Margaret Leighton
Biographic Data
| ID | 6454609 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Margaret Leighton |
| GIVEN NAMES | Margaret |
| FAMILY NAME | Leighton |
| SIGNATURE | LEIGHTON M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of St Andrews |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3270-1269 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Teachers on the Move
The move to remote learning during Covid-19 school closures left children who had no access to e-learning infrastructure without options to continue their education. In this paper we present evidence from a large-scale para-teacher intervention which brought learning resources to the homes of children cut-off by school closures. Over the 6.5 months of intervention, children enrolled in the intervention saw an average increase in test scores of 1.…
Fostering early childhood development in low-resource communities
Group-based parent training programmes present an affordable means to influence the early experiences of children at scale. This paper reports evidence on the effectiveness of a practice-led intervention piloted in rural Tanzania evaluated through a matched control study design. The core of the programme is an 8–10 week caregiver training course led by local facilitators, built around early stimulation and nurturing care. After two years of imple…
Mother tongue reading materials as a bridge to literacy
Children whose mother tongue is different from the language of instruction at school face additional challenges developing literacy skills. One approach to this favours immersion in the language of instruction, while another favours a transitional period of bilingual education. This paper evaluates the impact of a primary school literacy intervention. In addition to multi-faceted literacy support, the programme included a component of transitiona…
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Mother tongue reading materials as a bridge to literacy
Children whose mother tongue is different from the language of instruction at school face additional challenges developing literacy skills. One approach to this favours immersion in the language of instruction, while another favours a transitional period of bilingual education. This paper evaluates the impact of a primary school literacy intervention. In addition to multi-faceted literacy support, the programme included a component of transitiona…
Fostering early childhood development in low-resource communities
Group-based parent training programmes present an affordable means to influence the early experiences of children at scale. This paper reports evidence on the effectiveness of a practice-led intervention piloted in rural Tanzania evaluated through a matched control study design. The core of the programme is an 8–10 week caregiver training course led by local facilitators, built around early stimulation and nurturing care. After two years of imple…
Teachers on the Move
The move to remote learning during Covid-19 school closures left children who had no access to e-learning infrastructure without options to continue their education. In this paper we present evidence from a large-scale para-teacher intervention which brought learning resources to the homes of children cut-off by school closures. Over the 6.5 months of intervention, children enrolled in the intervention saw an average increase in test scores of 1.…
Psychology (3 works) · Geography (2 works) · Mathematics education (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Nursing (2 works) · Baseline (sea) (1 works) · Bilingual education (1 works) · Child development (1 works) · Developmental psychology (1 works) · Early childhood (1 works)