Designing a program of teacher professional development to support beginning reading acquisition in coastal Kenya - Dubeck, Margaret M.; Jukes, Matthew C.H.; Brooker, Simon J.; Drake, Tom L.; Inyega, Hellen N. (International Journal of Educational Development, 2015)
What should be considered when developing a literacy intervention that asks teachers to implement new instructional methods? How can this be achieved with minimal support within existing policy? We argue that two broad sets of considerations must be made in designing such an intervention. First, the intervention must be effective by bridging the gap between current teacher practice and the scientific literature on effective instruction. This broad consideration is detailed with 10 design recommendations. Second, the intervention must be amenable to being scaled-up and mainstreamed as part of government policy. This involves being (i) simple and replicable; (ii) well received by teachers; and (iii) cost effective. The paper describes how these factors were considered in the design of a literacy intervention in government primary schools in coastal Kenya. It also includes reactions from teachers about the intervention and their change in knowledge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Keywords: ADULTS; BEST practices; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL innovations; EDUCATIONAL intervention; ELEMENTARY education; KENYA; Kenya; LITERACY; Literacy; Perception; Reading instruction; TEACHER development; TEACHING methods; Teacher education; Text messages; __:import:01; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2099920; __finaldtb

The Economics of Zero Rating - Eisenach, Jeffrey (Insights in Economics, 2015)
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Sesame street in the tea estates: A multi-media intervention to improve sanitation and hygiene among Bangladesh's most vulnerable youth - Borzekowski, Dina (Annals of Global Health, 2015)
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Universal Service Funds & connecting schools to the Internet around the world - Trucano, Michael (2015)
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Will technology replace teachers? No, but ... - Trucano, Michael (World Bank Blogs, 2015)
In the future, will a machine replace me and smash other machines on my behalf? I've worked on, advised and evaluated educational technology projects in dozens of countries over the past fifteen years, mainly in middle and low income countries. As anyone who works intimately with information and communication technologies (ICTs) on ...
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The political economy of bad data: Evidence from African survey and administrative statistics - Sandefur, Justin; Glassman, Amanda (The Journal of Development Studies, 2015)
Across multiple African countries, discrepancies between administrative data and independent household surveys suggest official statistics systematically exaggerate development progress. We provide evidence for two distinct explanations of these discrepancies. First, governments misreport to foreign donors, as in the case of a results-based aid programme rewarding reported vaccination rates. Second, national governments are themselves misled by frontline service providers, as in the case of primary education, where official enrolment numbers diverged from survey estimates after funding shifted from user fees to per pupil government grants. Both syndromes highlight the need for incentive compatibility between data systems and funding rules.
Publisher: Routledge _eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2014.968138 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1080/00220388.2014.968138 2339240:ATP89MMQ 2405685:EHZXJTYM 4656463:NTFGA7D5

An editorial on replication studies and scaling up efforts - Spector, J. Michael; Johnson, Tristan E.; Young, Patricia A. (Educational Technology Research and Development, 2015)
This editorial calls for the submission of replication studies, meta-analyses, and reports of large-scale impact studies to any section of ETR&D.
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Education and International Development: An Introduction - McCowan, Tristan; Unterhalter, Elaine (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2015)
'Honorable Mention' 2016 PROSE Award - Education PracticeEducation is fundamental to every aspect of development and there is widespread support across the world for policies that affirm that all children, regardless of their circumstances, have a right to quality schooling. Yet despite concerted efforts from national governments, multilateral organisations and NGOs over many decades we are still far from achieving education for all. In addition, while education can enhance human development, it is also associated with persistent inequalities. Education and International Development provides a comprehensive introduction to the field, giving an overview of the history, influential theories, important concepts and areas of achievement, and presenting a critical reflection on emerging trends in policy, practice and research. With chapters that review key challenges and inspiring initiatives in countries around the globe - focusing on critical issues such as language, conflict and teachers - this book serves both as a companion to graduate studies in international education and a concise reference book for practitioners and educators in the field.
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Keywords: Education / Comparative; Education / Multicultural Education

Teachers and Teacher Education Policies - Steiner-Khamsi, Gita (Education and International Development: An Introduction, 2015)
'Honorable Mention' 2016 PROSE Award - Education PracticeEducation is fundamental to every aspect of development and there is widespread support across the world for policies that affirm that all children, regardless of their circumstances, have a right to quality schooling. Yet despite concerted efforts from national governments, multilateral organisations and NGOs over many decades we are still far from achieving education for all. In addition, while education can enhance human development, it is also associated with persistent inequalities. Education and International Development provides a comprehensive introduction to the field, giving an overview of the history, influential theories, important concepts and areas of achievement, and presenting a critical reflection on emerging trends in policy, practice and research. With chapters that review key challenges and inspiring initiatives in countries around the globe - focusing on critical issues such as language, conflict and teachers - this book serves both as a companion to graduate studies in international education and a concise reference book for practitioners and educators in the field.
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Keywords: Education / Comparative; Education / Multicultural Education

Internal Validity: A Must in Research Designs - Cahit, Kaya (Educational Research and Reviews, 2015)
In experimental research, internal validity refers to what extent researchers can conclude that changes in dependent variable (i.e. outcome) are caused by manipulations in independent variable. The causal inference permits researchers to meaningfully interpret research results. This article discusses (a) internal validity threats in social and educational research using examples from the contemporary literature, and (b) research designs in terms of their ability to control various internal validity threats. An Eric and psychinfo search was performed to retrieve articles regarding this internal validity review. In conclusion, an appropriate research design that control possible extraneous variables is needed to be able meaningfully interpret research results. Although pretest-posttest experimental-control group design controls most of internal validity threats, the most appropriate research design would vary based on the research questions or goals.
Publisher: Academic Journals KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2405685:IQ577IVL
Keywords: Control Groups; Educational Research; Literature Reviews; Predictor Variables; Pretests Posttests; Quasiexperimental Design; Research Design; Research Methodology; Research Problems; Social Science Research; Time Perspective; Validity; ⛔ No DOI found

