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Developing Science, Mathematics, and ICT Education in Sub-Saharan Africa

Author : Wout Ottevanger
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 0821370715
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (213 download)

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Book Synopsis Developing Science, Mathematics, and ICT Education in Sub-Saharan Africa by : Wout Ottevanger

Download or read book Developing Science, Mathematics, and ICT Education in Sub-Saharan Africa written by Wout Ottevanger and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Developing Science, Mathematics and ICT (SMICT) in Secondary Education is based on country studies from ten Sub-Saharan African countries: Botswana, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Uganda, Tanzania and Zimbabwe, and a literature review. It reveals a number of huge challenges in SMICT education in sub-Saharan Africa: poorly-resourced schools; large classes; a curriculum hardly relevant to the daily lives of students; a lack of qualified teachers; and inadequate teacher education programs. Through examining country case studies, this paper discusses the lessons for improvement of SMICT in secondary education in Africa.

Some Developments in Research in Science and Mathematics in Sub-Saharan Africa

Author : Lorna Holtman
Publisher : African Minds
ISBN 13 : 1920299297
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (22 download)

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Book Synopsis Some Developments in Research in Science and Mathematics in Sub-Saharan Africa by : Lorna Holtman

Download or read book Some Developments in Research in Science and Mathematics in Sub-Saharan Africa written by Lorna Holtman and published by African Minds. This book was released on 2008 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much attention in late-developing countries is given to providing access to studies which allow school leavers to enter science and technology-related careers. This book reviews research related to the crucial dimension of epistemological access to the disciplines of import, which students need as much as institutional access in order to improve their chances of success. A significant feature of this collection's research studies is that their empirical bases are highly localised, covering areas such as research methods, access, curriculum, instruction and assessment, and the relevance of science and mathematics education in Zimbabwe, Uganda, Swaziland, South Africa, Namibia, Malawi, Ghana and Lesotho. It is the outcome of a doctoral research capacity-development project, the Graduate Studies in Science, Mathematics and Technology Education (GRASSMATE).

At the Crossroads

Author : Adriaan Verspoor
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 0821371142
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (213 download)

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Download or read book At the Crossroads written by Adriaan Verspoor and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expanded access to and improved quality of secondary education in Sub-Saharan Africa are key ingredients for economic growth in the region This Secondary Education in Africa (SEIA) synthesis report makes this point by bringing together a significant volume of analytical work sponsored by the World Bank and by many African and international partners. 'At the Crossroads: Choices for Secondary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa' argues the case for broad and equitable access for a basic education cycle of 8 to 10 years, as well as for expanded education and training opportunities. This book provides a timely resource on good practices and potential solutions for developing and sustaining high quality secondary education systems in Africa. It includes the main elements of a roadmap to improve Africa's secondary education systems' response to the demands of growing economies and rapidly changing societies.

The World of Science Education

Author : Femi S. Otulaja
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9463510893
Total Pages : 10 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (635 download)

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Download or read book The World of Science Education written by Femi S. Otulaja and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each volume in the 7-volume series The World of Science Education reviews research in a key region of the world. These regions include North America, South and Latin America, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Europe and Israel, North Africa and the Middle East, and Sub-Saharan Africa. The focus of this Handbook is on research in science education in mostly former British colonies in Sub-Saharan Africa and the scholarship that most closely support this program. The reviews of the research situate what has been accomplished within a given field in Sub-Saharan Africa rather than an international context. The purpose therefore is to articulate and exhibit regional networks and trends that produced specific forms of science education. The thrust lies in identifying the roots of research programs and sketching trajectories – focusing the changing façade of problems and solutions within regional contexts. The approach allows readers to review what has been done and accomplished, what is missing and what might be done next.

Sub-Saharan African Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Research

Author : Andreas Blom
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781464807008
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Sub-Saharan African Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Research written by Andreas Blom and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyzes Africa's current performance in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) research, as well as future trends. It looks at Africa's research performance over a decade, what it means for the continent's development and how it can benefit the growing number of young people who leave university each year looking for jobs. The book focuses on research output and citation impact, important indicators of the strength of a region's research enterprise. These indicators are correlated with the region's long-term development and important drivers of economic success. Moreover, research is a key ingredient for quality higher education. The research performance of these regions is compared to that of South Africa, Malaysia, and Vietnam; the latter two countries had a comparable research base to the SSA regions at the beginning of the period of analysis.

