Showing papers in "International Journal of Educational Development in 2008"

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine why learner-centredness, outcomes-and competency-based education and national qualifications frameworks were favourably received at local level in sub-Saharan Africa but have not resulted in widespread change in classroom practice.

TL;DR: The authors provide a starting point for a broader discussion on the development of a critical research agenda in the field of education and conflict studies, and explore a series of potentially interesting areas of inquiry that are currently absent or undeveloped within the field and which relate particularly to its global dimension.

TL;DR: In this paper, the impact of the UPE policy in Uganda on overall primary education attainments by using data including 940 rural households was investigated and it was found that UPE has decreased delayed enrolments and increased grade completion rates up to the fifth grade and its effects are especially large among girls in poor households.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors report on an investigation of classroom interaction and discourse practices in Nigerian primary schools and identify key issues affecting patterns of teacher-pupil interactions and discourse as research suggests managing the quality classroom interaction will play a central role in improving the quality of teaching and learning.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors consider the current situation in the labour market for higher education graduates in China, showing what kinds of graduates have an advantage when facing potential employers and discuss the tendency of supply and demand between higher education students and the labor market from the perspectives of employment probability and over-education.

TL;DR: In this article, a review of the literature addressing education inequality issues in Latin America and possible opportunities with mobile learning technology to counter the effects of the education inequality is presented. And the authors also suggest mobile technology design considerations to meet the particular learning needs of the extremely underserved and underachieving indigenous children.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors consider contemporary policy claims about what literacy is and what literacy does, and show that there is no predictable "impact" of literacy on development and conclude that the opportunities afforded by literacy depend greatly on the types of literacy and the type of literacy programs made available to students, as well as students' cultural understandings of literacy.

TL;DR: In this paper, a consumer and entrepreneurial literacy educational program is proposed to enable low-literate individuals to understand marketplaces by leveraging social skills that participants bring to the program and relating educational content back to their lived experiences.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate the problems encountered in these schools and reveal that the lesson is extremely fast-paced, teachers tend to evaluate their colleagues and students, teachers need to learn about how to learn and promoting dialogue among teachers is considerably challenging.

TL;DR: In this article, the effectiveness of implementing psychosocial support (PSS) among children who are orphaned by AIDS in improving their schooling outcomes was investigated. And the children showed signs of emotional need and they were lagging behind in their academic work.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide an overview of the diverse programs and actors involved in environmental education in Costa Rica, as well as analysing the politics of its implementation, focusing on education, conservation, and ecotourism.

TL;DR: This article conducted an exploratory study on the nature and extent of racial integration in South African schools in the post-apartheid period and found that student identities are shaped and framed within stable institutional cultures that remain impervious to change despite the changing demographics of the student body.

TL;DR: In 1998, the Government of Uganda (GoU) began implementing an ambitious reform programme called the Education Strategic Investment Plan (ESIP) in order to effect Universal Primary Education (UPE).

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used cross-national data for six African education systems (Kenya, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, Zambia and Zanzibar) collected by SACMEQ, the Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality, have been used to assess: (a) the incidence and growth of extra tuition, (b) the characteristics of students who received extra tutoring, and (c) the association between extra tuition and student achievement.

TL;DR: In this article, a pre-post intervention-control design was used to compare a piloted-revised versus a regular preschool program offered by an organization in rural Bangladesh, and after 7 months in operation, the quality of the pilot program was higher than the regular program.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on the theme of the inaccessibility of learning in the key subjects of English and Mathematics, reporting recent research and identify the major factors shaping restrictive pedagogy in Lesotho.

TL;DR: This paper analyzed the reasons behind motivations and demotivations of government school teachers in Andhra Pradesh, south India and concluded that there is a need for a new professional ethos and culture.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the development of higher education in Iran during a 26-year period under the Islamic government and argued that the curriculum should be more specific and address the real needs of society.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the findings of a study of primary school teachers in Tanzania in a way that recognises continuity over time, exploring the relationship between practice and identity and implications are drawn for the introduction of educational innovation.

TL;DR: This article explored the argumentation ability of ten science teachers in two South African schools on opposite ends of the resource spectrum and found that the nature of the arguments is permeated by inclusiveness, thus precluding the use of rebuttals, traditionally a requirement for high quality arguments.

TL;DR: This article reviewed multigrade schooling in Turkey, with an emphasis on its status in the education system, as well as the curriculum practices, teacher training and problems associated with it, concluding that it is advantageous for Turkey as it provides access to at least 5 years of education for thousands of children.

TL;DR: In this article, the role, characteristics and status of non-governmental (daike) teachers and issues that arise from their employment are examined in a Western province in China (Gansu).

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the challenges in the process of building a learning community in Vietnamese primary schools, and five lessons emerge from the cases: changing teachers' beliefs is time-consuming.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss a partnership involving teachers and a teacher educator working together to develop teaching and learning practices in Pakistan, after they had attended an in-service training course at a university.

TL;DR: The authors discusses the Cambodian government's attempt to promote civic and moral values in Cambodia schools through the subject "Civics and Morals" and argues that the tensions and challenges associated with moral education are linked to a fundamental difference between the traditional view of education in Cambodia, and the modern view promoted by the Cambodia government and external donor agencies.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on the measurement of the teaching and learning process in an education quality improvement project implemented in Cambodia, focusing on the evaluation of the teacher-student learning process.

TL;DR: In this article, a case study of a women's literacy program in Senegal is presented, where the authors look at needs within an MDG perspective, and to use multi-pronged and integrated approaches to intervene in sectors where the poverty alleviation impact is the greatest.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated the educational impact of a school breakfast program implemented in rural schools in Peru and found that the program showed a significant and positive effect on short-term memory, arithmetic and reading comprehension.

TL;DR: In this article, the effectiveness of recent reforms in teacher education in Turkey, specifically the restructuring of programmes in university faculties of education, has been examined, and how teacher educators across the country perceive both the changes and their effect on the quality of teacher education, methodology as a discipline, school partnerships, and relationships with the Ministry of National Education.

TL;DR: English for Everyone (EFE) curriculum rhetoric and teaching-learning outcomes, without adequate consideration of the demands made on English teachers' existing professional understandings and practices, need to be readjusted to more closely fit existing contextual realities and priorities.