Pluralistic approaches to languages in the curriculum: The case of French-speaking Switzerland, Spain and Austria - Daryai-Hansen, Petra; Gerber, Brigitte; Lörincz, Ildikó; Haller, Michaela; Ivanova, Olga; Krumm, Hans-Jürgen; Reich, Hans H. (International Journal of Multilingualism, 2015)
While the idea of plurilingual competence is widely established theoretically and promoted in European language policies, it is not implemented in educational practice, where separate plurilingualism is still dominant. The idea of languages as autonomous entities is e.g. reflected in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) scales. The paper introduces to the Framework of Reference for Pluralistic Approaches to Languages and Cultures (FREPA). Pluralistic approaches use teaching and learning activities involving several (i.e. more than one) varieties of language, e.g. the language(s) of schooling, foreign languages, regional, minority and migration languages. FREPA thereby offers tools to put the theoretical insights and language policies into practice. The article illustrates how pluralistic approaches, in recent years, have been used in the process of large-scale national and regional curriculum renewals in Austria, French-speaking Switzerland and Spain. By promoting plurilingual education on the macro-level and including languages that are still neglected in most European curricula, these countries make a key contribution to diminishing discrepancy between theory and practice. The three cases manifest the context specificity of language-planning decisions and support supra-level comparisons by defining the specific aims and contents of plurilingual education. Furthermore, the curricular implementations offer the possibility to discuss the implementation in actual classroom practice.
Publisher: Routledge _eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/14790718.2014.948877 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1080/14790718.2014.948877 2405685:FYFIP28B 4042040:6Z5W4CRL
Keywords: language learning; language status; linguistic landscape; multilingualism; plurilingualism

MOOCs for Development: Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities - Castillo, Nathan; Lee, Jinsol; Zahra, Fatima; Wagner, Daniel (International Technologies & International Development, 2015)
The recent rise of massive open online courses (MOOCs) has generated significant media attention for their potential to disrupt the traditional modes of education trough ease of access and free or low-cost content delivery. MOOCs offer the potential to enable access to high-quality education to students, even in the most underserved regions of the world. However, much of the excitement surrounding opportunities for MOOCs in non-OECD contexts remains unproven. Challenges with regard to infrastructure, sustainability, and evaluation have disrupted early attempts to expand inclusion for those least educated. Drawing on proceedings from a recent international conference on MOOCs for Development held at the University of Pennsylvania, this report synthesizes trends, challenges, and opportunities within the growing subfield.
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A Social Informatics Analysis of Refugee Mobile Phone Use: A Case Study of Zaaatari Syrian Refugee Camp - Maitland, Carleen; Xu, Ying (SSRN Electronic Journal, 2015)
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Preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis protocols (PRISMA-P) 2015 statement - Moher, David; Shamseer, Larissa; Clarke, Mike; Ghersi, Davina; Liberati, Alessandro; Petticrew, Mark; Shekelle, Paul; Stewart, Lesley A.; PRISMA-P Group (Systematic Reviews, 2015)
Systematic reviews should build on a protocol that describes the rationale, hypothesis, and planned methods of the review; few reviews report whether a protocol exists. Detailed, well-described protocols can facilitate the understanding and appraisal of the review methods, as well as the detection of modifications to methods and selective reporting in completed reviews. We describe the development of a reporting guideline, the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses for Protocols 2015 (PRISMA-P 2015). PRISMA-P consists of a 17-item checklist intended to facilitate the preparation and reporting of a robust protocol for the systematic review. Funders and those commissioning reviews might consider mandating the use of the checklist to facilitate the submission of relevant protocol information in funding applications. Similarly, peer reviewers and editors can use the guidance to gauge the completeness and transparency of a systematic review protocol submitted for publication in a journal or other medium.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1186/2046-4053-4-1 2339240:GZ9BP9K3 2405685:J9LFRERT
Keywords: Checklist Item; Knowledge Translation; Reporting Guideline; Systematic Review; Systematic Review Protocol; ___working_potential_duplicate

Learner-centred pedagogy: Towards a post-2015 agenda for teaching and learning - Schweisfurth, Michele (International Journal of Educational Development, 2015)
Pedagogy continues to be a neglected priority in discussions on the post-2015 agenda for education. The article situates pedagogy generally and learner-centred pedagogy specifically within these current debates. The potential of learner-centred education (LCE) is considered in the light of the evidence of its promise also taking into consideration the historic record of implementation challenges where LCE has been part of a policy framework for improving the quality of education. The concept of a pedagogical nexus illustrates how different parts of a system work together, how actors shape this and are influenced by it, and the implications of this for pedagogical change. The article therefore also explores how global goals and targets and their monitoring interact with other parts of the system and may affect teaching and learning in unintended ways. It argues for a revised conception of learner-centred pedagogy as an enabling goal, upon which other goals and targets depend.
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Keywords: Learner-centred education; Pedagogy; Post-2015; ___working_potential_duplicate

Learner-centred pedagogy: towards a post-2015 agenda for teaching and learning - Schweisfurth, Michele (International Journal of Educational Development, 2015)
Pedagogy continues to be a neglected priority in discussions on the post-2015 agenda for education. The article situates pedagogy generally and learner-centred pedagogy specifically within these current debates. The potential of learner-centred education (LCE) is considered in the light of the evidence of its promise also taking into consideration the historic record of implementation challenges where LCE has been part of a policy framework for improving the quality of education. The concept of a pedagogical nexus illustrates how different parts of a system work together, how actors shape this and are influenced by it, and the implications of this for pedagogical change. The article therefore also explores how global goals and targets and their monitoring interact with other parts of the system and may affect teaching and learning in unintended ways. It argues for a revised conception of learner-centred pedagogy as an enabling goal, upon which other goals and targets depend.
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Keywords: Learner-centred education; Pedagogy; Post-2015; ___working_potential_duplicate

Learner-centred pedagogy: Towards a post-2015 agenda for teaching and learning - Schweisfurth, Michele (International Journal of Educational Development, 2015)
Pedagogy continues to be a neglected priority in discussions on the post-2015 agenda for education. The article situates pedagogy generally and learner-centred pedagogy specifically within these current debates. The potential of learner-centred education (LCE) is considered in the light of the evidence of its promise also taking into consideration the historic record of implementation challenges where LCE has been part of a policy framework for improving the quality of education. The concept of a pedagogical nexus illustrates how different parts of a system work together, how actors shape this and are influenced by it, and the implications of this for pedagogical change. The article therefore also explores how global goals and targets and their monitoring interact with other parts of the system and may affect teaching and learning in unintended ways. It argues for a revised conception of learner-centred pedagogy as an enabling goal, upon which other goals and targets depend.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2014.10.011 2339240:9ITNETF8 2405685:BX2PV4ZZ
Keywords: Learner-centred education; Pedagogy; Post-2015