Mathematics Education in East Africa

Author : Anjum Halai
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319272586
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (192 download)

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Download or read book Mathematics Education in East Africa written by Anjum Halai and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-03-08 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *THIS BOOK WILL SOON BE AVAILABLE AS OPEN ACCESS BOOK* This book is a valuable resource for policymakers and practitioners as it brings insights mainly from developing countries where relatively less research activity takes place. It is also a valuable resource for courses in mathematics education in the teacher education colleges, and departments of education in the sub-Saharan Africa region. In the increasingly global and technological world mathematics is seen as a significant gatekeeper of opportunities for social and economic advancement and mobility. Hence, countries and development agencies in the broader sub-Saharan Africa region are looking towards increasing access to relevant and high-quality secondary education as a lever towards economic development. Policy makers and other key decision makers in education look towards improvement in mathematics teaching and learning as a key focus in education reform. In the East Africa region also a number of initiatives have been taken at the national level in the respective countries to improve the quality of mathematics education. This book provides an in-depth comparative analysis of the developments and issues in mathematics education in Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda, and advances our understanding of the state of secondary mathematics education in East Africa.

Curricula, Examinations, and Assessment in Secondary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa

Author : World Bank
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780821373491
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (734 download)

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Book Synopsis Curricula, Examinations, and Assessment in Secondary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa by : World Bank

Download or read book Curricula, Examinations, and Assessment in Secondary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa written by World Bank and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2008-02-15 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Economic and social changes, fast evolution of technology, and the growing importance of Internet services and international communications--all these require secondary education providers to adapt what is taught and learned in schools. However, in Africa the content of secondary curricula is in most cases ill-adapted to 21st century challenges, where young people are mobile, have access to 'more and instant information,' and face health threats such as HIV/AIDS. In addition, implementation problems exist, and the time for instruction is often much less then what is required by the prescribed secondary curriculum. In Africa there is a need to develop a secondary education curriculum adapted to the local economic and social environment, but with international-comparable performance indicators. This study analyzes that challenge: the quality of curricula and assessment, and their development processes in secondary education in Africa against the background of existing contexts, conditions, and ambitions on the one hand and current pedagogical thinking on the other. This World Bank Working Paper was prepared as part of the Secondary Education and Training in Africa (SEIA) initiative which aims to assist countries to develop sustainable strategies for expansion and quality improvements in secondary education and training.

Teacher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa

Author : Rosarii Griffin
Publisher : Symposium Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1873927363
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (739 download)

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Download or read book Teacher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa written by Rosarii Griffin and published by Symposium Books Ltd. This book was released on 2012-05-14 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the drive to achieve universal primary education as one of the Millennium Development Goals, there is an increasing recognition of the urgency of focusing on teacher education to both meet the demand for more than one million qualified teachers required to achieve this goal within sub-Saharan Africa, as well as to combat the sometimes poor quality educational experience reported in the school. Currently, approximately only one third of teachers are qualified to teach. This dearth in qualified teachers also means that secondary and tertiary education need to be improved upon to provide an educated cohort of graduates. This in turn will ensure that the quality of teacher trained and retained within the profession is of a sufficiently high standard to ensure sustainable progress. This volume focuses on the various aspects of teacher education which need to be addressed in order for the wider Millennium Goals to be achieved, but more importantly, so that each African child living within sub-Saharan Africa will have the right to a quality education: ensuring they too experience their right and entitlement as children to reach their full potential - often taken for granted in Western countries – giving African children the necessary tools to build a better future for themselves. Of particular interest to the education researcher and policy maker, this volume’s contributors look at the various issues and challenges around the teacher profession, particularly in relation to resources and practices within sub-Saharan Africa. The contributors examine the issue of building research capacity for educational research within teacher education Colleges and explore the concept of education for sustainable development with the view to improving the development of quality teacher education within the global South. In this volume, research reports are presented highlighting the various challenges within the structure and provision of teacher education within certain national contexts, including assessment and curricula issues, which need to be addressed. This volume goes from the global to the local and examines teacher educator teaching, learning and reflective practice issues within different contexts, as well as exploring alternative pre-service experiences for western teachers who wish to work within the sub-Saharan context as well as some teacher educator exchange programmes between the South and North. Case countries explored include Lesotho, South Africa, Mozambique, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Madagascar, to mention but a few. Of particular value to the education researcher and policy maker, this book provides a timely resource focusing on an area of neglect, highlighting the central role of the teacher and teacher education towards sustainable development within the sub-Saharan African context.

