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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781076603321

Autore

Daniel John S. <1942-, >

Titolo

Mega-schools, technology, and teachers : achieving education for all / / John S. Daniel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-135-16332-4

1-135-16333-2

1-282-57154-0

9786612571541

0-203-85832-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Collana

Open and flexible learning series

Disciplina

372.9172/4

372.91724

Soggetti

Education, Elementary - Developing countries

Educational equalization - Developing countries

Distance education - Computer-assisted instruction - Developing countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Series Editor's Foreword; Acknowledgements; Glossary of Acronyms; Introduction; 1 Education for All: Unfinished Business; 2 Seeking a Silver Bullet; 3 Technology Is the Answer: What Is the Question?; 4 Open Schools and Mega-Schools; 5 Teacher Education at Scale; 6 Strategies for Success; APPENDIX 1 Profiles: Selected Open Schools and Mega-Schools; APPENDIX 2 Programmes and Mechanisms for Expanding Teacher Supply; Bibliography; Subject Index; Name Index

Sommario/riassunto

Education for All (EFA) has been a top priority for governments and intergovernmental development agencies for the last twenty years. So far the global EFA movement has placed its principal focus on providing quality universal primary education (UPE) for all children by 2015.The latest addition to The Open and Flexible Learning series, this book addresses the new challenges created by both the successes and the failures of the UPE campaign. This book advocates new approaches for



providing access to secondary education for today's rapidly growing population of childr