The Potential of Mobile Phones to Transform Teacher Professional Development to Build Sustainable Educational Futures in Bangladesh - Walsh, Christopher S; Woodward, Clare; Solly, Mike; Shrestha, Prithvi (Asian Association of Open Universities Journal, 2015)
Futures thinking is used by governments to consider long-term strategic approaches and develop policies and practices that are potentially resilient to future uncertainty. English in Action (EIA), arguably the world's largest English language teacher professional development (TPD) project, used futures thinking to author possible, probable and preferable future scenarios to solve the project's greatest technological challenge: how to deliver audio-visual TPD materials and hundreds of classroom audio resources to 75,000 teachers by 2017. Authoring future scenarios and engaging in possibility thinking (PT) provided us with a taxonomy of question-posing and question-responding that assisted the project team in being creative. This process informed the successful pilot testing of a mobile-phone-based technology kit to deliver TPD resources within an open distance learning (ODL) platform. Taking the risk and having the foresight to trial mobile phones in remote rural areas with teachers and students led to unforeseen innovation. As a result, EIA is currently using a mobile-phone-based technology kit with 12,500 teachers to improve the English language proficiency of 700,000 students. As the project scales up in its third and final phase, we are using the new technology kit — known as the 'trainer in your pocket' — to foster a 'quiet revolution' in the provision of professional development for teachers at scale to an additional 67,500 teachers and nearly 10 million students.
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited shortDOI: 10/ggx3rj KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1108/AAOUJ-10-01-2015-B005 10/ggx3rj 2405685:6AFZ29KK

The teaching of polar coordinates with dynamic mathematics software - Zengin, Yilmaz; Tatar, Enver (International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2015)
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of dynamic mathematics software on the achievement of pre-service mathematics teachers in the topic of polar coordinates and to solicit their opinions about computer-assisted instruction. The study was conducted for 11 weeks with 33 pre-service teachers in the Department of Mathematics Education Program of a state university in Turkey. Data collection tools comprised a knowledge test of polar coordinates and administration of a semi-structured interview form developed by the researchers who conducted the study using an embedded design as part of a mixed-method research. The results of data analysis showed that the computer-assisted instruction method in which dynamic mathematics software was used positively contributed to the success of pre-service teachers in understanding the subject of polar coordinates. Furthermore, it was found that pre-service teachers supported the use of this method in lessons as it provides visualization, increases retention, concretization of abstract mathematical structures, better understanding and learning, and creates an interesting and interactive learning environment.
Place: London Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd. KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1080/0020739X.2014.904529 2339240:ZX8C4R7A 2405685:BZA3JJCK 2534378:M4HRMT6F 2534378:NGUDH5NZ 2534378:RLEEVC39 2534378:TBWXLVMH
Keywords: ADULTS; COMPUTER assisted instruction; Computer Assisted Instruction; Computer Software; ERIC; Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE); Educational Technology; Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Knowledge Level; MATHEMATICS education (Secondary); MATHEMATICS education – Aids & devices; MATHEMATICS software; Mathematical Concepts; Mathematics; Mathematics Instruction; Mathematics Skills; Mixed Methods Research; POLAR coordinates (Mathematics); Postsecondary Education; Preservice Teachers; Pretests Posttests; SECONDARY education; STUDENT teachers; Scores; Semi Structured Interviews; Software; Student Teacher Attitudes; Student teachers; TEACHING methods – Evaluation; TEENAGERS; Teaching; Teaching Methods; Turkey; __:import:01; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2099919; __finaldtb; computer-assisted instruction method; dynamic mathematics software; polar coordinates; pre-service teachers

Back to School After the Ebola Outbreak (2015)
Back to School After the Ebola Outbreak
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Report on the concurrent validity and inter-rater reliability studies of Uwezo - ACER Centre for Global Education Monitoring (Results for Development Institute (R4D), 2015)
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Conducting Semi-Structured Interviews - Adams, William C. (Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation, 2015)
Conducted conversationally with one respondent at a time, the semi-structured interview (SSI) employs a blend of closed- and open-ended questions, often accompanied by follow-up why or how questions. About one hour is considered a reasonable maximum length for SSIs in order to minimize fatigue for both interviewer and respondent. This chapter begins with a discussion on the disadvantages and advantages of SSIs. Despite the disadvantages and costs of SSIs, they offer some extraordinary benefits as well. Semi-structured interviews are superbly suited for a number of valuable tasks, particularly when more than a few of the open-ended questions require follow-up queries. The chapter presents some recommendations that can be considered when constructing an SSI guide. All in all, effectively conducted semi-structured interviews, even though labor intensive, should be worth the effort in terms of the insights and information gained.
Section: 19 _eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/9781119171386.ch19 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1002/9781119171386.ch19 2339240:69ZTFIC2 2405685:VQD9I55K
Keywords: SSI guide; open-ended questions; semi-structured interviews

Evaluating Teachers' Professional Development For ICT Use: Towards Innovative Classroom Practices - Agyei, D. D (International Journal of Education, 2015)
This paper describes an evaluation study designed to investigate the impact of an ICT-Instructional digital innovation in teaching Mathematics, English and Integrated Science subjects from the teacher capacity building professional development programme to classroom implementation at senior high school levels in Ghana. Interviews and survey data were used for data collection following a week professional development programme on the instructional digital learning training. The study demonstrated that the teachers increased in ICT proficiencies but this was limited to their own professional development and not so much of classroom implementation of ICT which results when transfer of learning takes place from training to practice. The study reported that teachers faced a complex mix of factors that when combined, contributed to challenges in transferring the ideas gained in the training programme to the classroom situation. It was evident from the findings that more systematic efforts are needed at the school levels and at the level of stakeholders who implement in-service teachers’ professional development programmes to move the goal of transforming teaching and learning through ICT-based innovations. Based on the outcomes, the study discussed recommendations to help smoothen the transition from teacher professional development programmes to actual classroom implementations in Ghanaian senior high schools and such similar contexts.
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Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Design and Evaluation of Mobile Learning Applications for Autistic Children in Pakistan - Ahmad, Muneeb Imtiaz; Shahid, Suleman (Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2015, 2015)
In this paper, we present the design and evaluation of culturally specific mobile learning applications, designed as a tool to encourage social interaction in autistic children. These applications were designed for Pakistani children keep their cultural context in mind. We performed longitudinal evaluation (around eight weeks) of these applications at an autistic school in Pakistan. Our initial results, based on pre and post evaluation questionnaires and video analysis of social interactions, showed that the applications had a positive effect on the development of socio-emotional skills of children and were appreciated not only by children but also by the teachers.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1007/978-3-319-22701-6_32 2339240:Z35DS3UQ 2405685:FA9V4SCD
Keywords: App; Autism; Culture; Social skills; Tablet

