Namibia: ICT Policy for Education | ICT in education policy toolkit - Ministry of Basic Education, Sport and Culture; Ministry of Higher Education, Training and Employment Creation (2007)
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Information and communication technology (ICT) policy for basic education - Ministry of Education and Vocational Training (2007)
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Information & Communication Technology (ICT) policy for Basic Education - Ministry of Education and Vocational Training (United Republic of Tanzania, 2007)
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School‐based teacher development in Sub‐Saharan Africa: building a new research agenda - Moon, Bob (The Curriculum Journal, 2007)
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The new millennium learners: Emerging issues from the first expert meeting - OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), 2007)
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Maximising the performance of education systems: The case of teacher absenteeism - Patrinos, Harry; Kagia, Ruth (The Many Faces of Corruption: Tracking Vulnerabilities at the Sector Level, 2007)
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Epistemic mediation: Video data as filters for the objectification of teaching by teachers - Roth, Wolff-Michael (Video Research in the Learning Sciences, 2007)
Learning science researchers attempting to understand situated human practices traditionally have relied on ethnographic observation and field notes recorded after the events have occurred. However, as Jordan and Henderson articulated in the opening quote, they are faced with the gap between accounts of action and (situated) ac-tions themselves. The problem is heightened when learning science researchers become themselves participants in the setting under study. Thus, a number of learning science researchers-including Magdalene Lampert, Jim Minstrell, David Hammer, and myself-conducted research on cognition and instruction all the while teaching the lessons that are the focus of their studies. Furthermore, an increasing number of teachers continue their formal education and become learning science researchers and teach at elementary and secondary schools. Teacher-researchers are confronted with particular challenges arising from the fact that they are participants in rather than onlookers to the situation to be analyzed and theorized. They are interested rather than disinterested participants, and therefore have something at stake, which harbors particular dangers for the quality of the analyses of learning and instruction in their classrooms that accompany the analytic advantages that derive from their insider role (Roth & Tobin, 2002). Video, as the second quote shows, provides opportunities to teacher-researchers to see themselves and their experiences differently, even pertaining to their own actions. In the second quote, Christina described how watching herself on videotape allowed her notice that she was standing a lot next to the chalkboard even when it was not used during interactions with students. That is, by means of the video, she became aware of her own actions in a different way.
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A three-tier citizenship: can the state in Tanzania guarantee linguistic human rights? - Rubagumya, Casmir M (EdQual Research Programme Consortium, 2007)
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The Views of Educational Practitioners in Ghana on ICT Use and Instructional Design Practice for Promoting Quality Education - Sarfo, Frederick Kwaku (Seventh IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT 2007), 2007)
Many ICT boosters are of the view that ICT on its own can promote quality teaching and learning. In line with this metaphor, the need to provide computers in the classrooms often takes precedence over training teachers to acquire skills in instructional design. However, it is evident in the instructional technology literature that good design of the learning task by the teacher is the fundamental requirement for quality teaching. This study was intended to explore the views of 90 educational practitioners (students, teachers and policy makers) in Ghana on the use of ICT and good design of instruction by the teacher for quality teaching and learning. Five Point Likert-type scales were used for the data collection. The results of the study indicate that in Ghana students are not very certain as to whether ICT or teachers can facilitate the implementation of the first five principles of instruction for quality teaching and learning. Moreover, a great number of teachers and policy makers are of the view that teachers can facilitate the implementation of the first five principles of instruction better than an ICT. However, it was recommended by the students, teachers and policy makers that both teachers and students should be trained to use ICT to facilitate teaching and learning.
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Global perspectives on teacher learning: improving policy and practice - Schwille, J.; Dembélé, M. (International Institute for Educational Planning, 2007)
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Global perspectives on teacher learning: improving policy and practice - Schwille, John; Dembélé, Martial (UNESCO: International Institute for Educational Planning, 2007)
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Teaching Well? Educational reconstruction efforts and support to teachers in postwar Liberia - Shriberg, Janet (International Rescue Committee, 2007)
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Maine’s middle school laptop program: Creating better writers - Silvernail, David L; Gritter, Aaron K (Gorham, ME: Maine Education Policy Research Institute, 2007)
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A leader's framework for decision making - Snowden, David J.; Boone, Mary E. (Harvard business review, 2007)
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A study on NGO services for children in Mumbai, India - Sonawat, Reeta; Sikh, Shanna (Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi, 2007)
The present research was conducted to study NGOs services for children in Mumbai through a child rights perspective. The study was exploratory in nature and aimed to assess the implementation of child rights by the NGOs. 35 NGOs working for children in the city of Mumbai comprised the sample and were studied using a questionnaire and rating scale as tools. Findings revealed that education (74 percent) and health (54 percent) were the most common concerns of the organizations. Only 17 percent of the NGOs considered child rights to be a concern. The NGOs implemented the right to participation better than any other right. The right to survival was, however, grossly neglected. It was concluded that there are several gaps and areas of lack in the services offered to children. There is also an urgent need to spread awareness amongst the NGO workers themselves to make child rights a part of organizational mandates.
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Teacher Learning Circles: Reading Theory in Practice Through Dialogue - Suda, Liz (2007)
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Story Guide: Building bridges using narrative techniques – Story-telling aid - Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation [SDC] (SDC, 2007)
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ICT in education in Tanzania: Lessons and experiences from IICD-supported projects - Tilya, Frank (International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD), 2007)
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Teacher professional learning and development: best evidence synthesis iteration (BES) - Timperley, Helen (Ministry of Education, 2007)
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Dialogic education and technology: Expanding the space of learning - Wegerif, Rupert (Springer Science & Business Media, 2007)
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Investing in ICTs in educational institutions in developing countries: An evaluation of their impact in Kenya - Wims, Pádraig; Lawler, M. (undefined, 2007)
ABSTRACT The incorporation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) into the educational curriculum has been promoted as a key step in bridging the digital divide. Despite considerable growth in the numbers of computers acquired by schools in Kenya in recent years and the sacrifices made to finance these, there has been little evaluation of their effectiveness. Consequently, this research seeks to redress this by examining the impact of ICT projects in educational institutions in Kenya. Teaching staff, current students and former students together with parents of current students were surveyed. Key informants were also interviewed to establish the current policies concerning ICT in education in Kenya. An absence of educational software was found, as was the lack of Internet access and use of e-mail. Some 35-40% of secondary school teachers had never used a computer. The research revealed tangible benefits to students from exposure to ICT. It was also found that exposure to computers in schools influenced the career choices of former students. It was concluded that reform of the telecommunications sector is necessary to hasten the rollout of computer technology in educational institutions in Kenya. At school level, the key issues which arose included staff training, mainstreaming of ICT across the curriculum and provision of adequate ICT equipment. Keywords: ICTs; Developing Countries; Education INTRODUCTION This paper investigates the use of computers in educational institutions in the Rift Valley province in Kenya. The adoption of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) has been promoted as a key step in bridging the digital divide. Despite considerable growth in the numbers of computers acquired by schools in Kenya in recent years and the sacrifices made to finance these, there has been little evaluation of their effectiveness. Consequently, this study examines ICT projects in educational institutions in Kenya, in order to establish normal practice and to determine the effects of adopting ICTs at school level. BACKGROUND TO THE RESEARCH The country of Kenya experiences many of the problems typical of sub Sahara Africa enumerated by Langmia (2006) in that it is lagging behind in information superhighway technology. In terms of telecommunications infrastructural developments, the growth of the fixed telephone network throughout Kenya has been below expectations; according to the Central Bureau of Statistics (2006), the fixed line tele-density was 1.02% (number of fixed lines per one hundred population) during the year 2003 but this has actually deteriorated since then due to the steady population increase in the absence of infrastructural developments. Most of these fixed line subscribers are concentrated in urban areas which account for 94% of the fixed lines while 6% are in rural areas (ibid). In contrast, cellular services have expanded rapidly from under 15,000 customers in 1999 to over 2.8 million in 2004 (Export Processing Zones Authority, 2005). By April 2004, there were an estimated one million internet users and over one thousand cyber cafes throughout the country (ibid.). Keiyo District is one of 18 districts of the Rift Valley Province and lies just north of the equator, at its centre approximately 350km north west of Nairobi. The western and southern areas of the district are fertile and support the highest population. Livestock rearing and tillage farming are the main occupations of the community. To the north of Iten, the administrative centre, the land gradually rises through forests of indigenous trees and bleak high merino-sheep country. Lumbering is also carried on in this area. The total population of Keiyo District was estimated at 144,000 in 2004, and the population density was estimated to be 100 persons per square km (CKRC, 2004). Keiyo District is the eighth most densely populated district in the Rift Valley Province and has an average life expectancy of 61 years. …
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New Look at Habits and the Habit-Goal Interface - Wood, Wendy; Neil, David (Psychological Review, 2007)
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Reviewing the evidence on how teacher professional development affects student achievement - Yoon, Kwang Suk; Duncan, Teresa; Wen-yu Lee, Sylvia; Scarloss, Beth; Shapley, Kathy (National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2007)
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Policy Entrepreneurship for Poverty Reduction - Maxwell, Simon; Court, Julius (PRACTICAL ACTION PUBLISHING, 2006)
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DigEuLit: Concepts and Tools for Digital Literacy Development - Martin, Allan; Grudziecki, Jan (Innovation in Teaching and Learning in Information and Computer Sciences, 2006)
In the e-permeated society, a society also increasingly unpredictable and uncertain, “digital literacy” becomes not only a key factor in enabling participation in education, as well as employment and other aspects of social life, but also a means of gaining some understanding of the world. The DigEuLit project, funded by the EC eLearning Initiative, has a task of defining digital literacy and developing a framework and tools for digital literacy development in European educational settings. We have observed converging literacies which have gained new relevance in digital environments, and proposed a definition of digital literacy which focuses on the processes of using digital tools to support the achievement of goals in the individual’s life-situation. A suite of online tools is being developed to enable digital literacy progress to be tracked by teachers and learners, and evolution of these tools will continue beyond the life of the project.
Publisher: Routledge _eprint: https://doi.org/10.11120/ital.2006.05040249 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.11120/ital.2006.05040249 2339240:MYSWTRD6 2405685:PUWANT8R

Closing the Digital Divide: Update From the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study - Judge, Sharon; Puckett, Kathleen; Bell, Sherry Mee (The Journal of Educational Research, 2006)
The authors examined the progress made toward equitable technology access and use over children's first 4 years of school. The sample consisted of 8,283 public school children who attended kindergarten, 1st, and 3rd grades. In 3rd grade, high-poverty schools had significantly more computers for instruction and a smaller ratio of children to computers than did low-poverty schools. Over the first 4 years of school, however, children attending low-poverty schools had significantly more access to home computers than did those attending high-poverty schools. Children's use of computers during 3rd grade differed by school-poverty status. Results indicate that access to, and use of, a home computer, the presence of a computer area in classrooms, frequent use of the Internet, proficiency in computer use, and low-poverty school status were correlated positively with academic achievement. In contrast, frequent use of software for reading was correlated negatively with reading achievement.
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Keywords: Early Childhood Longitudinal Study; computer access in high- and low-poverty schools; first- and third-grade children; kindergarten

