The main aim is to give a synopsis of the articles which were the outcomes of the first of three phases of an international collaborative research project between a university in South Africa and a university in China. The overall theme of the project was:Literacy development in pri⁃mary schools. Firstly,an introduction,including the benefits and challenges of the international re⁃search project collaboration based on reports in literature,is discussed. Secondly,the background of the South Africa⁃China project and its three phases is described. Thirdly,the literacy development in primary schools in South Africa is discussed. Lastly,a synopsis of the South African team’s em⁃pirical findings providing overviews of literacy development within the early childhood sector in ur⁃ban and rural education in South Africa is presented. These overviews ( together with two remaining overviews not included in this article) serve as a point of departure for the second phase in the re⁃search project.
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