Challenges of quality education in Sub-Saharan African countries [[electronic resource] /] / Daniel Namusonge Sifuna and Nobuhide Sawamura

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910827481003321
• Autore: Sifuna D. N. <1944->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hauppauge, N.Y., : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., c2010
• ISBN: 1-61728-770-9
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (259 p.)
• Collana: Education in a competitive and globalizing world series
• Altri autori (Persone): SawamuraNobuhide
• Disciplina: 370.967
• Soggetti: Education - Africa, Sub-Saharan - Philosophy; Education - Standards - Africa, Sub-Saharan; Educational evaluation - Africa, Sub-Saharan; Education and state - Africa, Sub-Saharan
• 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: Intro -- CHALLENGES OF QUALITY EDUCATIONIN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN COUNTRIES -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- EDUCATIONAL POLICY TRENDS -- INTRODUCTION -- DECOLONISATION AND EDUCATION -- THE INFLUENCE OF DONOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE -- STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMS (SAPS) AND EDUCATION -- AFRICAN RESPONSE TO STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMS -- SUMMARY CONCLUSIONS -- CONCEPT AND FUNCTION OF QUALITY EDUCATION -- INTRODUCTION -- EDUCATION TRADITIONS AND NOTIONS OF QUALITY -- THE CONCEPT OF EDUCATION QUALITY -- FRAMEWORK FOR MONITORING ANDIMPROVING QUALITY EDUCATION -- THE FUNCTION OF GOOD QUALITY EDUCATION -- INTERNATIONAL INTEREST IN QUALITY EDUCATION -- SUMMARY CONCLUSIONS -- EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND EDUCATION -- INTRODUCTION -- CONCEPT AND FUNCTION OF EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE ANDEDUCATION (ECCE) -- DEVELOPMENT OF EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND EDUCATION -- GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF EARLY CHILDHOOD CAREAND EDUCATION -- ACCESS AND PARTICIPATION INEARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND EDUCATION -- THE QUALITY OF ECCE PROGRAMS -- Policies and Strategies -- Cost and Financing of ECCE -- ; The Teaching Force and Support Staff -- Facilities and Equipment -- Curriculum and Instructional Materials -- Transition to Primary Schools -- SOME MEASURES TO IMPROVE QUALITY -- SUMMARY CONCLUSIONS -- PRIMARY EDUCATION -- INTRODUCTION -- STRUCTURE OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS -- GOALS AND AIMS OF PRIMARY EDUCATION -- CURRICULUM -- RETURNS OF PRIMARY EDUCATION -- ACCESS AND PARTICIPATION IN PRIMARY EDUCATION -- INTERNATIONAL INFLUENCE -- Mobilising Resources for EFA -- Goals and Strategies -- Resource Mobilisation -- UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION (UPE) -- ENROLLMENT -- PUPIL PROGRESSION -- QUALITY OF EDUCATION -- Physical Facilities -- Teaching and Learning Materials -- Teachers and Teaching Processes -- Efficiency of Primary Education.; SOME MEASURES TO IMPROVE QUALITY -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION -- SECONDARY EDUCATION -- INTRODUCTION -- PRIORITY FOR EXPANSION OF SECONDARY EDUCATION -- STRUCTURES AND TYPES OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS -- GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND EXPECTATIONS -- THE CURRICULUM -- ACCESS AND PARTICIPATION IN SECONDARY EDUCATION -- QUALITY OF EDUCATION -- Physical Facilities and Teaching and Learning Materials -- Teachers and Teaching Processes -- Assessment and Efficiency -- SOME MEASURES TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- UNIVERSITY EDUCATION -- INTRODUCTION -- ROLE OF THE UNIVERSITY -- COURSE PROGRAMS -- ACCESS AND PARTICIPATION IN UNIVERSITY EDUCATION -- QUALITY OF EDUCATION -- Facilities and Teaching-Learning Technologies -- Staffing and Instruction -- SOME MEASURES TO IMPROVE QUALITY -- SUMMARY CONCLUSIONS -- TEACHER EDUCATION ANDTHE TEACHING PROFESSION -- INTRODUCTION -- THE EVOLUTION OF LOW-QUALITY TEACHER EDUCATION -- OBJECTIVE OF TEACHER EDUCATION ANDTEACHING QUALIFICATIONS -- QUALITY, RELEVANCE AND EFFICIENCY OF TEACHER EDUCATION -- Facilities, Instructional Materials and Equipment -- Staffing and Teacher Incentives -- Curriculum -- Assessment -- STUDENT TEACHERS EVALUATION OF THEIR COLLEGE COURSE -- TEACHING PROFESSION -- TEACHING ENVIRONMENT -- TEACHER MOTIVATION -- SOME MEASURES TO IMPROVE QUALITY -- SUMMARY CONCLUSIONS -- ADULT LITERACY -- INTRODUCTION -- LITERACY AND DEVELOPMENT -- GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND EXPECTATIONS -- SOME EXAMPLES NATIONAL LITERACY PROGRAMS -- Kenya -- Achievements -- Botswana -- Namibia -- ACCESS AND PARTICIPATION -- QUALITY AND RELEVANCE -- SOME MEASURES TO IMPROVE QUALITY AND RELEVANCE -- SUMMARY CONCLUSIONS -- TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATIONAND TRAINING (TVET) -- INTRODUCTION -- TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING (TVET)IN THE COLONIAL PERIOD.; ACHIEVEMENT OF INDEPENDENCE AND RESURGENCE OF INTERESTIN TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING -- RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES OFTECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING -- FORMS OF TECHNICAL ANDVOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING -- ACCESS AND PARTICIPATION -- QUALITY AND RELEVANCE -- SOME MEASURES TO IMPROVE QUALITY AND RELEVANCE -- SUMMARY CONCLUSIONS -- CONCLUSIONS AND THE WAY FORWARD -- INTRODUCTION -- EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND EDUCATION -- PRIMARY EDUCATION -- SECONDARY EDUCATION -- UNIVERSITY EDUCATION -- TEACHER EDUCATION AND THE TEACHING PROFESSION -- ADULT LITERACY -- TECHNICAL, VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING -- REFERENCES -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS -- INDEX.