Design and Implementation of a Software for Teaching Health Related Topics to Deaf Students: the First Experience in Iran - Ahmadi, Maryam; Abbasi, Masoomeh; Bahaadinbeigy, Kambiz (Acta Informatica Medica, 2015)
Introduction: Deaf are not able to communicate with other community members due to hearing impaired. Providing health care for deaf is more complex because of their communication problems. Multimedia tools can provide multiple tangible concepts (movie, subtitles, and sign language) for the deaf and hard of hearing. In this study, identify the priority health needs of deaf students in primary schools and health education software has been created. Method: Priority health needs and software requirements were identified through interviews with teachers in primary schools in Tehran. After training videos recorded, videos edited and the required software has been created in stages. Results: As a result, health care needs, including: health, dental, ear, nails, and hair care aids, washing hands and face, the corners of the bathroom. Expected Features of the software was including the use of sign language, lip reading, pictures, animations and simple and short subtitles. Discussion: Based on the results of interviews and interest of educators and students to using of educational software for deaf health problems, we can use this software to help Teachers and student’s families to education and promotion the health of deaf students for learn effectively.
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Survey of the Use of Assistive Technology in Schools in Nigeria - Ajuwon, Paul M.; Chitiyo, George (Journal of the International Association of Special Education, 2015)
In this study, the researchers explored the state of the use of assistive technology (AT) in Nigeria through a survey of 165 special educators. The underlying structure of the respondents' perceptions, and their challenges and barriers to the use of AT, were examined. Among other findings, the largest proportion of students using AT are those with deafness or hearing impairment (53.3%), followed by those with a learning disability (40%). Training in the use of AT lags behind, with most professionals having received little or no training in the use of AT. The lack of appropriate AT devices and services in classrooms, and irregular electricity to operate available devices, were frequently cited as the biggest challenges regarding AT. Correlations between students' conditions and factors of teachers' perceptions suggested the need to make AT available for students with certain conditions, as well as the need for effective training for teachers.
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Keywords: Access to Computers; Assistive Technology; Barriers; Computer Uses in Education; Deafness; Disabilities; Educational Technology; Energy; Faculty Development; Foreign Countries; Hearing Impairments; Learning Disabilities; Likert Scales; Special Education Teachers; Statistical Analysis; Teacher Competencies; Teacher Surveys; Technological Literacy; Training; ⛔ No DOI found

Examining mathematical task and pedagogical usability of web contents authored by prospective mathematics teachers - Akayuure, Peter; Apawu, Jones (International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 2015)
The study was designed to engage prospective mathematics teachers in creating web learning modules. The aim was to examine the mathematical task and perceived pedagogical usability of the modules for mathematics instructions in Ghana. The study took place at University of Education, Winneba. Classes of 172 prospective mathematics teachers working in design groups were involved in the study. Data were collected using Mathematical Task Usability Scale and Pedagogical Usability Rubrics. The result indicated 77.8% of the task contents examined contained worthwhile mathematical tasks. Descriptive analysis of data reflected three distinct categories of perceived pedagogical usability. Approximately 6%, 58% and 36% of the modules contained low, moderate and high pedagogical usability attributes. The study concluded that majority of the modules developed by the prospective teachers have considerable instructional value. Implications for involvement of prospective mathematics teachers in authoring web resources were discussed against the backdrop of policy initiatives for integrating emerging technologies.
Publisher: International Journal of Research in Education and Science, Necmettin Erbakan University, Ahmet Kelesoglu Education Faculty, Meram, Konya 42090 Turkey Cam URL: https://ezp.lib.cam.ac.uk/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/1826538267?accountid=9851 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.21890/ijres.69649 2339240:EBQPPBT7 2405685:V4AZF6WX 2405685:VJBB9Z59 2534378:EXMDSLHE 2534378:VPVZ2W39
Keywords: ERIC; Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE); Electronic Publishing; Foreign Countries; Ghana; Higher Education; Instructional Material Evaluation; Learning Modules; Mathematics Activities; Postsecondary Education; Preservice Teachers; Rating Scales; Scoring Rubrics; Statistical Analysis; Student Developed Materials; Usability; Web Based Instruction; __:import:01; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2098955; __finaldtb

Special Education and Deaf Children in Pakistan - Akram, Bushra; Bashir, Rukhsana (Journal of Elementary Education, 2015)
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Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Teachers’ professional development for ICT integration: Towards a reciprocal relationship between research and practice - Albion, Peter R.; Tondeur, Jo; Forkosh-Baruch, Alona; Peeraer, Jef (Education and Information Technologies, 2015)
Publisher: Springer KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1007/s10639-015-9401-9 2339240:U649AIAT 2405685:2YQNCPBE

How can education systems become equitable by 2020: DfID think pieces - Learning and equity - Alcott, Ben; Rose, Pauline (2015)
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ICT Using Situation in Rural and Urban Primary Schools of Bangladesh: A Comparative Study - Ali, M (Prime University Journal, 2015)
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Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Alif Ailaan Pakistan District Education Rankings 2015 - Alif Ailaan; SDPI (2015)
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Opportunities and Challenges: Integration of ICT in Teaching and Learning Mathematics in Secondary Schools, Nairobi, Kenya - Amuko, Sheila; Miheso, Marguerite; Ndeuthi, Sophie (Journal of Education and Practice, 2015)
This presentation is based on a larger study whose purpose was to explore the various opportunities and challenges influencing integration of ICT in teaching and learning Mathematics in secondary schools in Nairobi County. The study, adopted a descriptive survey design. Three instruments questionnaires’, a structured interview schedule and an observation checklist were used to collect data. The study was carried out in twelve public secondary schools in Nairobi County. Data was analysed using descriptive statistics. Findings from the study indicated that, teachers face major challenges such as developing their own technological skills and knowledge as well as self-training in the use ICTs in their teaching. This lack of capacity building support was found by the study to contribute to teacher lax in integrating technology in their teaching inspite of the enthusiasm. This study recommends that new frontiers on technology integration be made accessible to both teachers and students for learning purpose to increase access to information and that, capacity building in technology integration be increased for teachers and awareness be built among pre-service teachers trainees integrating ICT in teaching and learning Mathematics.
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Keywords: Barriers; Check Lists; Foreign Countries; Knowledge Level; Mathematics Instruction; Observation; Public Schools; Questionnaires; Secondary School Mathematics; Secondary School Teachers; Statistical Analysis; Structured Interviews; Surveys; Teacher Attitudes; Teacher Competencies; Teacher Education; Teaching Methods; Technological Literacy; Technology Integration; Technology Uses in Education; ___working_potential_duplicate; ⛔ No DOI found

Building capability by delivering results: Putting Problem-Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA) principles into practice - Andrews, Matt; Pritchett, Lant; Samji, Salimah; Woolcock, Michael (A governance practitioner's notebook: alternative ideas and approaches, 2015)
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A definition of systems thinking: A systems approach - Arnold, Ross D.; Wade, Jon P. (Procedia computer science, 2015)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1016/j.procs.2015.03.050 2339240:D59T2YTU 2405685:PAG4BEA2
Keywords: _C:Australia AUS; _C:Austria AUT; _C:Canada CAN; _C:Germany DEU; _C:Greece GRC; _C:Norway NOR; __C:scheme:1

One Laptop Per Child Policy in Ghana: Any Impact on Teaching and Learning? - Asante, Edward; Owusu-Ansah, Samuel (Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal), 2015)
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Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Education Dynamics: A Systems Thinking Perspective - Assidmi, Luay (2015 Fifth International Conference on e-Learning (econf), 2015)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1109/ECONF.2015.29 2405685:YLBB2IU9

