute of Linguistics, Inc.

Complete Table of Contents

Community-based literacy, Burkina Faso: Final evaluation report ¹, by Steve Walter

An overview of the project

Relevant facts about Burkina Faso

The literacy situation in Burkina Faso

Structure and methodology of the current project

The basic literacy cycle

Program levels

Local sponsoring committees and commissions

Materials and curriculum

Teacher selection and training

Supervision

Evaluation

2. Procedure of the evaluation

Evaluation paradigm

Evaluation model

Evaluational activities

Preliminary presentation of findings

3. Project goals and objectives

Statement of goals and objectives

Appropriateness of project goals and objectives

Project results relative to specific objectives

Comments on the project results in the table

Project results relative to general program objectives

4. General evaluative assessments

Significant findings

Notable strengths of the project

Specific problems identified

Project design

Project administration and management

5. Cost and cost effectiveness

6. Recommendations

General recommendations

Project-specific technical recommendations

Recommendations to SIL

Recommendation to potential donors

7. The issue of mother tongue education in Burkina Faso

The argument for mother tongue education

Conclusion

8. Literacy and development: The case of swidden agriculturists in an overextended ecosystem

Introduction

Literacy and development in Burkina Faso

Back Matter

Appendix 1

Terms of reference

Appendix 2

Appendix 3

List of agencies referenced in the report

References

Review: The acquisition of a second writing system, by Peter Unseth

Review: Appropriate methodology and social context, by Deborah A. Clifton