Teaching in the right context: Textbook supply program, language, and vocabulary ability in Vietnam
An ethnic gap in education is prevalent around the world. This remains the case in Vietnam, a country that has achieved phenomenal economic growth and raised the educational attainment of the public. This paper examines the impact of language policy reorientation represented by the textbook supply p...
Saved in:
Main Authors: | , , |
---|---|
Format: | text |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
2023
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/2708 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soe_research/article/3707/viewcontent/SSRN_id3939677.pdf |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Institution: | Singapore Management University |
Language: | English |
id |
sg-smu-ink.soe_research-3707 |
---|---|
record_format |
dspace |
spelling |
sg-smu-ink.soe_research-37072024-01-24T01:19:18Z Teaching in the right context: Textbook supply program, language, and vocabulary ability in Vietnam FUJII, Tomoki NAKAJIMA, Maki XU, Sijia An ethnic gap in education is prevalent around the world. This remains the case in Vietnam, a country that has achieved phenomenal economic growth and raised the educational attainment of the public. This paper examines the impact of language policy reorientation represented by the textbook supply program in Vietnam on the ethnic gap in children's learning measured by a vocabulary test. Applying difference-in-differences estimation to the Young Lives data between 2006 and 2015, we show that the program became more effective in narrowing the ethnic gap as the education policy became reoriented toward ethnic minority children. A causal mediation analysis reveals that increased study time is possibly a moderate mediator through which the language policy reorientation helped narrow the ethnic gap for the young cohort over and above the direct impact, but this was not the case for the old cohort. This paper, therefore, alludes to the importance of delivering learning materials carefully designed for the target group to bring about meaningful behavioral changes. It also underscores the importance of teaching in the right context, corroborating the findings from recent studies on teaching at the right level. 2023-05-01T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/2708 info:doi/10.1111/rode.12978 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soe_research/article/3707/viewcontent/SSRN_id3939677.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection School Of Economics eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Ethnic minority Mediation Difference in differences PPVT Vietnam Asian Studies Behavioral Economics Education |
institution |
Singapore Management University |
building |
SMU Libraries |
continent |
Asia |
country |
Singapore Singapore |
content_provider |
SMU Libraries |
collection |
InK@SMU |
language |
English |
topic |
Ethnic minority Mediation Difference in differences PPVT Vietnam Asian Studies Behavioral Economics Education |
spellingShingle |
Ethnic minority Mediation Difference in differences PPVT Vietnam Asian Studies Behavioral Economics Education FUJII, Tomoki NAKAJIMA, Maki XU, Sijia Teaching in the right context: Textbook supply program, language, and vocabulary ability in Vietnam |
description |
An ethnic gap in education is prevalent around the world. This remains the case in Vietnam, a country that has achieved phenomenal economic growth and raised the educational attainment of the public. This paper examines the impact of language policy reorientation represented by the textbook supply program in Vietnam on the ethnic gap in children's learning measured by a vocabulary test. Applying difference-in-differences estimation to the Young Lives data between 2006 and 2015, we show that the program became more effective in narrowing the ethnic gap as the education policy became reoriented toward ethnic minority children. A causal mediation analysis reveals that increased study time is possibly a moderate mediator through which the language policy reorientation helped narrow the ethnic gap for the young cohort over and above the direct impact, but this was not the case for the old cohort. This paper, therefore, alludes to the importance of delivering learning materials carefully designed for the target group to bring about meaningful behavioral changes. It also underscores the importance of teaching in the right context, corroborating the findings from recent studies on teaching at the right level. |
format |
text |
author |
FUJII, Tomoki NAKAJIMA, Maki XU, Sijia |
author_facet |
FUJII, Tomoki NAKAJIMA, Maki XU, Sijia |
author_sort |
FUJII, Tomoki |
title |
Teaching in the right context: Textbook supply program, language, and vocabulary ability in Vietnam |
title_short |
Teaching in the right context: Textbook supply program, language, and vocabulary ability in Vietnam |
title_full |
Teaching in the right context: Textbook supply program, language, and vocabulary ability in Vietnam |
title_fullStr |
Teaching in the right context: Textbook supply program, language, and vocabulary ability in Vietnam |
title_full_unstemmed |
Teaching in the right context: Textbook supply program, language, and vocabulary ability in Vietnam |
title_sort |
teaching in the right context: textbook supply program, language, and vocabulary ability in vietnam |
publisher |
Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University |
publishDate |
2023 |
url |
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/2708 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soe_research/article/3707/viewcontent/SSRN_id3939677.pdf |
_version_ |
1789483269510660096 |