Researchers ask questions and policymakers want answers: How can both do better? - Bangay, Colin; Little, Angela (HEART, 2015)
In a recent meeting between DFID advisers and Young Lives researchers, we asked the question: ‘Who is this research for?’ Although there was collective agreement on the value of evidence that can drive change and make a difference to children’s lives, it was also clear there were tensions between the drivers and approaches of the... Read more
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Ebola, Education And Innovation In Sierra Leone - Berry, Chris (DFID bloggers, 2015)
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One Laptop per Child at home: Short-term impacts from a randomized experiment in Peru - Beuermann, Diether W.; Cristia, Julian; Cueto, Santiago; Malamud, Ofer; Cruz-Aguayo, Yyannu (American Economic Journal. Applied Economics, 2015)
This paper presents results from a randomized controlled trial whereby approximately 1,000 OLPC XO laptops were provided for home use to children attending primary schools in Lima, Peru. The intervention increased access and use of home computers, with some substitution away from computer use outside the home. Children randomized to receive laptops scored about 0.8 standard deviations higher in a test of XO proficiency but showed lower academic effort as reported by teachers. There were no impacts on academic achievement or cognitive skills as measured by the Raven's Progressive Matrices test. Finally, there was little evidence for spillovers within schools. (JEL I21, I28, J13, O15)
Num Pages: 28 Place: Nashville, United States Publisher: American Economic Association Section: Articles KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1257/APP.20130267 10.1257/app.20130267 10/gd853r 2339240:27SMHV3H 2339240:CPRGCBM2 2339240:TELXF9WP 2405685:9EXLABVP 2405685:9FMQU6XN 2405685:XXVAITEK
Keywords: ACCESS TO LAPTOPS; Academic achievement; Achievement tests; Business And Economics; EXCLUSION CRITERIA APPLIED; Elementary school students; Portable computers; Quality: H; Relevance: M; Statistical analysis; ___working_potential_duplicate; publishPDF

Thinking and Working Politically - Booth, David (University of Birmingham, 2015)
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Technology for professional development: access, interest and opportunity for teachers of English in South Asia - British Council (British Council, 2015)
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Assessing the Strength of Evidence in the Education Sector - Building Evidence in Education (2015)
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Assessing the Strength of Evidence in the Education Sector (DRAFT) - Building Evidence in Education (Building Evidence in Education, 2015)
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Critical Perspectives on Technology and Education - Bulfin, Scott; Johnson, Nicola F.; Rowan, Leonie (Palgrave Macmillan US, 2015)
This book offers critical readings of issues in education and technology and demonstrates how researchers can use critical perspectives from sociology, digital media, cultural studies, and other fields to broaden the "ed-tech" research imagination, open up new topics, ask new questions, develop theory, and articulate an agenda for informed action.
shortDOI: 10/ghgk6w KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1057/9781137385451 10/ghgk6w 2339240:AHVAPHQK 2405685:VZPWUIH7

Where it's needed the most: Quality professional development for all teachers - Burns, M.; Lawrie, J. (Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies, 2015)
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TV White Space for Development Programs in the Philippines: Implications and Challenges - Carpio, Marife (2015)
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MOOCs for development: trends, challenges, and opportunities - Castillo, Nathan M.; Lee, Jinsol; Zahra, Fatima T.; Wagner, Daniel A. (Information Technologies & International Development, 2015)
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Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Expanding access to early childhood development using interactive audio instruction: A toolkit and guidelines for program design and implementation. - Christina, Rachel; Louge, Nathalie (World Bank, 2015)
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Scaling a technology-based innovation: windows on the evolution of mathematics teachers’ practices - Clark-Wilson, Alison; Hoyles, Celia; Noss, Richard; Vahey, Phil; Roschelle, Jeremy (ZDM, 2015)
Publisher: Springer KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1007/s11858-014-0635-6 2339240:9PSESTIX 2405685:4QKXAEPX

The 7Cs of learning design - Conole, Gráinne (Learning Design, 2015)
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Developing great teaching: lessons from the international reviews into effective professional development - Cordingley, P; Higgins, S; Greany, T; Buckler, N; Coles-Jordan, D; Crisp, B; Saunders, L; Coe, R (Teacher Development Trust, 2015)
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Developing Great Teaching: Lessons from the international reviews into effective professional development - Cordingley, Philippa; Higgins, Steve; Coe, Rob; Greany, Toby; Buckler, N.; Coles-Jordan, D.; Crisp, B.; Saunders, L. (Teacher Development Trust, 2015)
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Keywords: C:England / International; ___working_potential_duplicate

Empowering Teachers to Promote Inclusive Education. A case study of approaches to training and support for inclusive teacher practice - Donnelly, Verity (European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education, 2015)
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Designing a program of teacher professional development to support beginning reading acquisition in coastal Kenya - Dubeck, Margaret M.; Jukes, Matthew C.H.; Brooker, Simon J.; Drake, Tom L.; Inyega, Hellen N. (International Journal of Educational Development, 2015)
What should be considered when developing a literacy intervention that asks teachers to implement new instructional methods? How can this be achieved with minimal support within existing policy? We argue that two broad sets of considerations must be made in designing such an intervention. First, the intervention must be effective by bridging the gap between current teacher practice and the scientiﬁc literature on effective instruction. This broad consideration is detailed with 10 design recommendations. Second, the intervention must be amenable to being scaled-up and mainstreamed as part of government policy. This involves being (i) simple and replicable; (ii) well received by teachers; and (iii) cost effective. The paper describes how these factors were considered in the design of a literacy intervention in government primary schools in coastal Kenya. It also includes reactions from teachers about the intervention and their change in knowledge.
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Keywords: ADULTS; BEST practices; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL innovations; EDUCATIONAL intervention; ELEMENTARY education; KENYA; Kenya; LITERACY; Literacy; Perception; Reading instruction; TEACHER development; TEACHING methods; Teacher education; Text messages; __:import:01; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2099920; ___working_potential_duplicate; __finaldtb

School governance, teacher incentives, and pupil–teacher ratios: Experimental evidence from Kenyan primary schools - Duflo, Esther; Dupas, Pascaline; Kremer, Michael (Journal of Public Economics, 2015)
Some education policymakers focus on bringing down pupil–teacher ratios. Others argue that resources will have limited impact without systematic reforms to education governance, teacher incentives, and pedagogy. We examine a program under which school committees at randomly selected Kenyan schools were funded to hire an additional teacher on an annual contract renewable conditional on performance, outside normal Ministry of Education civil-service channels, at one-quarter normal compensation levels. For students randomly assigned to stay with existing classes, test scores did not increase signiﬁcantly, despite a reduction in class size from 82 to 44 on average. In contrast, scores increased for students assigned to be taught by locally-hired contract teachers. One reason may be that contract teachers had low absence rates, while centrally-hired civil-service teachers in schools randomly assigned contract teachers endogenously reduced their effort. Civil-service teachers also captured rents for their families, with approximately 1/3 of contract teacher positions going to relatives of existing teachers. A governance program that empowered parents within school committees reduced both forms of capture. The best contract teachers obtained civil service jobs over time, and we estimate large potential dynamic beneﬁts from supplementing a civil service system with locally-hired contract teachers brought in on a probationary basis and granted tenure conditional on performance.
shortDOI: 10/f68tj3 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2014.11.008 10/f68tj3 2405685:MC4383YQ

