Where have all the textbooks gone? : best and worst practices for an affordable and sustainable provision of teaching and learning materials in Sub-Saharan Africa / / Tony Read with input on select francophone countries from Vincent Bontoux The World Bank Group |
Autore | Read Tony |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank Group, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (pages cm.) |
Disciplina | 371.3/2096 |
Collana | Directions in development |
Soggetto topico | Textbooks - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
ISBN | 1-4648-0573-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Front Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Overview""; ""Conclusions Related to Unit Textbook Costs""; ""Conclusions Related to TLM System Costs""; ""Conclusions Related to Textbook and TLM Availability in Schools""; ""Conclusions Related to Textbook Cost Reduction Possibilities""; ""Conclusions Related to the Main Causes of High System Cost and Low Availability""; ""Conclusions Related to School TLM Management and Usage""; ""Conclusions Related to TLM Reform Policy Options""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Part 1 The Current Situation""
""Chapter 1 Textbooks, Teaching and Learning Materials, and Learning Achievement""""The Impact of Textbooks on the Quality of Education""; ""Issues in Donor-Funded Textbook Projects""; ""The Cost Effectiveness of Textbook Provision""; ""Impact Evaluations of Textbook Provision in Kenya""; ""Textbook Effectiveness and Classroom Usage""; ""Factors Affecting School Effectiveness and Student Achievement""; ""Textbook Content Research""; ""Recent Research""; ""Reading Books""; ""A Summary of Key Issues""; ""Note""; ""References"" ""Chapter 2 Current Trends in National Teaching and Learning Materials Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa""""Trends in National Teaching and Learning Materials Provision""; ""The Transition to Private Sector Involvement in Textbook Provision""; ""The Growth in African Publishing""; ""Competing Alternative Textbooks and the Introduction of Textbook Evaluation Systems""; ""Centralized versus Decentralized Funding and Selection""; ""Enrollment Growth""; ""Comparisons between Anglophone and Francophone Approaches""; ""The Growth in Learner-Centered and Outcomes-Based Curricula"" ""A Summary of Key Issues""""Notes""; ""References""; ""Chapter 3 Current Textbook (and Other Teaching and Learning Materials) Availability, Costs, and Financing in Sub-Saharan Africa""; ""Textbook Unit Costs at Primary and Secondary Levels in 11 Sub-Saharan African Countries""; ""Sources of Textbooks for Primary and Secondary Levels""; ""Sources of Textbook Financing for Primary and Secondary Levels""; ""Types of Supply""; ""Textbook Availability""; ""A Summary of Key Issues""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Part 2 A Review of the Components of the Textbook Chain "" ""Chapter 4 Literacy, Curricula, Teaching and Learning Materials, Requirements, and System Costs""""The Crisis of Literacy and Numeracy in Sub-Saharan Africa""; ""Constraints on Improved Literacy and Numeracy Performance in SSA""; ""Curriculum Design and System Costs and Effectiveness""; ""The Minimum Profile of Required TLMs and Associated Cost Implications""; ""LoI Policies and Cost Implications""; ""Regional Curricula""; ""A Summary of Key Issues""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Chapter 5 Teaching and Learning Materials Financing""; ""Issues in Teaching and Learning Materials Financing"" ""Affordability, Sustainability, and Predictability"" |
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Where have all the textbooks gone? : best and worst practices for an affordable and sustainable provision of teaching and learning materials in Sub-Saharan Africa / / Tony Read with input on select francophone countries from Vincent Bontoux The World Bank Group |
Autore | Read Tony |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank Group, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (pages cm.) |
Disciplina | 371.3/2096 |
Collana | Directions in development |
Soggetto topico | Textbooks - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
ISBN | 1-4648-0573-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Front Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Overview""; ""Conclusions Related to Unit Textbook Costs""; ""Conclusions Related to TLM System Costs""; ""Conclusions Related to Textbook and TLM Availability in Schools""; ""Conclusions Related to Textbook Cost Reduction Possibilities""; ""Conclusions Related to the Main Causes of High System Cost and Low Availability""; ""Conclusions Related to School TLM Management and Usage""; ""Conclusions Related to TLM Reform Policy Options""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Part 1 The Current Situation""
""Chapter 1 Textbooks, Teaching and Learning Materials, and Learning Achievement""""The Impact of Textbooks on the Quality of Education""; ""Issues in Donor-Funded Textbook Projects""; ""The Cost Effectiveness of Textbook Provision""; ""Impact Evaluations of Textbook Provision in Kenya""; ""Textbook Effectiveness and Classroom Usage""; ""Factors Affecting School Effectiveness and Student Achievement""; ""Textbook Content Research""; ""Recent Research""; ""Reading Books""; ""A Summary of Key Issues""; ""Note""; ""References"" ""Chapter 2 Current Trends in National Teaching and Learning Materials Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa""""Trends in National Teaching and Learning Materials Provision""; ""The Transition to Private Sector Involvement in Textbook Provision""; ""The Growth in African Publishing""; ""Competing Alternative Textbooks and the Introduction of Textbook Evaluation Systems""; ""Centralized versus Decentralized Funding and Selection""; ""Enrollment Growth""; ""Comparisons between Anglophone and Francophone Approaches""; ""The Growth in Learner-Centered and Outcomes-Based Curricula"" ""A Summary of Key Issues""""Notes""; ""References""; ""Chapter 3 Current Textbook (and Other Teaching and Learning Materials) Availability, Costs, and Financing in Sub-Saharan Africa""; ""Textbook Unit Costs at Primary and Secondary Levels in 11 Sub-Saharan African Countries""; ""Sources of Textbooks for Primary and Secondary Levels""; ""Sources of Textbook Financing for Primary and Secondary Levels""; ""Types of Supply""; ""Textbook Availability""; ""A Summary of Key Issues""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Part 2 A Review of the Components of the Textbook Chain "" ""Chapter 4 Literacy, Curricula, Teaching and Learning Materials, Requirements, and System Costs""""The Crisis of Literacy and Numeracy in Sub-Saharan Africa""; ""Constraints on Improved Literacy and Numeracy Performance in SSA""; ""Curriculum Design and System Costs and Effectiveness""; ""The Minimum Profile of Required TLMs and Associated Cost Implications""; ""LoI Policies and Cost Implications""; ""Regional Curricula""; ""A Summary of Key Issues""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Chapter 5 Teaching and Learning Materials Financing""; ""Issues in Teaching and Learning Materials Financing"" ""Affordability, Sustainability, and Predictability"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819629103321 |
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Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank Group, , 2015 | ||
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