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

• Autore: Sifuna D. N. <1944->
• Pubblicazione: Hauppauge, N.Y., : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., c2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (259 p.)
• Disciplina: 370.967
• Soggetto topico: Education - Africa, Sub-Saharan - Philosophy; Education - Standards - Africa, Sub-Saharan; Educational evaluation - Africa, Sub-Saharan; Education and state - Africa, Sub-Saharan
• Altri autori: SawamuraNobuhide
• 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: Quality is at the heart of all education systems as good quality teaching and learning environments ensure effective learning outcomes. The purpose of this book is to profile some aspects of education quality in the African education systems and highlight key policies for improving the teaching and learning outcomes.
• Titolo autorizzato: Challenges of quality education in Sub-Saharan African countries
• ISBN: 1-61728-770-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910970061203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Education in a competitive and globalizing world series.