Autism screening and diagnosis in low resource settings: Challenges and opportunities to enhance research and services worldwide - Durkin, Maureen S.; Elsabbagh, Mayada; Barbaro, Josephine; Gladstone, Melissa; Happe, Francesca; Hoekstra, Rosa A.; Lee, Li-Ching; Rattazzi, Alexia; Stapel-Wax, Jennifer; Stone, Wendy L.; Tager-Flusberg, Helen; Thurm, Audrey; et al. (Autism Research: Official Journal of the International Society for Autism Research, 2015)
Most research into the epidemiology, etiology, clinical manifestations, diagnosis and treatment of autism is based on studies in high income countries. Moreover, within high income countries, individuals of high socioeconomic status are disproportionately represented among participants in autism research. Corresponding disparities in access to autism screening, diagnosis, and treatment exist globally. One of the barriers perpetuating this imbalance is the high cost of proprietary tools for diagnosing autism and for delivering evidence-based therapies. Another barrier is the high cost of training of professionals and para-professionals to use the tools. Open-source and open access models provide a way to facilitate global collaboration and training. Using these models and technologies, the autism scientific community and clinicians worldwide should be able to work more effectively and efficiently than they have to date to address the global imbalance in autism knowledge and at the same time advance our understanding of autism and our ability to deliver cost-effective services to everyone in need.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1002/aur.1575 2339240:VPT8E92I 2405685:ZJU7T2BU
Keywords: Autistic Disorder; Developing Countries; Global Health; Health Services Accessibility; Humans; Internationality; Research; diagnosis; early detection; epidemiology; intervention

Radio Instruction to Strengthen Education and Zanzibar Teacher Upgrading by Radio: Post Project Evaluation - Education Development Center (2015)
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Text Books Download - Educational Publications Department (2015)
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Towards a new digital ethics: Data, Dignity and Technology - European Commission (2015)
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What Really Works to Improve Learning in Developing Countries? An Analysis of Divergent Findings in Systematic Reviews - Evans, David K; Popova, Anna (World Bank Group, 2015)
In the past two years alone, at least six systematic reviews or meta-analyses have examined the interventions that improve learning outcomes in low- and middle-income countries. However, these reviews have sometimes reached starkly different conclusions: reviews, in turn, recommend information technology, interventions that provide information about school quality, or even basic infrastructure (such as desks) to achieve the greatest improvements in student learning. This paper demonstrates that these divergent conclusions are largely driven by differences in the samples of research incorporated by each review. The top recommendations in a given review are often driven by the results of evaluations not included in other reviews. Of 227 studies with student learning results, the most inclusive review incorporates less than half of the total studies. Variance in classification also plays a role. Across the reviews, the three classes of programs that are recommended with some consistency (albeit under different names) are pedagogical interventions (including computer-assisted learning) that tailor teaching to student skills; repeated teacher training interventions, often linked to another pedagogical intervention; and improving accountability through contracts or performance incentives, at least in certain contexts. Future reviews will be most useful if they combine narrative review with meta-analysis, conduct more exhaustive searches, and maintain low aggregation of intervention categories.
shortDOI: 10/ggc47g KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1596/1813-9450-7203 10/ggc47g 2339240:3QGANTA4 2339240:DCJR436S 2339240:E9MNPGT5 2339240:RYKHDQR3 2339240:ZCQAUZ6U 2405685:CP9T27XU 2405685:G3595KWV 2405685:UHYRM2R9
Keywords: *Topic:Curriculum and resources; _Source:Intuitive; _THEME: Curriculum and resources; _THEME: Education management; _THEME: Learning assessments; _THEME: Teacher Professional Development; ___working_potential_duplicate; _proposed-for: Scoping review; ❓ Multiple DOI

Four-Dimensional Education: The Competencies Learners Need to Succeed - Fadel, C; Bialik, M; Trilling, B (Center for Curriculum Redesign, 2015)
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Is Decentralization Good for Development? - Faguet, Jean-Paul; Pöschl, Caroline (. Is Decentralization Good for Development, 2015)
Decentralization research has become more quantitative and formal over the past two decades. But as technical rigor has increased, the focus of research has narrowed to decentralization’s effects on particular policy variables, leaving aside larger, more nuanced and complex questions of crucial importance to policymakers contemplating reform. This book seeks to return attention to issues like this that rank among policymakers’ first concerns, but are methodologically difficult to answer. We do this by marrying the insights and experience of senior policymakers involved in driving decentralization forward at the highest levels, with academics working at the forefront of the field in economics, politics, and development and policy studies. This chapter introduces the book by analyzing the following questions: Why do politicians decentralize in the first place? How can reform be made politically feasible? How can decentralization lead to improved development outcomes? Do municipalities compete amongst themselves, and what effects might this have on public policy and services? Will decentralization promote clientelism or broad-based development? And finally, will decentralization strengthen or weaken developing states? The evidence presented in the book provides a firm basis for concrete answers to all of these questions, allied to specific policy advice for aspiring reformers.
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Learning through Assistive Devices: A Case of Students with Hearing Impairment - Farooq, Muhammad Shahid; Aasma; Iftikhar, Umaira (Bulletin of Education and Research, 2015)
Present era has introduced persons with disabilities with a range of assistive devices that have rapidly increased their educational, vocational, and frivolous activities. Current descriptive study attempted to explore the effects of assistive devices on the learning of hearing impaired students. A sample of 200 hearing impaired students was selected to identify the assistive devices that are more in use by hearing impaired students. All of the assistive devices commonly used for hearing impairment were included in the study to explore the effects of each on the learning of students with hearing impairment. The mean difference in the learning of students suggested that assistive technologies are overall assistance for the students with hearing impairment and there is no substitute to these devices that could assist them in such a quite differentiated manner. The role of high tech assistive devices as well as low tech devices has been highlighted prominently. The parents of hearing impaired students were also the part of study and found satisfied with the use of assistive devices for their children. It is divulged that there is a need to reduce the cost of assistive devices to be used by the students with hearing impairment.
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Keywords: Assistive Technology; Costs; Elementary School Students; Foreign Countries; Grade 4; Hearing Impairments; Interpersonal Communication; Parent Attitudes; Program Effectiveness; Quality of Life; Student Needs; ___working_potential_duplicate; ⛔ No DOI found