The logical chain: continuing professional development in effective schools - Ofsted (2006)
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Young children's use of video as a source of socially relevant information - Troseth, G. L.; Saylor, M. M.; Archer, A. H. (Child Development, 2006)
Although prior research clearly shows that toddlers have difficulty learning from video, the basis for their difficulty is unknown. In the 2 current experiments, the effect of social feedback on 2-year-olds' use of information from video was assessed. Children who were told "face to face" where to find a hidden toy typically found it, but children who were given the same information by a person on video did not. Children who engaged in a 5-min contingent interaction with a person (including social cues and personal references) through closed-circuit video before the hiding task used information provided to find the toy. These findings have important implications for educational television and use of video stimuli in laboratory-based research with young children.
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Keywords: behavior; blues-clues; comprehension; find; guide; imitation; infants; learn; perception; television

The Dimensional Change Card Sort (DCCS): a method of assessing executive function in children - Zelazo, Philip David (Nature Protocols, 2006)
The dimensional change card sort (DCCS) is an easily administered and widely used measure of executive function that is suitable for use with participants across a wide range of ages. In the standard version, children are required to sort a series of bivalent test cards, first according to one dimension (e.g., color), and then according to the other (e.g., shape). Most 3-year-olds perseverate during the post-switch phase, exhibiting a pattern of inflexibility similar to that seen in patients with prefrontal cortical damage. By 5 years of age, most children switch when instructed to do so. Performance on the DCCS provides an index of the development of executive function, and it is impaired in children with disorders such as attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism. We describe the protocol for the standard version (duration = 5 min) and the more challenging border version (duration = 5 min), which may be used with children as old as 7 years. *Note: In the version of the article originally published, the boat in the upper right of the figure was blue. It should be red. The error has been corrected in the HTML and PDF versions of the article.
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Paradigm Peace and the Implications for Quality - Bryman, Alan (International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2006)
In this article it is shown that the paradigm wars that raged concerning the incompatibility of quantitative and qualitative research have largely subsided. In the process, discussions of epistemological and ontological issues have become less prominent. The peace that has broken out has proved to be more favourable to research combining quantitative and qualitative research than was the case during the paradigm wars. Drawing on interviews with social researchers who employ a mixed‐methods approach and on the literature, it is shown that a spirit of pragmatism with regard to combining quantitative and qualitative research prevails which encourages researchers to consider using mixed‐methods research when the research question is suited to it. However, the issue of which quality criteria should be employed in investigations combining quantitative and qualitative research has not been given a great deal of consideration. The author argues for a contingency approach, in which issues to do with quality are decided in relation to the nature of the study.
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Optimising worked example instruction: Different ways to increase germane cognitive load - Paas, Fred; van Gog, Tamara (Learning and Instruction, 2006)
Worked examples are an effective instructional means to teach complex problem-solving skills. It has been argued that worked examples decrease extraneous load, enabling more Working Memory (WM) resources to be directed to activities that facilitate learning and transfer performance. Hence, cognitive load research has started to shift its focus towards finding instructional techniques that impose a germane cognitive load by stimulating the allocation of WM resources to such activities. This special issue provides an overview of recent experimental research on ways to further optimise the design and delivery of worked examples in order to foster learning and transfer.
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Working memory in children with reading disabilities - Gathercole, Susan Elizabeth; Alloway, Tracy Packiam; Willis, Catherine; Adams, Anne-Marie (Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2006)
This study investigated associations between working memory (measured by complex memory tasks) and both reading and mathematics abilities, as well as the possible mediating factors of fluid intelligence, verbal abilities, short-term memory (STM), and phonological awareness, in a sample of 46 6- to 11-year-olds with reading disabilities. As a whole, the sample was characterized by deficits in complex memory and visuospatial STM and by low IQ scores; language, phonological STM, and phonological awareness abilities fell in the low average range. Severity of reading difficulties within the sample was significantly associated with complex memory, language, and phonological awareness abilities, whereas poor mathematics abilities were linked with complex memory, phonological STM, and phonological awareness scores. These findings suggest that working memory skills indexed by complex memory tasks represent an important constraint on the acquisition of skill and knowledge in reading and mathematics. Possible mechanisms for the contribution of working memory to learning, and the implications for educational practice, are considered.
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Keywords: IQ; Mathematics; NOTdocs.opendeved.net; Reading disabilities; Short-term memory; Working memory

Scopus database: A review - Burnham, Judy F. (National Library of Medicine, 2006)
The Scopus database provides access to STM journal articles and the references included in those articles, allowing the searcher to search both forward and backward in time. The database can be used for collection development as well as for research. This review provides information on the key points of the database and compares it to Web of Science. Neither database is inclusive, but complements each other. If a library can only afford one, choice must be based in institutional needs.
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Does changing behavioral intentions engender behavior change? A meta-analysis of the experimental evidence - Webb, Thomas L.; Sheeran, Paschal (Psychological Bulletin, 2006)
Numerous theories in social and health psychology assume that intentions cause behaviors. However, most tests of the intention- behavior relation involve correlational studies that preclude causal inferences. In order to determine whether changes in behavioral intention engender behavior change, participants should be assigned randomly to a treatment that significantly increases the strength of respective intentions relative to a control condition, and differences in subsequent behavior should be compared. The present research obtained 47 experimental tests of intention-behavior relations that satisfied these criteria. Meta-analysis showed that a medium-to-large change in intention (d = 0.66) leads to a small-to-medium change in behavior (d = 0.36). The review also identified several conceptual factors, methodological features, and intervention characteristics that moderate intention-behavior consistency.
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Keywords: Attitude; Cooperative Behavior; Female; Humans; Intention; Male; Social Behavior

Improving teaching quality in Guinea with interactive radio instruction - Burns, Mary (2006)
Guinea's Sous le Fromager project is an excellent example of radio as an effective delivery system for enhancing teachers’ basic content skills and for helping teachers with little or no instructional skills acquire those skills.
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The Effectiveness of Volunteer Tutoring Programs: A Systematic Review - Ritter, Gary; Denny, George; Albin, Ginger; Barnett, Joshua; Blankenship, Virginia (2006)
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Using thematic analysis in psychology - Braun, Virginia; Clarke, Victoria (Qualitative Research in Psychology, 2006)
Thematic analysis is a poorly demarcated, rarely acknowledged, yet widely used qualitative analytic method within psychology. In this paper, we argue that it offers an accessible and theoretically flexible approach to analysing qualitative data. We outline what thematic analysis is, locating it in relation to other qualitative analytic methods that search for themes or patterns, and in relation to different epistemological and ontological positions. We then provide clear guidelines to those wanting to start thematic analysis, or conduct it in a more deliberate and rigorous way, and consider potential pitfalls in conducting thematic analysis. Finally, we outline the disadvantages and advantages of thematic analysis. We conclude by advocating thematic analysis as a useful and flexible method for qualitative research in and beyond psychology.
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Keywords: epistemology; flexibility; patterns; qualitative psychology; thematic analysis

"A new beginning" Children, primary schools and social change in post-conflict Preah Vihear Province Cambodia - Geeves, Richard; Eng, Kim Ly; Lorn, Sa; Borrmei, Lon; Saran, Sok (Save the Children, 2006)
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Zanzibar Education Policy (Ministry of Education and Vocational Training, 2006)
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Optimising learning and education in Africa: The language factor - Alidou, H.; Boly, A.; Brock-Utne, B.; Diallo, Y.S.; Heugh, K.; Wolff, H.E. (ADEA, UIE, GTZ, 2006)
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Teacher Education at a Distance: Impact on Development in the Community - Binns, Felicity; Wrightson, Tony (DFID, 2006)
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Keywords: C:Low- and middle-income countries; ⛔ No DOI found

Education Management Information Systems (EMIS) in Latin America and the Caribbean: lessons and challenges - Cassidy, T (Inter-American Development Bank, 2006)
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Application of a Systems Approach to Distance Education - Daniel, Teresa A. (Proceedings of the 50th Annual Meeting of the ISSS-2006, Sonoma, CA, USA, 2006)
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Meeting EFA: Reaching the underserved through complementary models of effective schooling - DeStefano, Joseph; Hartwell, A.; Schuh-Moore, A.; Balwanz, D. (Academy for Educational Development (AED), 2006)
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Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Malawi National ICT for Development (ICT4D) Policy - Government of Malawi (2006)
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Teacher motivation and incentives in Malawi - Kadzamira, Esme Chipo (2006)
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Teacher motivation and incentives in Malawi - Kadzamira, Esme Chipo (Centre for Educational Research and Training, University of Malawi, 2006)
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Keywords: C:Malawi; _C:Malawi MWI; ⛔ No DOI found

DEEP IMPACT: an investigation of the use of information and communication technologies for teacher education in the global south - Leach, Jenny (DFID, 2006)
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DEEP IMPACT: an investigation of the use of information and communication technologies for teacher education in the Global South - Leach, Jenny; Ahmed, Atef; Makalima, Shumi; Power, Tom (DFID, 2006)
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Keywords: ___working_potential_duplicate; auto_merged

Quality of Education and Teacher Learning: A Review of the Literature - Leu, Elizabeth; Price-Rom, Alison (American Institutes for Research under the EQUIP1 LWA Academy for Educational Development, 2006)
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Quality of education and teacher learning: a review of the literature - Leu, Elizabeth; Price-Rom, Alison (American Institutes for Research under the EQUIP1 LWA; U.S. Agency for International Development, 2006)
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English Language Teaching in Mauritius: A Need for clarity of vision regarding English Language Policy - Mahadeo, Satish Kumar (The International Journal of Language, Society and Culture, 2006)
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Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Field-Based Models of Primary Teacher Training: Case Studies of Student Support Systems from Sub-Saharan Africa - Mattson, Elizabeth (Department for International Development, 2006)
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Keywords: C:sub-Saharan Africa; ⛔ No DOI found

National Information and Communication Technology Strategy for Education and Training - Ministry of Education, Kenya (2006)
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The Athens of West Africa: A History of International Education at Fourah Bay College, Freetown, Sierra Leone - Paracka, Daniel J. (2006)
This book is about Fourah Bay College (FBC) and its role as an institution of higher learning in both its African and international context. The study traces the College's development through periods of missionary education (1816-1876), colonial education (1876-1938), and development education (1938-2001).
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Systematic reviews in the social sciences: A practical guide - Petticrew, Mark; Roberts, Helen (Blackwell Publishing, 2006)
This book is a guide to planning and conducting a particular type of literature review, one that is increasingly used as a scientific tool: the systematic literature review. The book is aimed at social science researchers, but it provides a more general discussion of systematic reviews for those who want to use and understand them, but don't necessarily want to do one themselves. Most of the recent interest in systematic reviews focuses on reviews of the effectiveness of interventions, reflected in the growth of initiatives like the Campbell and Cochrane Collaborations. This book therefore focuses on reviews of effectiveness, but not exclusively. Systematic reviews are also widely used to synthesize other sorts of evidence, for example in order to answer questions about etiology (causes of problems), or about people's experiences, and we discuss and present examples of such reviews. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
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Keywords: Literature Review; Social Sciences

Rethinking Education Management Information Systems: lessons from and options for less developed countries - Powell, Marcus (InfoDev, 2006)
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Rethinking Education Management Information Systems: Lessons from and Options for Less Developed Countries - Powell, Marcus (2006)
Donors and planners often have unrealistic expectations about what can be achieved in a short time period and underestimate the challenges facing EMIS.
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Tools for knowledge and learning: a guide for development and humanitarian organizations - Ramalingam, Ben (Overseas Development Institute, 2006)
OCLC: 749000861 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:KAPZXX6J 2405685:4V6LJZNM

