Achieving education for all : dilemmas in system-wide reforms and learning outcomes in Africa / / edited by Ishmael I. Munene ; foreword by Rukmini Banerji and Sara Ruto

• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2016; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (265 p.)
• Disciplina: 372.967
• Soggetto topico: Education, Elementary - Africa, Sub-Saharan; Education and state - Africa, Sub-Saharan; Educational change - Africa, Sub-Saharan
• Persona (resp. second.): MuneneIshmael I.; BanerjiRukmini; RutoSara
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro; Contents; figures; Tables; Foreword: Citizens Acting to Improve Learning; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Introduction: Universal Primary Education (UPE) in Africa: The Dilemmas of Access, Equality, and Quality; Chapter 2. Universal Primary Education and the Challenge of Quality in Sub-Saharan Africa; Chapter 3. Measuring Learning Outcomes: Lessons from the Uwezo Experience; Chapter 4. The Challenge of Access, Quality, and Equity: Education in Kenya, 1963 to 2015; Chapter 5. Schooling and Learning in Tanzania: Trends and Issues in Basic Education ; Chapter 6. Tracing Universal Primary Education in Uganda since Independence (1962-2014)Chapter 7. Dilemmas of Education for All in Mali: An Evaluation of Learning Outcomes; Chapter 8. The Long Way from Elitism to Massification: What Is the Place of Good-Quality Learning in the Senegalese School?; Chapter 9. Conclusion. Questioning the UPE Paradigm, Reframing the UPE Strategy; Index; About the Contributors
• Sommario/riassunto: Using the system-wide educational reform implementation model, this book interrogates the ramifications of the Education for All movement on quality, equity, and learning outcomes in six African nations: Kenya, Nigeria, Mali, Senegal, Tanzania, and Uganda. It opens the possibilities for new approaches to Education for All in the context of constrained resources, unstable political climates, and the agency of local communities.
• Titolo autorizzato: Achieving education for all
• ISBN: 1-4985-1525-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910798329703321
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