Nigeria: Education for All 2015 National Review - Federal Ministry of Education (Nigeria) (2015)
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Strategies for helping students motivate themselves - Ferlazzo, Larry (Edutopia, 2015)
To inspire intrinsic motivation in students, schools should focus on nurturing their sense of autonomy, competence, relatedness, and relevance.
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Working toward more engaged and successful accounting students: a balanced scorecard approach - Fredin, Amy; Fuchsteiner, Peter; Portz, Kris (American Journal of Business Education (AJBE), 2015)
Prior research indicates that student engagement is the key to student success, as measured by college grades, degree completion, and graduate school enrollment. We propose a set of goals and objectives for accounting students, in particular, to help them become engaged not only in the educational process, but also in the accounting profession. Utilizing a balanced scorecard framework, we categorize these goals into three main perspectives: Learning and Growth, Student Professional Development, and Employer/Graduate School. The proposed goals are related to each other, suggesting that accounting students recognize the wide reach of their experiences. If students are able to see that their successful completion of coursework can lead to successful interactions with business professionals (i.e. potential employers), they will be more likely to work hard in their endeavors – in other words, they will be more engaged in the broader educational experience. If they are more engaged in their educational experiences, they will be more likely to succeed.
Number: 1 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.19030/ajbe.v8i1.9016 2339240:J96DJNCT 2405685:2TNPTBMD

Effects of Computer-Assisted STAD, LTM and ICI Cooperative Learning Strategies on Nigerian Secondary School Students' Achievement, Gender and Motivation in Physics. - Gambari, Isiaka Amosa; Yusuf, Mudasiru Olalere; Thomas, David Akpa (Journal of Education and Practice, 2015)
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Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Effectiveness of targeting in social protection aimed to children: lessons for a post-2015 agenda - Garcia-Jaramillo, Sandra; Miranti, Riyana (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, 2015)
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A case study of the One Laptop per Child Project in Rwanda: Exploring the socio-cultural dimensions of delivery and implementation. - Girgis, R. (University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK., 2015)
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Cooperation Management for Practitioners Managing Social Change With Capacity Works. - GIZ (Gabler, 2015)
OCLC: 893897509 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2281034:96YVCMD4 2339240:G2IY97SJ 2405685:KPJ7AUXJ 2447227:X7L5UCIQ

Improving School Education Outcomes in Developing Countries: Evidence, Knowledge Gaps, and Policy Implications - Glewwe, Paul; Muralidharan, Karthik (Oxford Policy Management, 2015)
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National ICT Strategy and Plan NICI - 2015 - Government of Rwanda (2015)
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Guidelines for Education Sector Plan Preparation - GPE; IIEP-UNESCO (UNESCO, 2015)
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Towards a study of information geographies: (im)mutable augmentations and a mapping of the geographies of information: Towards a study of information geographies - Graham, Mark; De Sabbata, Stefano; Zook, Matthew A. (Geo: Geography and Environment, 2015)
shortDOI: 10/ggsp4d KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10/ggsp4d 2405685:6MNK7SAW
Keywords: Digital Divide; Geoweb; augmented realities; immutable mobiles; information geography

Opening the Black Box: The contextual drivers of social accountability - Grandvoinnet, Helene; Aslam, Ghazia; Raha, Shomikho (The World Bank, 2015)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1596/978-1-4648-0481-6 2339240:J8RUNV3U 2405685:5ECFJ4UA

The value of language skills - Grenier, Gilles (IZA World of Labor, 2015)
shortDOI: 10/ghgn52 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10/ghgn52 2405685:2S696UER

Learning and Teaching With Mobile Devices: An Approach in Higher Secondary Education in Ghana - Grimus, Margarete; Ebner, Martin (International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, 2015)
While many developing nations find Internet-based e-learning unsuitable for their needs mobile learning methods – specifically those involving the use of mobile-phones for both formal and informal learning – hold great promise for them (Grimus et al, 2013b). In this paper chances and challenges introduced by mobile devices to support improvement and transformation of education in a Senior High School in Ghana are examined. The field-study draws attention to the local situation, looking at infrastructure and teachers and students attitudes in using digital learning material. This paper presents results of a pilot project at a Senior High Technical School in Ghana, by addressing the issue how mobile devices can be integrated in learning and teaching. Based on our results we conclude that teachers and students hold great promise for using mobile devices for learning. Together they developed content based on the national curriculum, available for eReaders and mobile phones.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.4018/ijmbl.2015040102 10/ggn3xd 2339240:MHJH5AZV 2405685:NCJ8I8FF
Keywords: ___working_potential_duplicate

Learning and teaching with mobile devices: an approach in higher secondary education in Ghana - Grimus, Margarete; Ebner, Martin (International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, 2015)
While many developing nations find Internet-based e-learning unsuitable for their needs mobile learning methods–specifically those involving the use of mobile-phones for both formal and informal learning–hold great promise for them (Grimus et al, 2013b). In this paper chances and challenges introduced by mobile devices to support improvement and transformation of education in a Senior High School in Ghana are examined. The field-study draws attention to the local situation, looking at infrastructure and teachers and students attitudes in using digital learning material. This paper presents results of a pilot project at a Senior High Technical School in Ghana, by addressing the issue how mobile devices can be integrated in learning and teaching. Based on our results we conclude that teachers and students hold great promise for using mobile devices for learning. Together they developed content based on the national curriculum, available for eReaders and mobile phones.
Publisher: IGI Global, 701 East Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, PA 17033 Cam URL: https://ezp.lib.cam.ac.uk/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/1871575620?accountid=9851 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.4018/ijmbl.2015040102 2405685:XK46R6XU 2534378:5KLKWTMM 2534378:KZNNQLJ5
Keywords: ERIC; Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE); Educational Technology; Faculty Development; Feedback (Response); Foreign Countries; Ghana; Handheld Devices; Online Surveys; Secondary Education; Semi Structured Interviews; Student Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Technical Education; Technology Uses in Education; Telecommunications; Workshops; __:import:03; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2096257; ___working_potential_duplicate; __finaldtb

Personalization in practice: observations from the field - Halverson, Rich; Barnicle, Al; Hackett, Sarah; Rawat, Tanushree; Rutledge, Julia; Kallio, Julie; Mould, Curt; Mertes, Janice (Wisconsin Center for Education Research, 2015)
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Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

