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Jim Ackers
Researcher at UNICEF
Publications - 4
Citations - 294
Jim Ackers is an academic researcher from UNICEF. The author has contributed to research in topics: Teacher education & Primary education. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 4 publications receiving 252 citations.
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Classroom Interaction in Kenyan Primary Schools.
Jim Ackers,Frank Hardman +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a study of classroom interaction in Kenyan primary schools carried out as part of a national baseline study for the Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development in 1998 is reported.
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Developing a systemic approach to teacher education in sub-Saharan Africa: emerging lessons from Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda
TL;DR: This article explored the challenges and the lessons learned from each of the countries with regard to the development and strengthening of pre-and in-service training in the region as a whole and explored the tension between quality, breadth and cost-effectiveness.
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Identifying and addressing the causes of declining participation rates in Kenyan primary schools
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that defining and targeting poverty are complex issues calling for complex responses, involving the holistic improvement of the quality of education, as well as improving access.
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Education response to COVID 19 pandemic, a special issue proposed by UNICEF: Editorial review.
Nicolas Reuge,Robert Jenkins,Matt Brossard,Bobby Soobrayan,Suguru Mizunoya,Jim Ackers,Linda Jones,Wongani Grace Taulo +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, 11 papers related to the special issue proposed by UNICEF on the education response to the COVID-19 pandemic are presented. And they focus on the impact of school closures, the effectiveness of remote learning solutions, equity implications, the mitigation of learning loss and notions around re-opening better.