Aspirations, poverty, and economic change - Ray, Debraj (Understanding Poverty, 2006)
This essay discusses a particular aspect of poverty: its close and brutal association with a failure of aspirations. This is not an assertion about individuals who are poor; it is a statement about the condition of poverty itself. Poverty stifles dreams, or at least the process of attaining dreams. Thus, poverty and the failure of aspirations may be reciprocally linked in a self-sustaining trap. This essay seeks to draw out various aspects of this theme and, in the process, to introduce and discuss an aspirations-based view of individual behavior.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1093/0195305191.003.0028 2339240:2T4ZNREX 2405685:BNLHW8HH
Keywords: aspirations failure; aspirations window; collective action; individual behavior; poor; social polarization

Universal Design for Learning: Is It for Everyone? - Rose, D; Meyer, A (2006)
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) stands at the forefront of contemporary efforts to create universal access to educational curricula for all students, including those with disabilities. The "universal" in UDL does not mean there is a single optimal solution for everyone. Instead, it underscores the need for flexible approaches to teaching and learning that meet the needs of different kinds of learners. In this first UDL Reader, Anne Meyer and David H. Rose, cofounders of CAST, the educational nonprofit that developed the UDL framework, bring together a collection of articles on the practical, classroom dimensions of the UDL revolution in education. The authors offer insights on learner differences, the capacities of new media in the classroom, and effective teaching and assessment practices. The volume also includes lessons from teacher professional development workshops, classroom-based research, and UDL practitioners themselves. A highly readable volume aimed particularly at school teachers and administrators, this book is also an uncommonly accessible introduction to UDL for all readers committed to creating improved and universal access to educational materials for all students. Following a preface (Anne Meyer and David H. Rose), this book contains the following chapters: (1) Applying Universal Design for Learning in the Classroom (Peggy Coyne, Patricia Ganley, Tracey Hall, Grace Meo, Elizabeth Murray, and David Gordon); (2) A UDL Case Story and Model Lesson: Reading Challenges in Geography and Social Studies (The Staff at CAST); (3) Frequent Questions about Universal Design for Learning (Grace Meo); (4) A Level Playing Field: UDL in the Classroom (Lani Harac); (5) Teacher Perspectives: UDL in the Elementary Classroom (Kirsten Lee Howard); (6) Teacher Perspectives: Strategy Instruction Goes Digital (Nicole Strangman); (7) Implications of Universal Design for Learning for Classroom Assessment (David H. Rose and Robert P. Dolan); (8) The Promise of New Learning Environments for Students with Disabilities (Bart Pisha and Skip Stahl); (9) Transforming the Textbook to Improve Learning (Skip Stahl); (10) Engaging the Text: Brain Research and the Universal Design of Reading Strategy Supports (David H. Rose and Bridget Dalton); and (11) Teaching Internet Literacy Strategies: The Hero Inquiry Project (Maya B. Eagleton, Kathleen Guinee, and Karen Langlais). An index is also included.
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Beyond Instructional Design: Making Learning Design a Reality - Sims, Rod (Journal of Learning Design, 2006)
When we reflect on the emergence of online education and e-learning as the leading contender to confront the traditions of face-to-face teaching and learning, it is not only a case of better understanding the characteristics of online environments, but also timely to assess the relevance of theories and frameworks informing the design and implementation of those environments. Over the past twenty five years, the value of technology to education has been a significant focus of teachers, learners and institutional administration; it is also a period that has been characterised by lighthouse success stories, rigorous research, technological determinism and unfulfilled promises. As each new generation of technology appeared in the classroom (microcomputers, colour monitors, hypermedia, multimedia, internet), a new generation of early adopters appeared, each seemingly unaware of the research and knowledge gained by the previous generation. In this paper the argument is proposed that even with the strong foundation of knowledge that informs the appropriate ways to use technology for teaching and learning, too often that knowledge has been misunderstood or misused or ignored. The paper is based on the keynote presentation to the Online Learning and Teaching Conference held in Brisbane on September 23rd, 2005. The theme of the conference, "Beyond Delivery," was extremely timely as it marked the assertion that it was time to put the simple digitisation of materials behind us and focus on the active, engaging learning opportunities that effectively put the learning back into e-learning to take advantage of collaborative tools, learning communities and mediated conversation for new millennial learners. More importantly the statement that we are "beyond delivery" also suggests that it is time to embrace change and reflect on new ways to conceptualise the design of online learning environments. Through this paper an argument is presented for a proactive approach to the conceptualisation, formation and maintenance of online environments that cater specifically for the individual learner. Through an analysis of design strategies, proactive modelling and interactive metrics, a new framework is presented to address the pedagogy of online environments and present an alternative to common instructional design practices. For those committed to online teaching and learning environments populated with collaborating and reflective participants, this framework goes well beyond delivery to a pedagogy centred on emancipation and empowerment for the engaged learner.
Publisher: Queensland University of Technology KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2405685:RX8KWKNW
Keywords: Active Learning; Audio Equipment; Cognitive Style; Communities of Practice; Computer Mediated Communication; Conferences (Gatherings); Cooperative Learning; Educational Technology; Electronic Learning; Empowerment; Epistemology; Feedback (Response); Guidelines; Instructional Design; Models; Online Courses; Student Role; Teacher Role; Teaching Methods; Video Technology; ⛔ No DOI found

A guide to developing the ICT curriculum for early childhood education. - Siraj-Blatchford, I; Siraj-Blatchford, J (Stylus Publishing, LLC., 2006)
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Learning from evidence in a complex world - Sterman, John D. (American journal of public health, 2006)
Publisher: American Public Health Association KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.066043 2339240:S4A7BF3D 2405685:47LVMS7V

Increasing student motivation: strategies for middle and high school teachers - Theobald, Margaret A. (Corwin Press, 2006)
This unique resource provides a wealth of theories and strategies for teachers to help spark students' motivations to learn and succeed beyond their formal schooling years.
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Keywords: Education / General

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) | United Nations Enable - UNCRPD (2006)
Convention Ratifications/Accessions: 182 Signatories*: 164 Optional Protocol Ratifications/Accessions: 96 Signatories*: 94 (* Signatories include countries or regional integration organizations that have signed the Convention and its Optional Protocol) 10th Anniversary of the adoption of CRPD: 2006 to 2016 Infographic on the CRPD and the COSP (prepared October 2016: (Word, PDF) Status of Ratifications to the CRPD (prepared May 2016) (JPG, […]
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Equivalency Programmes (EPs) for Promoting Lifelong Learning - UNESCO (2006)
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Learning styles and formative assessment strategy: enhancing student achievement in Web-based learning - Wang, K. H.; Wang, T. H.; Wang, W. L.; Huang, S. C. (Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2006)
The purpose of this research was to investigate the effects of formative assessment and learning style on student achievement in a Web-based learning environment. A quasi-experimental research design was used. Participants were 455 seventh grade students from 12 classes of six junior high schools. A Web-based course, named BioCAL, combining three different formative assessment strategies was developed. The formative assessment strategies included Formative Assessment Module of the Web-Based Assessment and Test Analysis system (FAM-WATA) (with six Web-based formative assessment strategies), Normal Module of Web-Based Assessment and Test Analysis system (N-WATA) (only with partial Web-based formative assessment strategy) and Paper and Pencil Test (PPT) (without Web-based formative assessment strategy). Subjects were tested using Kolb's Learning Style Inventory, and assigned randomly by class into three groups. Each group took Web-based courses using one of the formative assessment strategies. Pre- and post-achievement testing was carried out. A one-way ANCOVA analysis showed that both learning style and formative assessment strategy are significant factors affecting student achievement in a Web-based learning environment. However, there is no interaction between these two factors. A post hoc comparison showed that performances of the FAM-WATA group are higher than the N-WATA and PPT groups. Learners with a ‘Diverger’ learning style performed best followed by, ‘Assimilator’, ‘Accommodator’, and ‘Converger’, respectively. Finally, FAM-WATA group students are satisfied with six strategies of the FAM-WATA.
_eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1365-2729.2006.00166.x shortDOI: 10/fgkwjr KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1111/j.1365-2729.2006.00166.x 10/fgkwjr 2405685:HQSUKKNZ
Keywords: Kolb's learning style; WATA system; Web-based formative assessment; biology; e-learning effects; middle school

The Social Life of Technology: An Ecological Analysis of Technology Diffusion in Schools - Zhao, Yong; Lei, Jing; Frank, Kenneth A. (Pedagogies: An International Journal, 2006)
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Monitoring works: Getting teachers to come to school - Duflo, Esther; Hanna, Rema (National Bureau of Economic Research, 2005)
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, and business professionals.
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The Other Blended Learning: A Classroom-Centered Approach - Wilson, Diann; Smilanich, Ellen M. (Pfeiffer, 2005)
In The Other Blended Learning, Diann Wilson and Ellen Smilanich explain how to successfully blend a variety of learning methods?including mentoring, coaching, on-the-job training, and e-learning?around classroom-delivered content. Though blended learning is most often associated with e-learning, this ?other? blend shows how to maximize the classroom experience to aid learning transfer and improve performance. Written in an easy-to-use format, The Other Blended Learning offers a practical guide for understanding and implementing a successful blended learning approach in any organization no matter what its size or mission.
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Teachers matter: attracting, developing and retaining effective teachers - OECD (OECD Publishing, 2005)
Full report URL: https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/education/teachers-matter-attracting-developing-and-retaining-effective-teachers_9789264018044-en KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1787/9789264018044-en 2339240:FTEGGPA6 2339240:TU4GDZTW 2405685:DD6X5JJQ

Towards a framework for the use of ICT in teacher training in Africa - Unwin, Tim (Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and e-Learning, 2005)
There is a gulf between the rhetoric of those advocating the use of ICT in education in Africa and the reality of classroom practice. This paper explores some of the reasons for this, and outlines a possible framework for the successful implementation of teacher training programmes that make advantageous use of appropriate ICTs. It argues that six fundamental principles of good practice must be addressed for such programmes to be effective: a shift from an emphasis on ‘education for ICT’ to the use of ‘ICT for education’; an integration of ICT practice within the whole curriculum; a need for integration between pre‐service and in‐service teacher training; a need for the development of relevant and locally produced content; a need for appropriate educational partnerships; and an emphasis on the development of sustainable costing models. The paper concludes with a framework for action to deliver the very real benefits of ICT for teacher training in Africa.
Publisher: Routledge _eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/02680510500094124 Extra URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/02680510500094124 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1080/02680510500094124 2339240:KKN62XAA 2405685:JJX3EQD5
Keywords: Africa; Education policy; ICT; Teacher training

Explaining the Short Careers of High-Achieving Teachers in Schools with Low-Performing Students - Boyd, Donald; Lankford, Hamilton; Loeb, Susanna; Wyckoff, James (American Economic Review, 2005)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1257/000282805774669628 2339240:TKPW4YRL 2405685:H96ELS6C
Keywords: Analysis of Education; Public Sector Labor Markets

