Education/News/August 2022/An adapted Module teacher’s guide in Yoruba and English about Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom in Nigeria is now available on Commons
An adapted Module teacher’s guide in Yoruba and English about Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom in Nigeria is now available on Commons
Kwara State is one of the 36th states in Nigeria, and the ninth largest in area with an estimated population of about 3.2 million as of 2016 according to the National Bureau of Statistics, Nigeria. It is located in the North-Central geo-political zone and is populated by Yoruba-speaking people.
As the first state of implementation for the reading Wikipedia in the Classroom Program in Nigeria, we made a curriculum localization of the course module into Yoruba with an adaptation of module one (1) which talks about accessing information in the English language. The adapted English Module 1 to 3 which talks about accessing, evaluating, and creating information incorporates a new cover page with Nigeria boldly written on it. The English and Yoruba localized curriculum includes an acknowledgment page that expressed appreciation to stakeholders in Nigeria who were part of the project planning; Mrs. Olani Olabimpe (Head of Branch, National Library of Nigeria Kwara State) Mr. Taiye Odedeji (Desk Officer UNESCO Asp-Net Schools in Kwara State), Mrs. Juliet Emielu (Resource Person), Blessing Linason and Rhoda James (Co-trainers); Oluwaseyi Ogbonlaiye (Communication Expert); Olatunde Praise Akora ( Yoruba Translator) and Mr. Olatunde Rufai (Graphics, Adaptor, and Printer).
The English Module 1 specifically incorporated new images of YouTube videos in the 1.6 section of the course content which showcases a popular child comedienne, the Wikimedia Nigerian Board of directors, and a Veteran Nollywood Actor sharing their motivation on why and who writes Wikipedia? The video showcases a feature of Mr. Olushola Olaniyan, Board of Directors, Wikimedia User Group Nigeria, featured on a popular TV programme One on One, Emmanuella of the famous Mark Angel Comedy, featured in a video explaining a term found on Wikipedia, and a Veteran Nollywood actor, Pete Edochie, featured in a short drama showing the impact of Wikipedia in an adult education class in Nigeria.
The Yoruba course guide for teachers is divided into 3 modules; Modulu Kinni, Modulu Keji, and Modulu Keeta which are bonded together into a single booklet. The module localized different sections of the course contents and incorporated screenshots of the Yoruba Wikipedia page to illustrate some areas of the curriculum content e.g. 1. 8 Navigating Wikipedia uses Samuel Ladoke Akintola’s article page to explore how to search, how to see other language versions of an article, how to explore categories, and how to open links within an article. For more details about the project resource, kindly visit the resource and video or report section of the program meta page.