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The Politics of Educational Reform in Ghana

Author : Maxwell A. Aziabah
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319937618
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (199 download)

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Download or read book The Politics of Educational Reform in Ghana written by Maxwell A. Aziabah and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-07-09 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book comprises six main chapters and addresses the core research question: How can the endurance of academic bias in Ghana’s secondary education system be explained in the context of educational reform versus change of government concurrence? Six sub-questions have subsequently been derived from the core research question, enabling a comprehensive and rigorous treatment of the subject matter of investigation. The manuscript adopts an historical institutionalism approach, combining path dependency with partisan theory in explicating structural persistence in the secondary school system in Ghana. A case study methodological design procedure has been employed in the investigation of three episodes of educational reform, anchored on qualitative content analysis as the main data reduction mechanism.

The Politics of Education in Developing Countries

Author : Samuel Hickey
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019883568X
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (988 download)

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Download or read book The Politics of Education in Developing Countries written by Samuel Hickey and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on how politics shapes the capacity and commitment of elites to tackle the learning crisis in six developing countries. It deploys a new conceptual framework to show how the type of political settlement shaptes the level of elite commitment and state capacity to improving learning outcomes.

Education in Post-colonial Ghana

Author : G. M. Osei
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Education in Post-colonial Ghana written by G. M. Osei and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The prospect of redistributing power from central government offices to local actors and organisations has repeatedly tantalised academics, politicians and policy makers promulgating decentralisation measures in hopes that such action would cure the social and economic ills faced by their policies. Education planners in Accra regarded decentralisation as an important strategy for raising the quality and status of Ghanian education. The Ministry of Education (MOE) was depending on the local content curriculum (LCC) to achieve many things. As MOE officials observed, however, the success or failure of the reform essentially depended on the actions of classroom teachers. Even if plans for the reform were carefully designed and communicated by experts in Accra, goals for the reform would not be met unless teachers implemented the reform as envisioned by its authors. When the Ghanian government enacted the LCC reform it was depending on classroom teachers to take a leading role in the process of educational decentralisation. The one goal that all members of the system appeared to have most thoroughly absorbed was the notion that as a result of the changes outlined in LCC policy documents, the curriculum in Ghanian schools should more closely mesh with local conditions. St. Aquinas junior high school, a private Catholic institution was the only school I visited where teachers were willing to question and modify policies created in Accra. Rather than obediently follow instructions from Accra, St. Aquinas employees reshaped MOE policies to meet their own educational philosophies and objectives. My research indicates that the MOE has not yet commenced to rebuild the culture of education to fit the new vision of teaching and learning it is promoting. Instead, it is attempting to append the LCC reform to an existing core, with only minor modifications.

Schooling and Education in Africa

Author : George Jerry Sefa Dei
Publisher : Africa World Press
ISBN 13 : 9781592210039
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Schooling and Education in Africa written by George Jerry Sefa Dei and published by Africa World Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using the Ghanian schooling experience as a case study, this book explores how research can contribute to the development of a body of knowledge for educational change in Africa. Education in Africa is often said to be in a crisis' caused in part by the colonial legacy, but also due to inappropriate and uncontextualised current educational policies in relation to local human conditions and African realities. This book offers a critical analysis of current educational reform strategies and the actual practice of reform in an African context.'

Children as Pawns

Author : Timothy A. HACSI
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674038126
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Children as Pawns written by Timothy A. HACSI and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Head Start. Bilingual education. Small class size. Social promotion. School funding. Virtually every school system in America has had to face these issues over the past thirty years. Advocates and dissenters have declared confidently that the research is on their side. But is it? In the first book to bring together the recent history of educational policy and politics with the research evidence, Timothy Hacsi presents the illuminating, often-forgotten stories of these five controversial topics. He sifts through the complicated evaluation research literature and compares the policies that have been adopted to the best evidence about what actually works. He lucidly explains what the major studies show, what they don't, and how they have been misunderstood and misrepresented. Hacsi shows how rarely educational policies are based on solid research evidence, and how programs that sound plausible simply do not satisfy the complex needs of real children.

Access to Basic Education in Ghana

Author : Angela Little
Publisher : Anchor Books
ISBN 13 : 9780901881496
Total Pages : 51 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (814 download)

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Download or read book Access to Basic Education in Ghana written by Angela Little and published by Anchor Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

International Education Systems and Contemporary Education Reforms

Author : Adel T. Al-Bataineh
Publisher : University Press of America
ISBN 13 : 9780761830467
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (34 download)

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Book Synopsis International Education Systems and Contemporary Education Reforms by : Adel T. Al-Bataineh