Teacher shocks and student learning : evidence from Zambia - Das, Jishnu; Dercon, Stefan; Habyarimana, James; Krishnan, Pramila (The World Bank, 2005)
A large literature examines the link between shocks to households and the educational attainment of children. The authors use new data to estimate the impact of shocks to teachers on student learning in mathematics and English. Using absenteeism in the 30 days preceding the survey as a measure of these shocks they find large impacts: A 5 percent increase in the teacher's absence rate reduces learning by 4 to 8 percent of average gains over the year. This reduction in learning achievement likely reflects both the direct effect of increased absenteeism and the indirect effects of less lesson preparation and lower teaching quality when in class. The authors document that health problems-primarily teachers'own illness and the illnesses of their family members-account for more than 60 percent of teacher absences; not surprising in a country struggling with an HIV/AIDS epidemic. The relationship between shocks to teachers and student learning suggests that households are unable to substitute adequately for teaching inputs. Excess teaching capacity that allows for the greater use of substitute teachers could lead to larger gains in student learning.
Publication Title: Policy Research Working Paper Series KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:GFIFRUFA 2405685:RVFXTBTX 4656463:N3N5LCL3
Keywords: Educational Sciences; Gender and Education; Girls Education; Primary Education; Teaching and Learning

Improving educational quality with interactive radio instruction : a toolkit for policymakers and planners - Anzalone, Stephen; Bosch, Andrea (The World Bank, 2005)
This toolkit offers a timely compilation and analysis of recent experience of interactive radio instruction (IRI) in Africa and elsewhere. It explains the IRI concept. It guides the reader through the process of determining when IRI might be appropriate in a given context, and it describes the steps in setting up an IRI program. The authors emphasize the critical factors for success, including appropriate policy frameworks as well as planning for the necessary investment and sustainability. The report is organized as follows: Chapter 1 generally describes the IRI methodology and discusses the effectiveness, scale, and sustainability of the IRI approach. Chapter 2 then outlines steps for assessing the potential and appropriateness of IRI for improving educational quality in primary school classrooms in a given country, and chapter 3 leads the reader through a guided decision-making process for identifying the issues involved in applying the IRI methodology in particular country contexts. Two appendixes give summary data and illustrate, through brief vignettes, how IRI programs have worked in Sub-Saharan African countries. The Resources section contains further useful information, much of it available online.
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Keywords: Commitment; ___working_potential_duplicate; broadcasting; cost

Dialogue: A theoretical framework for distance education instructional systems - Gorsky, Paul; Caspi, Avner (British Journal of Educational Technology, 2005)
This paper presents a theoretical framework for viewing elements that comprise distance education instructional systems in terms of dialogue. It is assumed that learning is mediated by intrapersonal dialogue and facilitated by interpersonal dialogue. Every resource in a distance education instructional system (eg, instructor availability, asynchronous communication networks, self-instruction texts, etc) is analysed in terms of the dialogue mode it supports. The framework offers three advantages: (1) a unified, simple, and coherent description of the mechanisms at play in distance education systems, (2) clear-cut operational definitions, and (3) hypotheses that may be investigated empirically.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2005.00448.x 2339240:27S2643G 2405685:5GYDXVTM

The impact of the Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality (SACMEQ) - Murimba, S (Prospects, 2005)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1007/s11125-005-6822-z 2339240:GTT4IHFP 2405685:P6WSGKA2

Monitoring basic skills acquisition through rapid learning assessments: A case study from Peru - Abadzi, Helen; Crouch, Luis; Echegaray, Marcela; Pasco, Consuelo; Sampe, Jessyca (PROSPECTS, 2005)
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Information and communication technology (ICT) education in the city school, Pakistan - A success story in the large-scale introduction of the UK National Curriculum's ICT component in Pakistan - Ali, I.; Proctor, J. (Aslib Proceedings, 2005)
Purpose - In an age of information technology some developing countries are more vulnerable than others to international competition through failure to utilize fully the benefits of an ICT culture. The authors suggest that the strategies in response must include a radical review of attitudes and methods of delivery of ICT in schools and give as an example the recent experience of The City School, the nationwide schools' organisation in Pakistan with whom they are employed. Design/methodology/approach - The authors review the current position of ICT in schools in Pakistan and suggest as a model of development, for schools of a corresponding standing, that of The City School. They describe how The City School responded to ICT, ensuring that all its pupils would have access to the most modem of ICT courses. Discusses how the decision to implement a complete change, or revolution, in teaching ICT was brought about in a relatively short time. It discusses the nature of the programme, how it was organised, the materials required and the outcomes of its implementation including its outstanding success with pupils and their parents. Findings - The authors chronicle the historical developments within The City School that brought about radical change within a comparatively short period and identify careful planning, training, and the motivation of stakeholders, i.e. pupils, teachers and parents, as key elements in its successful implementation. Originality/value - The authors suggest that The City School experience provides a model that may be emulated by schools elsewhere in both developing and industrially developed countries.
Place: Bradford Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited WOS:000228458000003 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1108/00012530510589092 2339240:5LZA5PP2 2405685:IZSECS4Z
Keywords: Pakistan; communication technologies; design and development; schools

Brokerage and closure: An introduction to social capital - Burt, Ronald S. (Oxford university press, 2005)
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Langue et éducation en Afrique: enseigner à lire et écrire en langue maternelle - Chatry-Komarek, Marie (Langue et éducation en Afrique, 2005)
Publisher: l'Harmattan KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2405685:M5ZTSLAA 4042040:6UY5XZVI
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Methods for the economic evaluation of health care programmes - Drummond, M.F.; Sculpher, M.J.; Torrance, G.W.; O'Brien, B.J.; Stoddart, G.L. (Oxford University Press, 2005)
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Keywords: auto_merged

Gender and wealth disparities in schooling: evidence from 44 countries - Filmer, Deon (International Journal of Educational Research, 2005)
This paper uses internationally comparable household data sets (Demographic and Health Surveys) to investigate how gender and wealth interact to generate within-country inequalities in educational enrollment and attainment. The paper highlights that girls are at a great educational disadvantage in particular regions: South Asia and North, Western, and Central Africa. There are two main new findings. First, while gender gaps are large in a subset of countries, wealth gaps are large in almost all of the countries studied–and typically larger than corresponding gender gaps. Second, and of special concern, is the finding that in particular countries where there is a large female disadvantage in enrollment, wealth interacts with gender to exacerbate the gap in educational outcomes.
Publisher: Elsevier KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1016/j.ijer.2006.06.012 2339240:P4L824HN 2405685:N7TD7EH3
Keywords: Comparative Analysis; Educational Attainment; Enrollment; Evidence; Females; Fiscal Capacity; Foreign Countries; Gender Differences; Outcomes of Education

A systems approach for developing technological literacy - Frank, Moti (Volume 17 Issue 1 (fall 2005), 2005)
Publisher: Council on Technology Teacher Education and the International Technology and … KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:6PLNYYFG 2339240:TEUV5H5L 2405685:6CPUFAU7
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Permutation, Parametric, and Bootstrap Test of Hypotheses - Good, Philip (Springer, 2005)
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A conceptual systems dynamics model of research and development activities in South Africa - Grobbelaar, S. S.; Buys, Andre J. (The South African Journal of Industrial Engineering, 2005)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.7166/16-2-169 2405685:DDJI24GH

Assessing academic motivation among elementary school children: the Elementary School Motivation Scale (ESMS) - Guay, Frederic; Marsh, Herbert W.; Dowson, Martin; Larose, Simon (2005)
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Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Data collection, primary vs. secondary - Hox, Joop J; Boeije, Hennie R (Encyclopedia of social measurement, 2005)
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The Universities Act - Kabbah, President Alhaji Ahmad Tejan (2005)
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NATIONAL POLICIES THAT CONNECT ICT-BASED EDUCATION - Kozma, Robert (Human Technology: An Interdisciplinary Journal on Humans in ICT Environments, 2005)
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Keywords: _imported

National Policies that Connect ICT-Based Education Reform to Economic and Social Development - Kozma, Robert B. (Human Technology: An Interdisciplinary Journal on Humans in ICT Environments, 2005)
Information and communication technology (ICT) is a principal driver of economic development and social change, worldwide. In many countries, the need for economic and social development is used to justify investments in educational reform and in educational ICT. Yet the connections between national development goals and ICT-based education reform are often more rhetorical than programmatic. This paper identifies the factors that influence economic growth and shows how they supported economic and social development in three national case studies: Singapore, Finland, and Egypt. It describes a systemic framework of growth factors and types of development that can be used to analyze national policies and connect ICT-based education reform to national economic and social development goals. And it discusses how the coordination of policies within and across ministries can support a nation’s efforts to improve economic and social conditions. The paper highlights special concerns and challenges of developing countries.
shortDOI: 10/gf54xx KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.17011/ht/urn.2005355 10/gf54xx 2339240:U6EMQ8ZJ 2339240:XP4CBBBW 2405685:4IF64UER 2405685:MUCISL2Q

Can you hear me?: the right of young children to participate in decisions affecting them - Lansdown, Gerison (2005)
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Keywords: CitedIn:eCubed; eCubed

The evolving capacities of the child - Lansdown, Gerison (UNICEF, 2005)
OCLC: 255642685 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:HMWKDBG6 2405685:GZXA3C2A 503888:KQYDLJY8

A systems definition of educational technology in society - Luppicini, Rocci (Journal of Educational Technology & Society, 2005)
Conceptual development in the field of Educational Technology provides crucial theoretical grounding for ongoing research and practice. This essay draws from theoretical developments both within and external to the field of Educational Technology to articulate a systems definition of Educational Technology in Society. A systems definition of Educational Technology in Society is characterized as a goal oriented problem-solving approach utilizing tools, techniques, theories, and methods from multiple knowledge domains to: (1) design, develop, and evaluate, human and mechanical resources efficiently and effectively in order to facilitate and leverage all aspects of learning, and (2) guide change agency and transformation of educational systems and practices in order to contribute to influencing change in society. This paper offers valuable theoretical grounding to help guide researchers and leaders in the field.
Publisher: JSTOR KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:SYKIEW4D 2339240:VYPJNX5C 2405685:HQP2WIHL 2405685:S9RRRHTA
Keywords: ⚠️ Invalid DOI; ⛔ No DOI found

Kenya Education Sector Support Programme 2005 - 2010 - Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (2005)
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Designing Open and Distance Learning for Teacher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: A toolkit for educators and planners - Moon, Bob; Leach, Jenny; Stevens, Mary-Priscilla (World Bank, 2005)
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Regression to the mean: treatment effect without the intervention - Morton, Veronica; Torgerson, David J. (Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 2005)
shortDOI: 10/ftt4qk KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2004.00505.x 10/ftt4qk 2339240:9KBRFJE6 2405685:T5DCGNV9

From formative assessment to assessment FOR learning: a path to success in standards-based schools - Stiggins, Rick (The Phi Delta Kappan, 2005)
Publisher: [Phi Delta Kappa International, Sage Publications, Inc.] KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:72EF4Q36 2405685:IK2V8YQJ
Keywords: ⚠️ Invalid DOI

Bridging research and policy: a UK perspective - Taylor, Matthew (Journal of International Development, 2005)
_eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/jid.1237 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1002/jid.1237 2339240:X64RIS6M 2405685:PBSIK557

Knowledge Maps: ICTs in Education - Trucano, M. (2005)
Recent work at infoDev created a series of Knowledge Maps of what is known and what isnt about ICT use in education.
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The quality imperative - UNESCO; Education for All (2005)
OCLC: 253877447 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:QKLGEX34 2405685:7LX5DJIF

