LEADER 06414nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910827481003321 005 20240410172101.0 010 $a1-61728-770-9 035 $a(CKB)2550000001042905 035 $a(EBL)3020753 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000880486 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11466239 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000880486 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10895032 035 $a(PQKB)10615576 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3020753 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10680891 035 $a(OCoLC)853454307 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3020753 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001042905 100 $a20090810d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aChallenges of quality education in Sub-Saharan African countries /$fDaniel Namusonge Sifuna and Nobuhide Sawamura 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aHauppauge, N.Y. $cNova Science Publishers, Inc.$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (259 p.) 225 1 $aEducation in a competitive and globalizing world series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-60741-509-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntro -- 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. 327 $aSOME 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. 327 $aACHIEVEMENT OF INDEPENDENCE AND RESURGENCE OF INTERESTIN TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING -- RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES OFTECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING -- FORMS OF TECHNICAL ANDVOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING -- ACCESS AND PARTICIPATION -- QUALITY AND RELEVANCE -- SOME MEASURES TO IMPROVE QUALITY AND RELEVANCE -- SUMMARY CONCLUSIONS -- CONCLUSIONS AND THE WAY FORWARD -- INTRODUCTION -- EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND EDUCATION -- PRIMARY EDUCATION -- SECONDARY EDUCATION -- UNIVERSITY EDUCATION -- TEACHER EDUCATION AND THE TEACHING PROFESSION -- ADULT LITERACY -- TECHNICAL, VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING -- REFERENCES -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS -- INDEX. 410 0$aEducation in a competitive and globalizing world series. 606 $aEducation$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan$xPhilosophy 606 $aEducation$xStandards$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan 606 $aEducational evaluation$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan 606 $aEducation and state$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan 615 0$aEducation$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aEducation$xStandards 615 0$aEducational evaluation 615 0$aEducation and state 676 $a370.967 700 $aSifuna$b D. 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