Download or read book International Education Systems and Contemporary Education Reforms written by Adel T. Al-Bataineh and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2005 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Al-Bataineh and Nur-Awaleh's (both education, Illinois State U.,) text is designed for undergraduate and graduate students who want to improve their understanding of educational systems, formal school institutions, and educational reform worldwide. The text compares and analyzes systems and reforms in both developed and developing countries in several Islamic, Latin American, and African countries, and covers a number of themes, including the current systems, contemporary reforms, the historical development of educational policy and schooling, the role of national and international agencies in education, and post-public education in the developing world. Also suitable as a reference for researchers, educators, governmental and educational agencies, and university international studies programs. Annotation : 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Disciplined Development

Author : Jeanette Dull
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 9780739110508
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Disciplined Development written by Jeanette Dull and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on Foucault's analysis of disciplinary power and Gramsci's theories on hegemony, Laura J. Dull argues in this insightful volume that Ghanian teachers' diverse roles-as moral disciplinarians, ambivalent partners with global donors and lenders, romantic racialists of Africans-illustrate the ways in which educators deploy history and nationalism as strategies of power in support of, but also in opposition to, dominant systems. On the one hand, by enforcing strict morality, 'modern' attitudes and hard work in schools, teachers appear to consent to the hegemonic terms for development that their leaders have adopted: neo-liberal economics and liberal democracy, Christian morals and work ethics, and scientific rationalism. In the discourse of the World Bank and United States Agency for International Development, teachers become their 'partners' when they teach children to avoid acts of national 'indiscipline, ' as Ghanians would say, such as ethnic prejudice or corruption. On the other hand, however, teachers warn children to be skeptical of immoral and deceptive 'white men' who underdeveloped Africa and continue to undermine Ghana's autonomy. Discipline therefore becomes necessary and important because it provides the means by which the country will finally achieve de-colonialization and independence

The History of Education in Ghana

Author : C.K. Graham
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136268197
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (362 download)

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Download or read book The History of Education in Ghana written by C.K. Graham and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in the year 1971, The History of Education in Ghana is a valuable contribution to the field of History.

Primary Mathematics Pedagogy at the Intersection of Education Reform, Policy, and Culture

Author : Sarah Murray
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000480208
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Book Synopsis Primary Mathematics Pedagogy at the Intersection of Education Reform, Policy, and Culture by : Sarah Murray

Download or read book Primary Mathematics Pedagogy at the Intersection of Education Reform, Policy, and Culture written by Sarah Murray and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-29 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides an in-depth, comparative examination of how primary mathematics education is influenced by national education reform, policy, local resources, and culture in three different countries. By drawing on first-hand observations and interviews, as well as analysis of policy documents and learning resources, the book considers the viability of transferring best practices in primary mathematics education across global contexts. Three diverse countries – Ghana, the US, and Singapore – are explored. Similarities and differences are highlighted, and the influence of national and regional initiatives related to pedagogical strategies, teacher education, and cultural expectations are considered, to offer an insightful examination of how best practices might be shared across borders. This book will benefit researchers, academics, and postgraduate scholars with an interest in international and comparative education, mathematics, and educational policy. Those with a specialization in primary mathematics education, including pedagogy and teacher preparation, will also benefit from this book.

Emerging Themes in Educational Reforms in Ghana as Seen Through Education Reforms in the United States

Author : Padmore Godwin Enyo Agbemabiese
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (657 download)

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Download or read book Emerging Themes in Educational Reforms in Ghana as Seen Through Education Reforms in the United States written by Padmore Godwin Enyo Agbemabiese and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finally, an emergent theoretical model identified desired educational goals and inter-connected variables in the Ghanaian society. The study includes recommendations for further research.

External Influences and the Educational Landscape

Author : Alexander Krauss
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461449367
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (614 download)

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Download or read book External Influences and the Educational Landscape written by Alexander Krauss and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-10-29 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the analysis is not the first to investigate empirically the effects of different individual or household factors on school access and completion of Ghanaians, it extends previous work by simultaneously incorporating individual, household, community, regional and national characteristics and also illustrates the latest evidence by applying international data sources and unusually detailed household survey data for a sub-Saharan country. Its focus is threefold: (i) gaining a richer understanding of which external influences hinder educational access and attainment in Ghana, (ii) how to better tackle these challenges and (iii) analyzing how educational development affects the country‘s overall development. An interview with the Minister of Education helps guide the policy orientation of the analysis by identifying several critical challenges and areas of needed policy attention. Findings from the data analysis indicate that the geographic divide between the North and South, increased economic growth, demographic pressure and a number of individual, household and community factors especially children‘s nutritional and labour status are the most important challenges in increasing levels of education among Ghanaians in years to come. Finally, the analysis pilots a new and comprehensive results- and capacity-focused policy matrix to help the Government of Ghana realign policy priorities and reform existing programs. To this end, respective policy levers on the demand- and supply-side are discussed, with particular reference to external and demand-side interventions which have not received the necessary attention at the policy-level to improve educational opportunities and outcomes at all levels.