Monitoring and evaluation of ICT in education projects. A handbook for developing countries - Wagner, Daniel A.; Day, Bob; James, Tina; Kozma, Robert B.; Miller, Jonathan; Unwin, Tim (Washington DC: infoDev. Retrieved July, 2005)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Monitoring and evaluation of ICT in education projects: A handbook for developing countries - Wagner, Daniel A.; Day, Bob; James, Tina; Kozma, Robert B.; Miller, Jonathan; Unwin, Tim (the International Conference on Educational Technology, 2005)
an infoDev publication www.infodev.org Pre-publication draft for circulation at the World Summit on the Information Societ
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Keywords: ___working_potential_duplicate; ⛔ No DOI found

Design-based research and technology-enhanced learning environments - Wang, Feng; Hannafin, Michael J. (Educational Technology Research and Development, 2005)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1007/BF02504682 2405685:EJDCIGTI

Dewey goes digital: Scaling up constructivist pedagogies and the promise of new technologies - Wiske, M. S.; Perkins, D. (Scaling up success: Lessons learned from technology-based educational innovation. New York: Jossey-Bass, 2005)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:9PL5T8PF 2405685:3F5PV9TQ
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Improving Educational Quality through Interactive Radio Instruction - World Bank (2005)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:P8RFXRRD 2405685:NJE9HJMQ

What makes the difference? A practical analysis of research on the effectiveness of distance education - Zhao, Yong; Lei, Jing; Yan, Bo; Tan, Sophia; Zhao, Yong (2005)
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Qualitative Metasynthesis: Reflections on Methodological Orientation and Ideological Agenda - Thorne, Sally; Jensen, Louise; Kearney, Margaret H.; Noblit, George; Sandelowski, Margarete (Qualitative Health Research, 2004)
In an era of pressure toward evidence-based health care, we are witnessing a new enthusiasm for qualitative metasynthesis as an enterprise distinct from conventional literature reviews, secondary analyses, and the many other scholarly endeavors with which it is sometimes confused. This article represents the reflections of five scholars, each ofwhom has authored a distinct qualitative metasynthesis strategy. By providing the reader a glimpse into the tradition of their various qualitative metasynthesis projects, these authors offer a finely nuanced examination of the tensions between comparison and integration, deconstruction and synthesis, and reporting and integration within the metasynthesis endeavor. In so doing, they account for many of the current confusions about representation and generalization within the products of these inquiries. Through understanding the bases of their unique angles of vision, the reader is invited to engage in their commitment to scholarly integrity and intellectual credibility in this emerging methodological challenge.
shortDOI: 10/djqm9s KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1177/1049732304269888 10/djqm9s 2339240:T7C35YGI 2405685:SJTGGGWB

Promoting academic literacy with technology: successful laptop programs in K-12 schools - Warschauer, Mark; Grant, David; Real, Gabriel Del; Rousseau, Michele (System, 2004)
One of the main challenges that US schools face in educating English language learners is developing their academic literacy. This paper presents case studies of two K-12 schools that successfully employ high-technology environments, including laptop computers for each student, toward the development of English language learners’ academic language proficiency and academic literacy. In the first school, Latino fourth-grade students use laptops and other new technologies for a wide variety of pre- and post-reading tasks as part of their effort to transition from learning to read to reading to learn. In the second school, diverse immigrant and refugee students at the middle school level combine technology use with Expeditionary Learning to carry out community projects leading to the development of sophisticated products. In both schools, technology is used to engage students in cognitively demanding activity, motivate independent reading, and provide scaffolding for language development, while the researchers also made use of technology to document learning processes and outcomes. Taken together, the schools offer valuable lessons for utilization of technology to promote academic literacy among culturally and linguistically diverse students.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1016/j.system.2004.09.010 10/ffr68w 2339240:CR5JUUTC 2405685:9TQ7P4IC
Keywords: Laptops; Literacy; Technology

Bangladesh educational assessment: pre-primary and primary Madrasah education in Bangladesh - Abdalla, Amr; Raisuddin, A. N. M.; Hussein, Suieiman (Basic Education and Policy Support (BEPS) Activity, United States Agency for International Development, 2004)
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Despite the Odds - Grindle, Merilee (2004)
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Development of a cadre of teacher educators: some lessons from Pakistan - Khamis, Anil; Sammons, Pamela (International Journal of Educational Development, 2004)
This article is based on an educational innovation, the creation of a cadre of teacher educators, in the developing world. Professional development teachers (PDT) were trained in an in-service two-year teacher education programme leading to a Masters of Education (M.Ed.) degree. The PDTs were expected to play three roles in their home schools upon completion of the degree programme: (a) exemplary teachers; (b) teacher educators; and (c) change agents within their home schools to effect improvement. This article reviews education in Pakistan and the innovations that have come to inform the need to focus on teacher education as a primary area of investment and presents findings of a three-year longitudinal study of a selection of PDTs trained at the Aga Khan University’s Institute for Educational Development (AKU-IED). The main findings of the study indicate that teachers benefited significantly as individuals with enhanced career prospects, identified themselves more and preferred the role of teacher educators as opposed to classroom-based teachers, and sought opportunities outside their own schools but their role as change agents was more limited. Those teachers who maintained links with their schools beyond the three-year bonding period (a condition of being admitted to study for the M.Ed.) varied in the extent to which they managed to initiate and sustain school improvement efforts as indicated by changes in the structures and relationships within schools affecting the teaching–learning offered to pupils.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2003.11.012 2339240:HZWD3HPL 2405685:VR29AWRC
Keywords: Development; Educational policy; International education; Pakistan; School improvement; Teacher education

Local capture: Evidence from a Central Government Transfer Program in Uganda - Reinikka, R.; Svensson, J. (The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2004)
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Individual differences in executive functioning and theory of mind: An investigation of inhibitory control and planning ability - Carlson, Stephanie M; Moses, Louis J; Claxton, Laura J (Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2004)
This research examined the relative contributions of two aspects of executive function—inhibitory control and planning ability—to theory of mind in 49 3- and 4-year-olds. Children were given two standard theory of mind measures (Appearance–Reality and False Belief), three inhibitory control tasks (Bear/Dragon, Whisper, and Gift Delay), three planning tasks (Tower of Hanoi, Truck Loading, and Kitten Delivery), and a receptive vocabulary test (Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test [PPVT-3]). Multiple regression analyses indicated that two inhibition tasks (Bear/Dragon and Whisper) were significantly related to theory of mind after accounting for age, receptive vocabulary, and planning. In contrast, the planning tasks did not share unique variance with theory of mind. These results increase our understanding of the specific nature of executive function–theory of mind relations during early childhood.
shortDOI: 10/d2r85m KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1016/j.jecp.2004.01.002 10/d2r85m 2339240:HTTVK72C 2405685:XYCJRAS2
Keywords: Executive function; Inhibition; Planning; Theory of mind

The Education Act, 2004 - Kabbah, President Alhaji Ahmad Tejan (2004)
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The Patterns and Purposes of School-based and Cluster Teacher Professional Development Programs - Leu, ELizabeth (USAID/EQUIP1, 2004)
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Student learning motivation and psychological hardiness: interactive effects on students' reactions to a management class - Cole, Michael S.; Feild, Hubert S.; Harris, Stanley G. (Academy of Management Learning & Education, 2004)
We propose here that simultaneously considering the combined effects of students' learning motivation and psychological hardiness can increase understanding of the learning experience and its impact on important learning outcomes. Specifically, we hypothesized that the relationship between learning motivation and learning outcomes would be moderated by individuals' psychological hardiness. We collected data in two studies. The first established the psychometric properties of a newly developed scale, the second tested related research hypotheses. After controlling for socially desirable responding and dispositional learning orientations, our hypothesized interaction between participants' initial motivation to learn and their psychological hardiness explained differences in participants' postlearning motivation, depressive symptomatology, and reactions to their classroom experience assessed 2 months later. The study's findings have particular relevance for anyone who has ever taught or been involved in teaching. At times, for example, students can feel overwhelmed by the numerous responsibilities associated with being a college student. As a result, some will suffer a loss in motivation to perform and, even worse, a few will experience a severe state of depressed mood. Consequently, in this study we address these concerns and offer specific recommendations that could be implemented by universities and instructors to circumvent these detrimental outcomes.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.5465/amle.2004.12436819 2339240:HBM8K8GB 2405685:PYAW9368
Keywords: EDUCATION; LEARNING; MOTIVATION (Psychology); PSYCHOMETRICS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES & colleges

What the best college teachers do - Bain, Ken (Harvard University Press, 2004)
What makes a great teacher great? Who are the professors students remember long after graduation? This book, the conclusion of a fifteen-year study of nearly one hundred college teachers in a wide variety of fields and universities, offers valuable answers for all educators. In stories both humorous and touching, Bain describes examples of ingenuity and compassion, of students' discoveries of new ideas and the depth of their own potential.
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A review of the research literature on barriers to the uptake of ICT by teachers - Becta (2004)
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Distance Learning for Teacher Training in Brazil - Bof, Alvana (International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2004)
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Keywords: C:Brazil

Sustainability and interactive radio instruction: why some projects last - Bosch, Andrea (Adapting Technology for School Improvement A Global Perspective, 2004)
This book presents a compilation of articles based on the premise that the move to advanced technology use in primary and secondary schools offers great hope for improving the access, quality, and efficiency of basic education. The aim of the book is to identify and examine how information technologies can be, and are being, used to strengthen the quality of primary and secondary education. The articles take a global focus, drawing on examples from a wide range of countries. The book analyzes the challenges that teachers and educational planners face as they make this move, and shares how those challenges are being met in some of the countries now engaged in this effort. Several major themes are explored: the role of technology in school improvement, top-down versus bottom-up approaches, interactive radio instruction in schools, computers in the classroom, technology in teacher education, and adopting and implementing technology. The conclusions of the book examine strategies such as the cross-national sharing of curriculum development and instructional materials, and the training and support of teachers and administrators. The need for new partnerships, such as public-private and central-local, to make continued developments in technology sustainable, are also examined. The book divides into 14 chapters: (1) The Role of Technology in School Improvement (David W. Chapman, Amy Garrett, and Lars O. Mahlck); (2) Are New Technologies Better Technologies? For Whom? (Claudio de Moura Castro); (3) International Uses of Education Technology Threats and Opportunities (Stephen P. Heyneman and Katherine Taylor Haynes); (4) Using Instructional Technology as a Bridge to the Future: Palau's Story (Gregory C. Sales and Masa-Aki N. Emesiochl); (5) The Introduction of Computers in Secondary Schools in Jamaica: A Case of Bottom-Up Reform (Errol Miller); (6) Distance Education in Ethiopia (Teshome Nekatibeb and Thomas Tilson); (7) Sustainability and Interactive Radio Instruction: Why Some Projects Last (Andrea Bosch); (8) Is Constructivism Universal? In Search of Meaningful Technology in Morocco and Namibia (Jeffrey Coupe, Jeffrey Goveia, Houcine El Haichour, and Alfred Ilukena); (9) Technology and Educational Change at the Local Level: The Case of the Campana Schools Network in Argentina (Cecilia Braslavsky and Laura Fumagalli); (10) The Pedagogical Uses of Web-Based Chat: The Brazilian Experience (Vera Atsuko Suguri, Maria de Lourdes Matos, Noara M. de Resende e Castro, Rosal va Ieda V. Guimaraes de Castro, Lurdes Marilene da Silva Jung, and Eric Rusten); (11) Utilizing Technology in a Rural Teacher Certification Programme in Iceland (Ingolfur Asgeir Johannesson and Anna Thora Baldursdottir); (12) Integrating Technology into Education: The Czech Approach (Bozena Mannova); (13) The School Online Initiative in German Schools: Empirical Results and Recommendations to Improve School Development (Renate Schulz-Zander); and (14) Effective Use of Technology to Improve Education: Lessons for Planners (Lars O. Mahlck and David W. Chapman). This book is intended for educational policymakers, administrators, planners, and curriculum development specialists concerned with how technology can be used to extend access and raise the quality of education in their countries. It is also intended for international organizations, development assistance agencies and NGOs that are often most responsible for advocating the use of technology as a solution to education problems in low and middle-income countries. (Individual chapters contain references.).
OCLC: 1064923325 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:83PCK5YZ 2405685:KKI68BXJ
Keywords: Commitment; Cost; content

