A Common Wealth of Learning (eBook, PDF)

Millennium Development Goals Revisited
Redaktion: Macbeath, John; Younger, Mike

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

A Common Wealth of Learning takes a look at the millennium development goals that were set out at the start of the century. Utilising a far reaching set of case studies from a large percentage of commonwealth countries, this book looks at what the colonial legacy has left us with; and what we can do to progress. Chapters discuss;

• Partnerships for Leadership and Learning
• Quality Education and the Millennium Development Goals Revisited: Reflections, Reality and Future Directions.
• Assessing the Impact of Education Sector Policy Reform in Low-Income Countries: Developing a Comprehensive, Intervention-Focused Research Programme
• Education of Quality for All: Myth or Reality!
• Bridging the Gap Between Research, Policy and Practice in Africa
• Transformative Models of Practice and Professional Development of Teachers
• Partnerships for Leading and Learning: The Contribution of the Centre for Commonwealth Education

This thoroughly researched and comprehensive text will be of great interest and use to anyone involved in education, higher education, education policy and research.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. März 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136157974
• Artikelnr.: 38250627

Autorenporträt

John MacBeath is Professor Emeritus at the University of Cambridge, Director of 'Leadership for Learning: the Cambridge Network' and Projects Director for the Centre for Commonwealth Education. Mike Younger is Director of the Centre for Commonwealth Education at the University of Cambridge.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1. Introduction: Beyond the Colonial Legacy Section 1. Partnerships
for Leadership and Learning Synopsis Chapter 2. Pedagogy and Leadership in
a Tanzanian Primary School: A Whole School Approach Exploring Classroom
Realities in an Urban Setting Chapter 3. Using Digital Technology and
School-Based Professional Development to Leverage Interactive Classroom
Teaching in Zambia Chapter 4. Building Leadership Capacity, Enhancing
Learning and Teaching in Ghanaian Basic Schools Chapter 5. Factors
Influencing Retention in Kenya and Uganda Chapter 6. Learning about
HIV/AIDS Education for Children Through Consultation and Dialogue with
School Stakeholders Section 2. A Common Wealth of Voices Synopsis: Culture,
gender, race and educational inequalities: The possibility of teachers
achieving the impossible dream? Chapter 7. Leading the Second Generation in
the Wake of Apartheid: An Indirect Commentary on the Problem of Knowledge
in the MDG/EFA Discourses on Access Chapter 8. The Interface Between
Monitoring Performance and How Data is Used: Striving to Enhance the
Quality of Education in Schools Chapter 9. Fighting the Wrong War? Gender,
Poverty and Achievement in the Caribbean Chapter 10. Multicultural
Education in Primary Vernacular Schools: Predicament of the 'Vision School'
Policy in Malaysia Chapter 11. Gender Equity, School Leadership, and
National Development in the Commonwealth contexts Chapter 12. Gurukulums:
Equity and Excellence in Educating Scheduled Tribes in India Section 3.
Millennium Development Goals Revisited: Perspectives from International
Agencies Synopsis: Quality Education and the Millennium Development Goals
Revisited: Reflections, Reality and Future Directions Chapter 13. Assessing
the Impact of Education Sector Policy Reform in Low-Income Countries:
Developing a Comprehensive, Intervention-Focused Research Programme Chapter
14. Education of Quality for All: Myth or Reality! Chapter 15. Off the
Beaten Track: Bridging the Gap Between Research, Policy and Practice in
Africa Chapter 16. Transformative Models of Practice and Professional
Development of Teachers Conclusion. Partnerships for Leading and Learning:
The Contribution of the Centre for Commonwealth Education