Our recent study, published in the Journal for Multicultural Education, found that primary school students in Ghana performed significantly better in scientific reasoning when tested in Twi – their native language – rather than English. Key findings: 🧩 Language of assessment was the strongest predictor of reasoning skills. 🏫 Students assessed in Twi outperformed theirContinue reading “Language of Assessment Matters: New Evidence from Ghana 🇬🇭”
Author Archives: Edwin Nii Bonney
New Edited Book
Book Reviews An “improvement movement” is afoot in education, in the United States and around the world. This movement empowers local teachers, leaders, family members, and community advocates to use rigorous approaches to local innovation to address local educational opportunities, needs, and problems. Improvement Science in the Field gives voice to these local change agents, makes their practice visible to others, and providesContinue reading “New Edited Book”
Dad, how do you say dimples in Gā?
During the pandemic my son, Teddy, and I bought a Gā language dictionary. He had started to ask me random questions about how to say certain English words in my native language -Gā. His questions reminded me of my time as a Spanish instructor during my master’s degree program where my students used the phraseContinue reading “Dad, how do you say dimples in Gā?”
Decolonization begins with me
I identify as Ga from the Ga ethnic group of Ghana. Throughout my education, I have loved languages and cultures and what they represented and still do. Ghana was a British colony from the 1850s to 1957 and with colonization came a creation, validation, and a reinforcement of English linguistic imperialism in the country whichContinue reading “Decolonization begins with me”
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