Collaboration and self-regulation in teachers’ professional development - Butler, Deborah L; Lauscher, Helen Novak; Jarvis-Selinger, Sandra; Beckingham, Beverly (Teaching and Teacher Education, 2004)
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Bridging Research and Policy in International Development: An Analytical and Practical Framework - Court, J.; Young, J. (Overseas Development Institute, 2004)
This paper outlines some of the theory behind, and practical application of the RAPID Analytical and Practical Framework.
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A practical guide to working with Education Management Information Systems: guidance for DFID advisers (first draft) - Ellison, R (2004)
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Website offers fake degrees for £165 - Gillan, Audrey (2004)
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Mixed Methods Research: A Research Paradigm Whose Time Has Come - R. Burke Johnson, Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie, 2004 - Johnson, R.B.; Onwuegbuzie, A.J. (2004)
The purposes of this article are to position mixed methods research (mixed research is a synonym) as the natural complement to traditional qualitative and quantitative research, to present pragmatism as offering an attractive philosophical partner for mixed methods research, and to provide a framework for designing and conducting mixed methods research. In doing this, we briefly review the paradigm “wars” and incompatibility thesis, we show some commonalities between quantitative and qualitative research, we explain the tenets of pragmatism, we explain the fundamental principle of mixed research and how to apply it, we provide specific sets of designs for the two major types of mixed methods research (mixed-model designs and mixed-method designs), and, finally, we explain mixed methods research as following (recursively) an eight-step process. A key feature of mixed methods research is its methodological pluralism or eclecticism, which frequently results in superior research (compared to monomethod research). Mixed methods research will be successful as more investigators study and help advance its concepts and as they regularly practice it.
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Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Logic Model Development Guide - Kellogg Foundation (2004)
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Procedures for Undertaking Systematic Reviews - Kitchenham, B (2004)
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Ten Steps to a Results-Based Monitoring and Evaluation System - Kusek, Jody Zall; Rist, Ray C. (World Bank, 2004)
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Coming to terms: A discussion of John Ogbu’s cultural-ecological theory of minority academic achievement - Michael Foster, Kevin (Intercultural education, 2004)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1080/1467598042000313403 2339240:4B6NB59T 2405685:ZQZ3YRB5

Theoretical Saturation - Morse, Janice M. (The SAGE Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods, 2004)
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Literature review in mobile technologies and learning - Naismith, Laura; Sharples, Mike; Vavoula, Giasemi; Lonsdale, Peter (2004)
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Distance education in Ethiopia - Nekatibeb, Teshome; Tilson, Thomas (D. W. Chapman & L. O. Mahlck (Eds.). Adapting technology for school improvement: a global perspective, 2004)
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Construct Validity of Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrices for African and Non-African Engineering Students in South Africa - Rushton, J. Philippe; Skuy, Mervyn; Bons, Trudy Ann (International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 2004)
We test the hypothesis that the Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrices has the same construct validity in African university students as it does in non-African students by examining data from 306 highly select 17- to 23-year olds in the Faculties of Engineering and the Built Environment at the University of the Witwatersrand (177 Africans, 57 East Indians, 72 Whites; 54 women, 252 men). Analyses were made of the Matrices scores, an English Comprehension test, the Similarities subscale from the South African Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, end-of-year university grades, and high-school grade point average. Out of the 36 Matrices problems, the African students solved an average of 23; East Indian students, 26; and White students, 29 (p<.001), placing them at the 60th, 71st, and 86th percentiles, respectively, and yielding IQ equivalents of 103, 108, and 118 on the 1993 US norms. The same pattern of group differences was found on the Comprehension Test, the Similarities subscale, university course grades, and high-school grade-point average. The items on the Matrices ‘behaved’ in the same way for the African students as they did for the non-African students, thereby indicating the test's internal validity. Item analyses, including a confirmatory factor analysis, showed that the African/non-African difference was most pronounced on the general factor of intelligence. Concurrent validity was demonstrated by correlating the Matrices with the other measures, both individually and in composite. For the African group, the mean r=.28, p<.05, and for the non-African group, the mean r=.27, p<.05. Although the intercepts of the regression lines for the two groups were significantly different, their slopes were not. The results imply that scores on the Raven's Matrices are as valid for Africans as they are for non-Africans.
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Achieving Equality of Student Internet Access Within Schools. - Schofield, Janet Ward; Davidson, Ann Locke (American Psychological Association, 2004)
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Civil society and right to information: a perspective on India’s experience - Sharma, P (Eldis, 2004)
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Technology and equity in schooling: Deconstructing the digital divide - Warschauer, Mark; Knobel, Michele; Stone, Leeann (Educational policy, 2004)
Publisher: Sage Publications Sage CA: Thousand Oaks, CA KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1177/0895904804266469 2339240:KTIX4GZT 2339240:LWSDVEBV 2405685:6PBK22NX
Keywords: equity; technology

Computerized Adaptive Testing for Effective and Efficient Measurement in Counseling and Education - Weiss, David J. (Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2004)
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An instrument to elicit teachers' beliefs and assumptions - Donaghue, Helen (ELT Journal, 2003)
Teachers' beliefs influence the acceptance and uptake of new approaches, techniques, and activities, and therefore play an important part in teacher development. Consequently, trainers running teacher education courses should consider encouraging participants to think about their personal beliefs and theories about teaching before providing input. This article proposes the use of an instrument designed to elicit teachers' beliefs based on Kelly's (1969) theory of personal constructs, using an adapted version of his repertory grid technique.
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Towards a theory of curriculum implementation with particular reference to science education in developing countries - Rogan, John M.; Grayson, Diane J. (International Journal of Science Education, 2003)
Improving science education is often regarded as a priority for developing countries in order to promote longterm economic development. Thus initiatives, both government and foreign-aid sponsored, aimed at improving science education in developing countries abound. However, all too often the focus of such initiatives is limited to the development of science curricula, while the details of how the curricula will be implemented at school level are often neglected. This paper represents an effort to lay the groundwork for a theory of curriculum implementation with particular reference to developing countries. We have drawn on school development, educational change, and science education literature in order to develop three constructs that could form the heart of such a theory, namely, Profile of Implementation, Capacity to Innovate, and Outside Support. Six propositions are offered to suggest how the constructs may inter-relate as a basis for the development of the theory. The implementation of the natural sciences learning area of the South African Curriculum 2005 is used to illustrate the emerging theory.
Publisher: Routledge _eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/09500690210145819 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1080/09500690210145819 2405685:HB99IFQ4

Can free primary education meet the needs of the poor?: evidence from Malawi - Kadzamira, Esme; Rose, Pauline (International Journal of Educational Development, 2003)
Following elections in 1994, the Government of Malawi embarked on an ambitious programme of free primary education (FPE), resulting in a dramatic increase in enrolment. The paper argues that the policy did not sufficiently consider the ways in which direct and indirect costs of schooling continue to be prohibitive for some households, or the effects that the expansion would have on quality. The relevance of education for the majority of children who receive only a few years of primary schooling is also questioned. The paper suggests that FPE might not be contributing to the achievement of poverty alleviation goals, as intended.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1016/S0738-0593(03)00026-9 2339240:RHFDRS6C 2405685:KNBRX6T6
Keywords: Development; Educational policy; Gender; International education; Malawi; Poverty

The Ghana ICT for Accelerated Development Policy - The Republic of Ghana (2003)
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Applied Longitudinal Data Analysis: Modeling Change and Event Occurrence - Singer, Judith D.; Willett, John B. (Oxford University Press, USA, 2003)
Change is constant in everyday life. Infants crawl and then walk, children learn to read and write, teenagers mature in myriad ways, the elderly become frail and forgetful. Beyond these natural processes and events, external forces and interventions instigate and disrupt change: test scores may rise after a coaching course, drug abusers may remain abstinent after residential treatment. By charting changes over time and investigating whether and when events occur, researchers reveal the temporal rhythms of our lives. Applied Longitudinal Data Analysis is a much-needed professional book for empirical researchers and graduate students in the behavioral, social, and biomedical sciences. It offers the first accessible in-depth presentation of two of today's most popular statistical methods: multilevel models for individual change and hazard/survival models for event occurrence (in both discrete- and continuous-time). Using clear, concise prose and real data sets from published studies, the authors take you step by step through complete analyses, from simple exploratory displays that reveal underlying patterns through sophisticated specifications of complex statistical models.Applied Longitudinal Data Analysis offers readers a private consultation session with internationally recognized experts and represents a unique contribution to the literature on quantitative empirical methods.Visit http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/examples/alda.htm for:DT Downloadable data setsDT Library of computer programs in SAS, SPSS, Stata, HLM, MLwiN, and moreDT Additional material for data analysis
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Keywords: Mathematics / Probability & Statistics / General; Medical / Epidemiology; Psychology / Statistics

Designing a research project: randomised controlled trials and their principles - Kendall, J. M. (Emergency Medicine Journal, 2003)
The sixth paper in this series discusses the design and principles of randomised controlled trials.
Publisher: British Association for Accident and Emergency Medicine Section: Research series KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1136/emj.20.2.164 2339240:A3E5UM75 2405685:S2NJ3SPQ
Keywords: randomised controlled trials; research

Education management information system (EMIS): integrated data and information systems and their implications in educational management - Hua, Haiyan; Herstein, Jon (2003)
Successful management of today’s education systems requires effective policymaking and system monitoring through data and information. To this end, countries around the world have invested significant resources into collecting, processing, and managing more and better data through education management information systems (EMIS). However, all too often EMIS design and development has been limited to information technology enhancements, and/or data storage and maintenance, with insufficient attention paid to the management environment in which EMIS operates and data utilization for policy decisions. This paper will examine the technical, organizational, and institutional conditions that must be met in order to enable information-based decision-making for effective system management. It will highlight the fact that technical capacity building must be accompanied by the creation of the demand for information and the nurturing of a culture of open communication, information sharing, and information use.
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Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

The new dynamics of strategy: Sense-making in a complex and complicated world - Kurtz, C.F.; Snowden, David (Engineering Management Review, IEEE, 2003)
In this paper, we challenge the universality of three basic assumptions prevalent in organizational decision support and strategy: assumptions of order, of rational choice, and of intent. We describe the Cynefin framework, a sense-making device we have developed to help people make sense of the complexities made visible by the relaxation of these assumptions. The Cynefin framework is derived from several years of action research into the use of narrative and complexity theory in organizational knowledge exchange, decision-making, strategy, and policy-making. The framework is explained, its conceptual underpinnings are outlined, and its use in group sense-making and discourse is described. Finally, the consequences of relaxing the three basic assumptions, using the Cynefin framework as a mechanism, are considered.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1109/EMR.2003.24944 2339240:AKCR93A7 2405685:4PL7GJAU
Keywords: _THEME: Teacher Professional Development