The Arab Spring

Author : Jason Brownlee
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199660077
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)

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Download or read book The Arab Spring written by Jason Brownlee and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Several years after the Arab Spring began, democracy remains elusive in the Middle East. While Tunisia has made progress towards democracy, other countries that overthrew their rulers - Egypt, Yemen, and Libya - remain in authoritarianism and instability. This volume provides a foundational exploration of the Arab Spring's successes and failures.

Reforming Education and Challenging Inequalities in Southern Contexts

Author : Pauline Rose
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000363074
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Book Synopsis Reforming Education and Challenging Inequalities in Southern Contexts by : Pauline Rose

Download or read book Reforming Education and Challenging Inequalities in Southern Contexts written by Pauline Rose and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-03-24 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers in-depth analyses of how education interacts with social inequality in Southern contexts. Drawing on a range of disciplinary frameworks, it presents new analyses of existing knowledge and new empirical data which define the challenges and possibilities of successful educational reform. It is a tribute to the work of the late Christopher Colclough, who, as a leading figure in education and international development, played a key role in the global fight for education for all children. The book critically engages with international evidence of educational access, retention and outcomes, offering new understandings of how social inequalities currently facilitate, mediate or restrict educational opportunities. It exposes the continuing influence of wealth and regional inequalities and caste and gendered social structures. Researchers in Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Pakistan and Uganda highlight how the aspirations of families living in poverty remain unfilled by poor-quality education and low economic opportunities and how schools and teachers currently address issues of gender, disability and diversity. The book highlights a range of new priorities for research and identifies some necessary strategies for education reform, policy approaches and school practice, if educational equality for all children is to be achieved. The book will be of great interest to researchers, scholars, educational practitioners and policy-makers in the fields of economics, politics and sociology of education, international education, poverty research and international development. The Foreword, Chapters 1, 6, 7, and 12 of this book are freely available as downloadable Open Access PDFs at https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9780429293467 under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license (Foreword, Chapters 1, 6, and 12) and a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license (Chapter 7).

Politics of Educational Innovations in Developing Countries

Author : Nelly P. Stromquist
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113557961X
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (355 download)

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Download or read book Politics of Educational Innovations in Developing Countries written by Nelly P. Stromquist and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-08-29 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the educational arena, new ideas often compete as solutions to recurrent problems, making the concept of "innovations" a widespread discursive term. While expectations are substantial for each innovation, implementation of ideas has shown them to be more modest in practice. This book examines innovations in several developing countries, presenting case studies of technological, curricular, and organizational innovations selected for their magnitude in financial investment, scope, and duration. The case studies explore the social and political contexts that shaped the features of these innovations and what they accomplished over time in terms of teacher cost reduction, status mobility, access to education, and national unity. The experience of countries such as Brazil, Lesotho, the Philippines, and Namibia, and the influence of international agencies such as the World Bank are described and analyzed against theories of social and organizational change. The case studies themselves also serve as subjects for reflection on the prevailing positivist approaches to research and knowledge. The Politics of Educational Innovations should be of considerable interest to students of educational change, wither in the academic world or in the fields of government and international cooperation.

Implementing Educational Reform

Author : Colleen McLaughlin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108874886
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Implementing Educational Reform written by Colleen McLaughlin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-11-25 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is constant pressure on governments and policy makers to raise the standard of education, and to develop appropriate curriculum and pedagogies for students. It is no easy task. This book presents eight specific case studies of education reform implementation which capture how the design and implementation choices of policy makers are shaped by national and historical contexts. They offer real examples of the choices and constraints faced by policymakers and practitioners. The cases are a mix of nationally and locally mandated reforms with five examples from nations where the state initiated and guided reforms. The concluding synthesis chapter highlights commonalities and differences across the cases and disparate responses to shared concerns. Providing a breadth of real-world research, it will assist policy makers, practitioners and other stakeholders interested in system change.

Vocationalisation of Secondary Education Revisited

Author : Jon Lauglo
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402030347
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Vocationalisation of Secondary Education Revisited written by Jon Lauglo and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-03-30 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is a cutting-edge contribution to the debate which has occurred for some time on the pros and cons of secondary education becoming more closely and explicitly related to preparing young people for the world of work. The book provides concrete examples of the vocationalisation of secondary education, with particular reference to the situation in Africa. The target audience for the book includes policy-makers, practitioners, administrators, education planners, researchers, teachers and teacher educators with a concern about the relationship between secondary education and education for the world of work (with particular reference to technical and vocational education and training - TVET.) The book appears in the Springer book series on ‘Technical and Vocational Education and Training: Issues, Concerns and Prospects’ and compliments the ‘International Handbook of Technical and Vocational Education and Training’ and other publications in the’ International Library of TVET’ all of which are publications of the ‘UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for TVET’ in Bonn, Germany