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1 online resource (257 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; A Common Wealth of Learning: Millennium Development Goals Revisited; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Beyond the colonial legacy; Section I Partnerships for leadership and learning; Section I synopsis: Sustaining partnerships to support leadership, learning and schooling; 2 Pedagogy and leadership in a Tanzanian primary school: A 'whole school' approachexploring classroom realities in anurban setting; 3 Using digital technology and school-based professional development to leverage interactive classroom teaching in Zambia |
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4 Building leadership capacity, enhancing learning and teaching in Ghanaian basic schools5 Factors influencing retention in Kenya and Uganda; 6 Learning about HIV/AIDS education for children through consultation and dialogue with school stakeholders; Section II A common wealth of voices; Section II synopsis: Culture, gender, race and educational inequalities: The possibility of teachers achieving the impossible dream?; 7 Leading the second generation in the wake of apartheid: An indirect commentary on theproblem of knowledge in theMDG/EFA discourses on access |
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8 The interface between monitoring performance and how data are used: Striving to enhance the quality ofeducation in schools9 Fighting the wrong war?: Gender, poverty and achievementin the Caribbean; 10 Multicultural education in primary vernacular schools: The predicament of the "VisionSchool" policy in Malaysia; 11 Gender equity, school leadership and national development in the Commonwealth contexts; 12 Gurukulams as residential schools: Equity and excellence in educatingScheduled Tribes in India; Section III Millennium Development Goals revisited: Perspectives from internationalagencies |
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Section III synopsis: Quality education and the Millennium Development Goals revisited: Reflections, reality and future directions13 Assessing the impact of education sector policy reform in low-income countries: Developing a comprehensive, intervention-focused researchprogram; Annex A: The global policy reform model forbasic education; 14 Education of quality for all: Myth or reality!; 15 Off the beaten track: Bridging the gap betweenresearch, policy and practice inAfrica; 16 Transformative models of practice and professional development of teachers; Section IV Conclusion |
| Summary |
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 Refo |
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17 Partnerships for leading and learning: The contribution of the Centre forCommonwealth EducationIndex |
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Education -- Commonwealth countries
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Education -- Aims and objectives -- Commonwealth countries
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EDUCATION -- Comparative.
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EDUCATION -- History.
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Education
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Education -- Aims and objectives
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Commonwealth countries
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Electronic book
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| Author |
MacBeath, John E. C
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Younger, Mike, 1948-
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| ISBN |
9781136157974 |
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1136157972 |
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