Description |
1 online resource (xxvii, 198 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
Community Schools: The Solution to Local Needs -- Mali, 1992-2003: The First Experiment -- Malawi, 1994-2003: Training on a National Scale -- Ethiopia, 1992-2001: Helping Communities Fill the Education Gap -- Uganda, 1999-2005: Transferring to Government Control -- USAID and Community Schools in Africa: The Vision, the Strategy, the Commitment -- Supply-Side Education: Africa's Home-grown Schools -- What's Next for Community Schools? |
Summary |
Over the past decade, community schools similar to those supported by Save the Children have been established in many developing countries, and especially in sub-Saharan Africa. As large numbers of children attend schools started and managed by their own communities and/or by nongovernmental organizations, questions have come up about the impact of such schools at large scale: "Can village-based or community schools have a national impact on access to education, spur improved long-term development strategies and education policy, or achieve or influence Education for All? This book explores these and related questions, drawing on Save the Children's experience with community-based schooling in four countries: Ethiopia, Malawi, Mali, and Uganda. The literature on community schools in Africa tends to be sparse, repetitive and highly descriptive with little or no sustained critique of practice. This book fills a substantial gap in the education literature and is particularly timely, given the current emphasis on decentralization and community involvement in education. Save the Children has been a pioneer in the community school movement, particularly in Africa. Community schools are created in areas where access to education is limited or non-existent. The community school approach has been recognized for its easy replicability, cost-effectiveness and dramatic improvements in basic education for children in need |
Analysis |
onderwijs |
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education |
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kleuteronderwijs |
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early childhood education |
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onderwijsbeleid |
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educational policy |
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Education (General) |
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Onderwijs (algemeen) |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
In |
Springer e-books |
Subject |
Community schools -- Africa
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Community schools -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
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Community and school -- Africa
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Community schools.
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Community and school.
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community schools (institutions)
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community schools (buildings)
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EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions.
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EDUCATION -- Administration -- General.
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Community schools -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
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Community and school -- Africa.
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Community schools -- Africa.
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Sciences sociales.
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Sciences humaines.
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Community and school
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Community schools
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Africa
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Sub-Saharan Africa
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Electronic book
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Author |
Glassman, Deborah.
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Naidoo, Jordan P.
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Wood, Fred
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ISBN |
9780387451077 |
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0387451072 |
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0387451064 |
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9780387451060 |
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6610852006 |
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9786610852000 |
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