Summary of publication

Developing a community approach to supporting literacy for preschoolers in Fiji is an Australian Development Research Awards Scheme (ADRAS) research project, awarded under the last ADRAS round in 2012. A research team from the University of South Australia undertook the project from April 2013 – September 2016.

This ADRAS Project set out to investigate and develop sustainable whole community approaches to fostering preschool children's literacies in their home languages and English. The research found that:

• Establishing and maintaining strong and appropriate partnerships is critical to ensuring sustainability of whole community approaches for fostering children's literacy.
• Building local capacity through participatory action research fosters sustainability.
• Developing sustainable community approaches needs to be guided by principles embedded in the context in which the work is being done (relevant to everyday lives, culturally appropriate, affordable etc.).

Full publication

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  Policy Brief: Developing a community approach to supporting literacy for preschoolers in Fiji [Word 422 KB]
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  Policy Brief: Developing a community approach to supporting literacy for preschoolers in Fiji [PDF 778 KB]

• Research Brief: Developing a community approach to supporting literacy for preschoolers in Fiji [Word 21 KB]
• Research Brief: Developing a community approach to supporting literacy for preschoolers in Fiji [PDF 429 KB]