EPPI-Centre Guidelines for extracting data and quality assessing primary studies in educational research (EPPI-Centre, 2003)
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Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -GeneralCitations; publicImportV1

Systems inquiry and its application in education - Banathy, Bela H.; Jenlink, Patrick M. (Handbook of research for educational communications and technology, 2003)
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Mahwah, NJ KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:GTLEBVZ3 2405685:IC5RVDXF
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Culture and Classroom Reform: The case of the District Primary Education Project, India - Clarke, Prema (Comparative Education, 2003)
Reform in teaching and learning forms one of the basic dimensions of educational reform. This study explores the impact of the reform process on teacher thinking and classroom practice in the multi-donor supported District Primary Education Project in Karnataka, India. Using both qualitative and quantitative methodologies, a variety of aspects dealing with teaching and learning are examined in order to understand the extent to which changes are taking place in the classroom. The study analyses the impact of four cultural constructs, which frame teaching and learning in India: holism as a shared worldview that encourages openness to regulation; the hierarchical structure as a regulative social framework; knowledge as discovered and attested collectively; and the ‘sense of duty’ that deﬁnes the role of the teacher (and student). The conclusion of the study is that while there are observable changes in the classroom in the use of instructional aids and activities during instruction, the essential characteristics of traditional practice, namely rote and repetition has not changed. Both teachers’ openness and resistance to reform are portrayed as embedded in the cultural construction of teaching and learning.
shortDOI: 10/dj6jdc KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1080/03050060302562 10/dj6jdc 2405685:J2IPL98G

Rethinking Scale: Moving Beyond Numbers to Deep and Lasting Change - Coburn, Cynthia E. (Educational Researcher, 2003)
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The impact of parental involvement, parental support and family education on pupil achievements and adjustment: a literature review - Desforges, Charles; Abouchaar, Alberto (DfES, 2003)
OCLC: 1043315973 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2405685:YCL2AWMB

Core Keywording Strategy - EPPI Centre (2003)
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Guidelines for extracting data and quality assessing primary studies in educational research Version 0.9.7 - EPPI-Centre (2003)
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Education Management Information System (EMIS): Integrated data and information systems and their Implications in educational management - Hua, Haiyan; Herstein, Jon (2003)
Successful management of today’s education systems requires effective policymaking and system monitoring through data and information. To this end, countries around the world have invested significant resources into collecting, processing, and managing more and better data through education management information systems (EMIS). However, all too often EMIS design and development has been limited to information technology enhancements, and/or data storage and maintenance, with insufficient attention paid to the management environment in which EMIS operates and data utilization for policy decisions. This paper will examine the technical, organizational, and institutional conditions that must be met in order to enable information-based decision-making for effective system management. It will highlight the fact that technical capacity building must be accompanied by the creation of the demand for information and the nurturing of a culture of open communication, information sharing, and information use.
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Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Data Collection Strategies in Mixed Methods Research - Johnson, Burke; Turner, Lisa A. (SAGE, 2003)
Johnson, B. and Turner, L.A. (2003) Data Collection Strategies in Mixed Methods Research. In: Tashakkori, A.M. and Teddlie, C.B., Eds., Handbook of Mixed Methods in Social and Behavioral Research, SAGE Publications, Thousand Oaks, 297-319.
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Keywords: Social Science / Folklore & Mythology; Social Science / Research

Preparing a Workforce for the Evolving Information Economy: A Survey on ICT Access and Use in Kenya Secondary Schools. Summit Strategies Limited, Nairobi. - Kenya Schoolnet (2003)
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The Ghana ICT for Accelerated Development Policy - Ministry of Communications (2003)
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National Information and Communications Technologies Policy - Ministry of Communications and Transport (2003)
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National Information and Communications Technologies policy - Ministry of Communications and Transport (The United Republic of Tanzania, 2003)
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National information and communications technology policy 2003 - Ministry of Communications and Transport (2003)
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Education Strategic Plan 2003-2015 - Ministry of Education, Ghana (Government of Ghana, 2003)
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Education Strategic Plan 2003–2015 - Ministry of Education, Ghana (2003)
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The Development of Effective Strategies to Teach Reading among Unqualified Primary Teachers in a Developing Country Context - O'Sullivan, Margo (International Journal of Early Years Education, 2003)
The teaching of reading in primary classrooms in developing countries, particularly, the teaching of English reading to second-language pupils, receives very little attention in the literature. One notable study that highlighted the low standard of reading in developing countries claimed that the teaching of reading in these countries is in crisis (Williams, 1993). This can be attributed to teachers’ reliance on a rote memory approach to teaching reading. There is, however, very little research available on efforts that attempt to address this problem. This article emerged from a research study of an in-service programme in Namibia and it begins to address this gap. The programme, for mainly unqualiﬁed primary teachers, sought to develop teachers’ capacity to teach reading more effectively. It explored the usefulness of various Western strategies to teach reading, bearing the transfer issue in mind. The study highlighted the usefulness of an instructional structured reading lesson and explored the issue of prescription inherent in it. It also found that structured and bottom-up strategies were more effective than top-down strategies. However, the main lesson to be learned is that an eclectic approach to teaching reading, using strategies adapted to the realities within which teachers work, is useful in developing country contexts.
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Literature Review in Science Education and the Role of ICT: Promise, Problems and Future Directions - Osborne, J.; Hennessy, S. (Nesta FutureLab, 2003)
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Diffusion of innovations - Rogers, Everett M. (Free Press, 2003)
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Quality in Qualitative Evaluation: A framework for assessing research evidence - Spencer, Liz; Ritchie, Jane; Lewis, Jane; Dillon, Lucy (GOV.UK, 2003)
Guidance on maintaining the quality of qualitative evaluation for use in Government research
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An EMIS for Palestine – the Education Management Information System in the West Bank and Gaza Strip - Sultana, Ronald G. (Mediterranean Journal of Educational Studies, 2003)
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Narional Information and Communications Technologies policy - The United Republic of Tanzania Ministry of Communications and Transport (2003)
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Education Management Information Systems (EMIS): a guide for young managers - Wako, Tegegn Nuresu (2003)
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Technology and social inclusion: rethinking the digital divide - Warschauer, Mark (MIT Press, 2003)
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Keywords: Digital divide; Marginality; Social

Factors Affecting Technology Uses in Schools: An Ecological Perspective - Zhao, Yong; Frank, Kenneth A. (American Educational Research Journal, 2003)
Why is technology not used more in schools? Many researchers have tried to solve this persistent puzzle. The authors of this article report on their study of technology uses in 19 schools. They suggest an ecological metaphor, using the example of the introduction of the zebra mussel into the Great Lakes, to integrate and organize sets of factors that affect implementation of computer uses. Their findings suggest that an ecological perspective can provide a powerful analytical framework for understanding technology uses in schools. That perspective points out new directions for research and has significant policy and practical implications for implementing innovations in schools.
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Keywords: computers in schools; diffusion of innovation; educational technology; school ecology; teacher development

Developing an HIV/AIDS Education Curriculum for Takalani Sesame, South Africa's Sesame Street - Segal, Lauren; Cole, Charlotte Frances; Fuld, Janice (Early Education and Development, 2002)
The HIV/AIDS pandemic in South Africa has prompted a need for extensive efforts to educate citizens of all ages about the disease and ways of coping with its impact. This paper describes the process of developing an HIV/AIDS education curriculum for Takalani Sesame, an educational media project for young South African children. The process began with formative research with adults and children, and extensive discussions with HIV/AIDS health specialists. Guided by the research and advice from specialists, a team of educators developed a comprehensive curriculum that the Takalani Sesame production team will use to create HIV/AIDS education messages for television, radio and outreach materials for children ages 3-7 and the adults who care for them.
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Distance Learning: Promises, Problems, and Possibilities - Valentine, Doug (Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2002)
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Short screening scales to monitor population prevalances and trends in non-specific psychological distress - Kessler, Ronald; Andrews, Gavin; Colpe, Lisa; Hiripi, E; Mroczek, Daniel; Normand, Sharon-Lise; Walters, Ellen; Zaslavsky, Alan (Psychological Medicine, 2002)
A 10-question screening scale of psychological distress and a six-question short-form scale embedded within the 10-question scale were developed for the redesigned US National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). Initial pilot questions were administered in a US national mail survey (N = 1401). A reduced set of questions was subsequently administered in a US national telephone survey (N = 1574). The 10-question and six-question scales, which we refer to as the K10 and K6, were constructed from the reduced set of questions based on Item Response Theory models. The scales were subsequently validated in a two-stage clinical reappraisal survey (N = 1000 telephone screening interviews in the first stage followed by N = 153 face-to-face clinical interviews in the second stage that oversampled first-stage respondents who screened positive for emotional problems) in a local convenience sample. The second-stage sample was administered the screening scales along with the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID). The K6 was subsequently included in the 1997 (N = 36116) and 1998 (N = 32440) US National Health Interview Survey, while the K10 was included in the 1997 (N = 10641) Australian National Survey of Mental Health and Well-Being. Both the K10 and K6 have good precision in the 90th-99th percentile range of the population distribution (standard errors of standardized scores in the range 0.20-0.25) as well as consistent psychometric properties across major sociodemographic subsamples. The scales strongly discriminate between community cases and non-cases of DSM-IV/SCID disorders, with areas under the Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve of 0.87-0.88 for disorders having Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) scores of 0-70 and 0.95-0.96 for disorders having GAF scores of 0-50. The brevity, strong psychometric properties, and ability to discriminate DSM-IV cases from non-cases make the K10 and K6 attractive for use in general-purpose health surveys. The scales are already being used in annual government health surveys in the US and Canada as well as in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys. Routine inclusion of either the K10 or K6 in clinical studies would create an important, and heretofore missing, crosswalk between community and clinical epidemiology.
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Assessment and Development of Executive Function (EF) During Childhood - Anderson, Peter (Child Neuropsychology, 2002)
This review paper outlines the issues associated with the assessment of executive function (EF) in children and adolescents, and describes the developmental profile of executive processes across childhood. At the outset, EF is defined, and cognitive and behavioral impairments associated with executive dysfunction (EDF) are described. A developmental model of EF is proposed incorporating four discrete but inter-related executive domains (attentional control, cognitive flexibility, goal setting, and information processing) which operate in an integrative manner to enable “executive control”. Characteristics that constitute traditional EF measures are discussed, as are the problems associated with test interpretation. The ecological validity of EF tests and neuropsychological assessment procedures are examined, and adjunct methods of measurement are presented to enable a more comprehensive and valid assessment of EF. Based on developmental and normative studies, the maturation of executive domains is mapped. Attentional control appears to emerge in infancy and develop rapidly in early childhood. In contrast, cognitive flexibility, goal setting, and information processing experience a critical period of development between 7 and 9 years of age, and are relatively mature by 12 years of age. A transitional period is thought to occur at the beginning of adolescence, and shortly after “executive control” is likely to emerge. In order to confirm our current understanding of EF development and further enhance our understanding of brain-behavior relationships, longitudinal studies incorporating structural and functional neuroimaging are required.
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Exploring the backgrounds and shaping of beginning student teachers in Ghana: toward greater contextualisation of teacher education - Akyeampong, Kwame; Stephens, David (International Journal of Educational Development, 2002)
Teacher education programmes are often quite similar in their framework and content but often lack sufficient reflection on the personal background and the socio-political forces that shape teachers’ roles and identity within the systems in which they operate. This paper explores this issue by using Ghana as a case study and discusses implications for its teacher education programmes and policies. Key characteristics of beginning student teachers found were: weak qualifying grades in two fundamental school subjects, mathematics and English, a waiting period of 2–5 years prior to entering teachers’ college, and apparently sharp differentials in trainees’ socio-economic background as compared to typical Ghanaian communities. They come to training with rich and varied images of teachers, teaching and the profession, but, in addition, many beginning trainees also express little desire to teach at primary school level, mainly for reasons of status and insufficient fringe benefits. These factors, we argue, should be taken into more account in the design of college programmes and the development of teacher education policies. The paper concludes with a call to teacher education systems, especially in Africa, to look more closely at, and learn from, who comes for training, what they bring with them, and how they perceive themselves in relation to teaching, training and future aspirations.
shortDOI: 10/fh448b KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1016/S0738-0593(01)00064-5 10/fh448b 2405685:SHM89KC8
Keywords: Beginning student teachers; Ghana; Teacher education; Teacher identity; Teacher images

