Continuous Assessment in Swaziland - Shandomo, Hibajene
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Yale political scientist James Scott hasdistinguished himself as a leading scholar on issuesrelated to the imposition of Western ideas in non-Western countries. In Seeing Like a State (1998) heexplains how developing countries latch on to keyinstitutional innovations from the developed world,assuming that the implementation of these ideas willyield the prosperity they sorely lack. Anddeveloped nations, seeking to increase thepurchasing power of potential trade partners, areall too ready to help with the export of innovationsusing the same logic. The flaw in the logic,according to Scott, is…mehr

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Yale political scientist James Scott hasdistinguished himself as a leading scholar on issuesrelated to the imposition of Western ideas in non-Western countries. In Seeing Like a State (1998) heexplains how developing countries latch on to keyinstitutional innovations from the developed world,assuming that the implementation of these ideas willyield the prosperity they sorely lack. Anddeveloped nations, seeking to increase thepurchasing power of potential trade partners, areall too ready to help with the export of innovationsusing the same logic. The flaw in the logic,according to Scott, is that the success or failureof institutional innovation hinges on the abilityand willingness of individuals to carry them out.What follows is a kind of case study of one Westerneducational innovation, continuous assessment, inone non-Western country, Swaziland. It is anattempt to "see like a state" with respect to thepossibility of educational improvement and anyprosperity it might bring to Swaziland.Regrettably, the results of this study lend credenceto Scott's thesis.
Autorenporträt
Hibajene Monga Shandomo, PhD, received her doctorate inEducation from Andrews University, Michigan. She is currently anAssistant Professor of Elementary Education and Reading atBuffalo State College, New York. She worked in Zambia andSwaziland Curriculum Development Centers as an InstructionalDesigner for several years.