International Encyclopedia of Education

Author :
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0080448941
Total Pages : 6964 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book International Encyclopedia of Education written by and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2009-04-17 with total page 6964 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The field of education has experienced extraordinary technological, societal, and institutional change in recent years, making it one of the most fascinating yet complex fields of study in social science. Unequalled in its combination of authoritative scholarship and comprehensive coverage, International Encyclopedia of Education, Third Edition succeeds two highly successful previous editions (1985, 1994) in aiming to encapsulate research in this vibrant field for the twenty-first century reader. Under development for five years, this work encompasses over 1,000 articles across 24 individual areas of coverage, and is expected to become the dominant resource in the field. Education is a multidisciplinary and international field drawing on a wide range of social sciences and humanities disciplines, and this new edition comprehensively matches this diversity. The diverse background and multidisciplinary subject coverage of the Editorial Board ensure a balanced and objective academic framework, with 1,500 contributors representing over 100 countries, capturing a complete portrait of this evolving field. A totally new work, revamped with a wholly new editorial board, structure and brand-new list of meta-sections and articles Developed by an international panel of editors and authors drawn from senior academia Web-enhanced with supplementary multimedia audio and video files, hotlinked to relevant references and sources for further study Incorporates ca. 1,350 articles, with timely coverage of such topics as technology and learning, demography and social change, globalization, and adult learning, to name a few Offers two content delivery options - print and online - the latter of which provides anytime, anywhere access for multiple users and superior search functionality via ScienceDirect, as well as multimedia content, including audio and video files

Strategies for Sustainable Financing of Secondary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa

Author : Keith M. Lewin
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780821371169
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (711 download)

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Download or read book Strategies for Sustainable Financing of Secondary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa written by Keith M. Lewin and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2008-02-27 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investment in secondary schooling in Sub-Saharan Africa has been neglected since the World Conference on Education for All at Jomtien. The World Education Forum at Dakar began to recognize the growing importance of post-primary schooling for development. Only 25 percent of school-age children attend secondary school in the region--and fewer complete successfully, having consequences for gender equity, poverty reduction, and economic growth. As universal primary schooling becomes a reality, demand for secondary schools is increasing rapidly. Gaps between the educational levels of the labor force in Sub-Saharan Africa and other regions remain large. Girls are more often excluded from secondary schools than boys. Secondary schooling costs are high to both governments and households. This study explores how access to secondary education can be increased. Radical reforms are needed in low-enrollment countries to make secondary schooling more affordable and to provide more access to the majority currently excluded. The report identifies the rationale for increasing access, reviews the status of secondary education in Sub-Saharan Africa, charts the growth needed in different countries to reach different levels of participation, identifies the financial constraints on growth, and discusses the reforms needed to make access affordable. It concludes with a road map of ways to increase the probability that more of Africa's children will experience secondary schooling.

Development of Higher Education in Africa

Author : Alexander W. Wiseman
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1781906998
Total Pages : 519 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (819 download)

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Download or read book Development of Higher Education in Africa written by Alexander W. Wiseman and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2013-10-21 with total page 519 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of the International Perspectives on Education and Society series investigates the challenges and prospects for higher education in Africa, especially issues of development, expansion, internationalization, equity, and divergence.

Schooling for Sustainable Development in Africa

Author : Heila Lotz-Sisitka
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319459899
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (194 download)

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Book Synopsis Schooling for Sustainable Development in Africa by : Heila Lotz-Sisitka

Download or read book Schooling for Sustainable Development in Africa written by Heila Lotz-Sisitka and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-11-11 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book considers the scope and dynamics of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and learning in schools in Africa. It explores the conditions and processes that support such learning, and examines how ESD in schooling can improve the quality and relevance of education. The quality of education has been defined internationally as a key concern for educational institutions around the world, including schools in Africa. The models of quality are often limited to performance-based approaches and/or inclusive approaches. The contributions in this book show that there is more to a discussion on educational quality in Africa than performance success and/or inclusion. The chapters explain how ESD brings a new relevance to education in Africa, and at the same time, sounds the beginning of a new concept of quality education. The volume presents a collection of experiences in creating and supporting quality learning processes through a variety of ESD practices.

A scholarly contribution to educational praxis

Author : M.A. Mokoena
Publisher : AOSIS
ISBN 13 : 0620730609
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (27 download)

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Download or read book A scholarly contribution to educational praxis written by M.A. Mokoena and published by AOSIS. This book was released on 2016-12-31 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication contains original research targeting scientific specialists in the field of education, through research endeavours grounded on a philosophical basis, as well as being embedded in the empirical. The research methodology of each chapter emanates from applicable philosophical assumptions in the form of an applicable theoretical and conceptual framework. The latter forms a firm basis for the application of sound empiricism. The content of this book adds to the body of scholarly knowledge in education. In his evaluation of the book, Acting Executive Dean, Faculty of Education and Training, Professor Akpovire Oduaran, made the following remarks: ‘To a large extent, the ideas put together in this book have come from data generated not just from literature found in books and journals but actual interactions with educators and the learning environment. So then, what the reader is offered in this volume is the articulation of ideas that have been interrogated, structured and presented in surprisingly simplistic and yet incisive and academically enriching content that can match the standards of scholarship that is available in the Western World. Yet, what makes this book so welcome, relevant and timely, is the fact that it is built around Afrocentric theories and practices such as one may find in imported literature.’

