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This chapter examines the culturally contingent roles of parents in the organization and operation of public schools (called “government schools”) in Tanzania. Specifically, it explores a recently introduced English-language primary school program, proposed and initiated by U.S. Protestant missionaries working in Tanzania, and several Tanzanian parents’ reactions to this program.
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Stambach, A. (2003). World-Cultural and Anthropological Interpretations of “Choice Programming” in Tanzania. In: Anderson-Levitt, K.M. (eds) Local Meanings, Global Schooling. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403980359_7
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