The importance of posting and interaction with the education bureaucracy in becoming a teacher in Ghana - Hedges, John (International Journal of Educational Development, 2002)
This paper addresses some of the issues surrounding the posting of newly trained teachers in Ghana. It specifically investigates the assertion that the posting system is ‘ineffective’ from the perspective of newly trained teachers who have been through the process. It emerged from analysis of the qualitative data that newly trained teachers’ experiences and perceptions of the posting process had a significant impact on their occupational culture. The research draws upon documents, interviews with members of the education bureaucracy, and interviews with 23 newly trained teachers posted to basic schools in rural areas in Central Region. The paper illuminates some of the problems involved in posting newly trained teachers to rural schools and looks for explanations as to why some teachers take up their postings and others do not.
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Keywords: Basic education; C:Ghana; Deployment; Ghana; Induction; NQTs; Teacher education

Defining the Digital Divide: Developing a Theoretical Understanding of Inequalities in the Information Age - Selwyn, Neil (Cardiff University School of Social Sciences, 2002)
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Does it make a difference? Evaluating professional development - Guskey, Thomas R (Education Leadership, 2002)
Using five critical levels of evaluation, you can improve your school's professional development program. But be sure to start with the desired result—improved student outcomes.
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Identity and schooling: Some lessons for the economics of education - Akerlof, G.A.; Kranton, R.E. (Journal of Economic Literature, 2002)
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Teachers' and Pupils' Experiences of Integrated Education in Uganda - Arbeiter, Susanne; Hartley, Sally (International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2002)
Under the Universal Primary Education (UPE) programme in Uganda, which was implemented in 1997, the idea of integrated education was put into practice. Today children with disabilities are enrolled in regular primary schools in the whole country. After three years of experience with UPE, the aim of this study was to examine the views of teachers about their needs for training and support regarding the task of teaching children with disabilities in ordinary classrooms. A qualitative approach was chosen using individual interviews, focus group discussions with teachers, pupils and head teachers, and observations in classrooms. Three primary schools in different districts of Uganda were selected as research sites. For a number of reasons data collection from the pupils proved problematic but generally the ndings con rmed the information drawn from the review of literature. In addition to the high teacher–pupil ratio, there is an alarming lack of resources in the schools and an urgent need for teacher training to meet special needs in the classroom. Despite these dif cult conditions found in schools, many teachers had positive attitudes towards integrating children with disabilities, but only a few examples from the classroom observations showed good practice for meeting a diversity of needs.
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Interactive Radio Instruction: An Update from the Field - Bosch, Andrea; Rhodes, Rebecca; Kariuki, Sera (Education Development Center, 2002)
Interactive radio instruction (IRI), a methodology developed to turn a typically one-way technology into a tool for active learning in and outside the classroom, continues to be an attractive educational strategy in developing countries after almost 30 years. The original model for IRI math, created in Nicaragua by a team from Stanford University in the early 1970s, sought to combine the low cost and high reach of the radio medium and a clear understanding of how people learn. Since that time, 20 countries around the world have developed IRI programs for a variety of subjects, audiences, and learning environments, many of which have been sustained for up to 10 years and counting. The methodology has been expanded and adapted to include different levels of math, science, health, English, Spanish and Portuguese, environmental education, early childhood development, and adult basic education for learners of all ages. In each case, the series has been designed specifically by local specialists to be engaging and to meet learning objectives in that country. After three decades, interest in IRI does not seem to be waning. (See the Annex at the end of this chapter for a list of IRI projects and their current status.) This chapter updates earlier information about interactive radio instruction over the past five years, and introduces two cases where IRI has had an impact in Africa in two ways not captured in the past.1 In Guinea, IRI has gone to scale on an unprecedented level in West Africa to reach students and teachers on a national level. The Guinean IRI series is integrated with teacher development initiatives and is used in almost all primary schools across the nation, with 880,000 students. In Zambia, a new IRI series is being developed that reaches out to students who otherwise would be without schools, and have become increasingly vulnerable due to poverty and the HIV/AIDs. This example shows how IRI can be used effectively to overcome obstacles of access in Africa and to increase the chances that students can receive an education. These examples show how IRI retains its core elements, yet continues to evolve to meet new educational and social challenges.
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Using meta ethnography to synthesise qualitative research: A worked example - Britten, Nicky; Campbell, Rona; Pope, Catherine; Donovan, Jenny; Morgan, Myfanwy; Pill, Roisin (Journal of Health Services Research and Policy, 2002)
Objectives: To demonstrate the benefits of applying meta ethnography to the synthesis of qualitative research, by means of a worked example. Methods:. Four papers about lay meanings of medicines were arbitrarily chosen. Noblit and Hare's seven-step process for conducting a meta ethnography was employed: getting started; deciding what is relevant to the initial interest; reading the studies; determining how the studies are related; translating the studies into one another; synthesising translations; and expressing the synthesis. Results: Six key concepts were identified: adherence/compliance; self-regulation; aversion; alternative coping strategies; sanctions; and selective disclosure. Four second-order interpretations (derived from the chosen papers) were identified, on the basis of which four third-order interpretations (based on the key concepts and second-order interpretations) were constructed. These were all linked together in a line of argument that accounts for patients' medicine-taking behaviour and communication with health professionals in different settings. Third-order interpretations were developed which were not only consistent with the original results but also extended beyond them. Conclusions: It is possible to use meta ethnography to synthesise the results of qualitative research. The worked example has produced middle-range theories in the form of hypotheses that could be tested by other researchers. © The Royal Society of Medicine Press Ltd 2002.
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Sampling issues in design, conduct, and interpretation of international comparative studies of school achievement - Chromy, J.R. (In A.C. Porter, & A. Gamoran (Eds.), Methodological advances in cross-national surveys of educational achievement (pps. 80- 116)., 2002)
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Preparing for culturally responsive teaching - Gay, Geneva (Journal of Teacher Education, 2002)
Publisher: Sage PublicationsSage CA: Thousand Oaks, CA KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1177/0022487102053002003 2339240:7NCF36I4 2339240:7WR6XMUE 2405685:BQZJKSM9 2405685:R4LV2TSF

Complicated and complex systems: what would successful reform of Medicare look like? - Glouberman, Sholom; Zimmerman, Brenda (Romanow Papers, 2002)
Publisher: University of Toronto Press KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:HM693WEP 2405685:K9DGRHCI
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Professional Development and Teacher Change - Guskey, Thomas R. (Teachers and Teaching, 2002)
This article describes a model of teacher change originally presented nearly two decades ago (Guskey, 1986) that began my long and warm friendship with Michael Huberman. The model portrays the temporal sequence of events from professional development experiences to enduring change in teachers’ attitudes and perceptions. Research evidence supporting the model is summarized and the conditions under which change might be facilitated are described. The development and presentation of this model initiated a series of professional collaborations between Michael and myself, and led to the development of our co-edited book, Professional Development in Education: new paradigms and practices (Guskey & Huberman, 1995), which was named `Book of the Year’ by the National Staff Development Council in 1996.
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Teacher learning for educational change: A systems thinking approach - Hoban, Garry Francis; Hoban, Garry F. (Open University Press Buckingham, 2002)
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Information and communication technologies in teacher education: a planning guide - Khvilon, Evgueni; Patru, Mariana (UNESCO, 2002)
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Mother-tongue education in South Africa: the weight of history - Klerk, Gerda de (2002)
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Policies and Guidelines - National Commission for Science and Technology (2002)
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Action research and the transfer of reflective approaches to in-service education and training (INSET) for unqualified and underqualified primary teachers in Namibia - O’Sullivan, Margo C. (Teaching and Teacher Education, 2002)
The literature on training approaches for both pre-service and in-service teacher training has been dominated since the 1980s by reﬂective approaches. This has undoubtedly inﬂuenced the relatively recent introduction of reﬂective approaches in developing countries. This article explores efforts, within an action research study of a 3-year (1995–1997) In-service Education and Training (INSET) programme, to implement reﬂective approaches in the training of unqualiﬁed and underqualiﬁed primary teachers in Namibia. The study raises ‘transfer’ questions concerning the appropriateness of reﬂective approaches, as conceptualised in western contexts, for these teachers. It led to the adaptation of these approaches and ultimately the development of an approach termed the ‘structured reﬂection’ approach, which was within the professional capability of the teachers to implement at the time of the study. Action research was used to develop this approach. r 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Hierarchical linear models: applications and data analysis methods - Raudenbush, Stephen W.; Bryk, Anthony S. (Sage Publications, 2002)
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Keywords: Linear models (Statistics); Social sciences; Statistical methods

Scales for Rating the Behavioral Characteristics of Superior Students. Technical and Administration Manual. - Renzulli, Joseph S.; Smith, Linda H.; White, Alan J.; Callahan, Carolyn M.; Hartman, Robert K.; Westberg, Karen L. (ERIC, 2002)
This manual describes development and use of the revised "Scales for Rating the Behavioral Characteristics of Superior Students" (SRBCSS-R), a teacher judgment instrument appropriate for use as one measure in the identification of gifted students. Part 1 explains the judgmental and empirical procedures used to revise the items on the original SRBCSS-R and the methods for conducting two field test administrations of the revised scales. It also presents the results from the analyses and the reliability and validity evidence. Two tables summarize the construct validity data and the criterion-related data on teacher judgment measures. Part 2 provides instructions for administering and interpreting the SRBCSS-R and describes purposes for using the scales, guidelines for using the scales correctly, a teacher training exercise, and how to establish local norms. Five appendices include: the second field test version of the SRBCSS-R, a brief scale for rating student performance in a gifted program, a sample SRBCSS-R, the full teacher-training exercise for using the SRBCSS-R, guidelines for calculating local percentile rank norms, and an article, "A Practical System for Identifying Gifted and Talented Students" by Joseph S. Renzulli. (DB)
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Keywords: Ability Identification; Academically Gifted; Behavior Rating Scales; Elementary Secondary Education; Test Interpretation; Test Reliability; Test Validity; Testing