Contemporary Issues in African Sciences and Science Education

Author : Akwasi Asabere-Ameyaw
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 946091702X
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (69 download)

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Book Synopsis Contemporary Issues in African Sciences and Science Education by : Akwasi Asabere-Ameyaw

Download or read book Contemporary Issues in African Sciences and Science Education written by Akwasi Asabere-Ameyaw and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-09-05 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this careful articulation of science, the editors provide an intellectual marriage of Indigenous science and science education in the African context as a way of revising schooling and education. They define science broadly to include both the science of the natural/physical/biological and the ‘science of the social’. It is noted that the current policy direction of African education continues to be a subject of intense intellectual discussion. Science education is very much at the heart of much current debates about reforming African schooling. Among the ways to counter-vision contemporary African education this book points to how we promote Indigenous science education to improve upon African science and technology development in general. The book also notes a long-standing push to re-examine local cultural resource knowings in order to appreciate and understand the nature, content and context of Indigenous knowledge science as a starting foundation for promoting African science and technology studies in general. It is argued that these interests and concerns are not mutually exclusive of each other but as a matter of fact interwoven and interdependent. The breadth of coverage of the collection reflect papers in science, Indigeneity, identity and knowledge production and the possibilities of creating a truly African-centred education. It is argued that such extensive coverage will engage and excite readers on the path of what has been termed ‘African educational recovery’. While the book is careful in avoiding stale debates about the ‘Eurocentricity of Western scientific knowledge’ and the positing of ‘Eurocentric science’ as the only science worthy of engagement, it nonetheless caution against constructing a binary between Indigenous/local science and knowledges and Western ‘scientific’ knowledge. After all, Western scientific knowledge is itself a form of local knowledge, born out of a particular social and historical context. Engaging science in a more global context will bring to the fore critical questions of how we create spaces for the study of Indigenous science knowledge in our schools. How is Indigenous science to be read, understood and theorized? And, how do educators gather/collect and interpret Indigenous science knowledges for the purposes of teaching young learners. These are critical questions for contemporary African education?

African Mathematics

Author : Abdul Karim Bangura
Publisher : University Press of America
ISBN 13 : 0761853480
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (618 download)

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Download or read book African Mathematics written by Abdul Karim Bangura and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2012 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first comprehensive text on African Mathematics that can be used to address some of the problematic issues in this area. These issues include attitudes, curriculum development, educational change, academic achievement, standardized and other tests, performance factors, student characteristics, cross-cultural differences and studies, literacy, native speakers, social class and differences, equal education, teaching methods, knowledge level, educational guidelines and policies, transitional schools, comparative education, other subjects such as physics and social studies, surveys, talent, educational research, teacher education and qualifications, academic standards, teacher effectiveness, lesson plans and modules, teacher characteristics, instructional materials, program effectiveness, program evaluation, African culture, African history, Black studies, class activities, educational games, number systems, cognitive ability, foreign influence, and fundamental concepts. What unifies the chapters in this book can appear rather banal, but many mathematical insights are so obvious and so fundamental that they are difficult to absorb, appreciate, and express with fresh clarity. Some of the more basic insights are isolated by accounts of investigators who have earned their contemporaries' respect. Winner of the 2012 Cecil B. Currey Book Award.

Mathematics and Science Education in Developing Countries

Author : Masafumi Nagao
Publisher : UP Press
ISBN 13 : 9789715425339
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (253 download)

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Download or read book Mathematics and Science Education in Developing Countries written by Masafumi Nagao and published by UP Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Embedding Social Justice in Teacher Education and Development in Africa

Author : Carmel McNaught
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000343189
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Book Synopsis Embedding Social Justice in Teacher Education and Development in Africa by : Carmel McNaught

Download or read book Embedding Social Justice in Teacher Education and Development in Africa written by Carmel McNaught and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-02-15 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the plethora of social-justice issues facing teacher education and development in Africa. Using both theoretical and empirical perspectives, it considers the need for teacher education to be transformational and address conventional pedagogy as well as the rights and duties of all citizens. The edited volume focuses on a wide range of relevant aspects, such as decolonisation, economic models, environmental concerns, as well as multilingual and multicultural aspects of education. Evidence-based chapters cover strategies used to support preservice and in-service teachers on how best to tackle issues of social justice through induction activities, pedagogy and discipline content, involving local communities, and the role of technology, including the use of open educational resources. The principles underlying these strategies are being used in the COVID-19 pandemic and will be equally relevant in the post-COVID-19 world. This book will be of great interest for academics, researchers and postgraduate students in the fields of teacher education, African education, educational policy, international education and comparative education.