| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Routledge research in education ; 140 |
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Routledge research in education ; 140.
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| Contents |
Rurality, women teachers and educational governance in sub-Saharan Africa : implications for quality -- The capability approach : re-thinking quality teaching -- Constructing and evaluating teachers' professional capabilities : a method -- Professional capabilities for teachers in sub-Saharan Africa : official perspectives -- Women teachers in rural sub-Saharan African schools : professional lives and values -- Professional capabilities for teachers in sub-Saharan Africa : teachers' perspectives -- Rural women teachers' pursuit and achievement of professional capabilities -- New perspectives on professional capabilities, quality teaching and the educational governance of women teachers in rural sub-Saharan Africa |
| Summary |
This book provides an analytical exploration of the condition of teachers working in expanding school systems across the world, with a particular focus on the lives of women teachers in rural Sub-Saharan Africa. Drawing from award-winning research, it looks beyond the official portrayals of teachers' lives in order to better understand the reality of the contexts in which teachers live and work. Positioning Amartya Sen's capability approach at the heart of the study, each chapter considers documentary evidence alongside ethnographic research from rural, remote and under-resourced schools in Gh |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed April 30, 2015) |
| Subject |
Education, Rural -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Evaluation
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Women teachers -- Rating of -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
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Teachers -- Rating of -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
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Rural schools -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Evaluation
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Rural schools -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Administration
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EDUCATION -- Teaching Methods & Materials -- General.
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Education, Rural -- Evaluation
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Rural schools -- Administration
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Rural schools -- Evaluation
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Teachers -- Rating of
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Sub-Saharan Africa
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317628668 |
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1317628667 |
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9781315755939 |
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1315755939 |
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9781317628651 |
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1317628659 |
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9781317628644 |
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1317628640 |
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1138799688 |
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9781138799684 |
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9780815356707 |
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0815356706 |
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