What works best in education: The politics of collaborative expertise - Hattie, John (British Columbia Teachers' Federation, 2015)
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Challenges and opportunities for teacher professional development in interactive use of technology in African schools - Hennessy, Sara; Haßler, Bjoern; Hofmann, Riikka (Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2015)
This article examines the supporting and constraining factors influencing professional learning about interactive teaching and mobile digital technology use in low-resourced basic schools in sub-Saharan Africa. It draws on a case study of iterative development and refinement of a school-based, peer-facilitated professional learning programme (‘OER4Schools’) that integrated use of mobile technologies, digital open educational resources and interactive pedagogy. The research and development involved teachers in three Zambian primary schools and culminated in an extensive multimedia resource. Using an ecological framework, factors emerging were characterised at three levels: teacher, school, and the wider community and policy context. They include school organisation and leadership, teacher motivation and perceptions of opportunities for professional learning and change, teacher views of pupil capabilities, availability of resources, teacher collaboration, and viewpoints of parents and policymakers. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
Cam URL: https://ezp.lib.cam.ac.uk/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bri&AN=111289127&site=ehost-live&scope=site KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1080/1475939X.2015.1092466 10/gfv5xz 2129771:L2HUHYLN 2339240:24LHAF5C 2339240:K9R22K2F 2339240:WV3XY5NW 2405685:6ZLKKKH7 2405685:8V49PM4G 2405685:KILQYYBU 2405685:SXKPQUJ5 2534378:6TMRG3EP 2534378:BF6PBW3F 2534378:QQ6BVI89
Keywords: ADULTS; AFRICA; Article; CAREER development; Digital Technology; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL technology research; Interactive Pedagogy; Open Educational Resources; PRIMARY school teachers; Sub-Saharan Africa; Zambia; _THEME: Teacher Professional Development; __:import:01; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2099892; __finaldtb; digital technology; interactive pedagogy; open educational resources; sub-Saharan Africa; teacher professional development

Measuring student engagement in technology-mediated learning: a review - Henrie, Curtis R.; Halverson, Lisa R.; Graham, Charles R. (Computers & Education, 2015)
Using digital technology to deliver content, connect learners, and enable anytime, anywhere learning is increasing, but keeping students engaged in technology-mediated learning is challenging. Instructional practices that encourage greater engagement are essential if we are to effectively use digital instructional technologies. To determine the impact of innovative instructional practices on learning, we need useful measures of student engagement. These measures should be adaptable to the unique challenges to studying technology-mediated learning, such as when students learn at a distance or in a blended learning course. In this review, we examine existing approaches to measure engagement in technology-mediated learning. We identify strengths and limitations of existing measures and outline potential approaches to improve the measurement of student engagement. Our intent is to assist researchers, instructors, designers, and others in identifying effective methods to conceptualize and measure student engagement in technology-mediated learning.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1016/j.compedu.2015.09.005 2339240:HL9U2TRE 2405685:IV4JC5GW

Assessing the Strength of Evidence in the Education Sector - Hinton, Dr Rachel; Robinson, Mark (2015)
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Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Incentives for effort or outputs? A field experiment to improve student performance - Hirshleifer, Sarojini (Unpublished manuscript. Cambridge, MA: Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), 2015)
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Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Realising IT potential, unleashing learning power: A holistic approach - Hong Kong Education Bureau (2015)
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How civil society influences education policy in Bangladesh - Hoque, E (2015)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:VK5AVDHJ 2405685:5RZ7G7TC

Bilingual Education in Latin America: Does Quechua-Medium Education Improve Peruvian Indigenous Children's Academic Achievement? - Hynsjö and Damon (2015)
OCLC: 1016921971 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2405685:QWK84EIC 4042040:7B7XC8N7

Design Kit - IDEO.org (Design Kit Methods for Human Centered Design, 2015)
Human-centered design is a practical, repeatable approach to arriving at innovative solutions. Think of these Methods as a step-by-step guide to unleashing your creativity, putting the people you serve at the center of your design process to come up with new answers to difficult problems.
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Situation Report No. 11 - Interagency Collaboration on Ebola (2015)
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Hamara Internet - Internet Society (Internet Society, 2015)
Project Organizer: Nighat Dad, Pakistan Islamabad Chapter
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La Scientificite En Langues Africaines: L’exemple Du Kalabari Et De L’ikwerre - Iyalla-Amadi, Priye; Odungweru, U. S. (AFRREV IJAH: An International Journal of Arts and Humanities, 2015)
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In Service Teacher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Synthesis Report - Junaid, Muhammad Ibn; Maka, Francois (Commonwealth Secretariat, 2015)
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Challenges and opportunities for e-learning in education: A case study - Kafyulilo, Ayoub C. (Handbook of Research on Educational Technology Integration and Active Learning, 2015)
This chapter presents a review of literature on the existing opportunities and challenges of adopting e-learning in education in Tanzania and the possible measures to overcome some challenges. The study also assessed the primary factors contributing to the slow and limited use and integration of tec...
Publisher: IGI Global KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8363-1.ch015 2339240:LU5HVRJJ 2405685:JKIRKBQJ

Supporting teachers learning through the collaborative design of technology-enhanced science lessons - Kafyulilo, Ayoub C.; Fisser, Petra; Voogt, Joke (Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2015)
This study used the Interconnected Model of Professional Growth (Clarke & Hollingsworth in Teaching and Teacher Education, 18, 947–967, 2002) to unravel how science teachers’ technology integration knowledge and skills developed in a professional development arrangement. The professional development arrangement used Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge as a conceptual framework and included collaborative design of technology-enhanced science lessons, implementation of the lessons and reflection on outcomes. Support to facilitate the process was offered in the form of collaboration guidelines, online learning materials, exemplary lessons and the availability of an expert. Twenty teachers participated in the intervention. Pre- and post-intervention results showed improvements in teachers’ perceived and demonstrated knowledge and skills in integrating technology in science teaching. Collaboration guidelines helped the teams to understand the design process, while exemplary materials provided a picture of the product they had to design. The availability of relevant online materials simplified the design process. The expert was important in providing technological and pedagogical support during design and implementation, and reflected with teachers on how to cope with problems met during implementation.
Publisher: Routledge _eprint: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10972-015-9444-1 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1007/s10972-015-9444-1 2339240:G8S6AKP2 2405685:3EYMBZ8B
Keywords: Design teams; Interconnected model of professional growth; Professional development; Support; TPACK; Teachers; Technology

Supporting teachers learning through the collaborative design of technology-enhanced science lessons - Kafyulilo, Ayoub C.; Fisser, Petra; Voogt, Joke (Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2015)
This study used the Interconnected Model of Professional Growth (Clarke & Hollingsworth in Teaching and Teacher Education, 18, 947–967, 2002) to unravel how science teachers’ technology integration knowledge and skills developed in a professional development arrangement. The professional development arrangement used Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge as a conceptual framework and included collaborative design of technology-enhanced science lessons, implementation of the lessons and reflection on outcomes. Support to facilitate the process was offered in the form of collaboration guidelines, online learning materials, exemplary lessons and the availability of an expert. Twenty teachers participated in the intervention. Pre- and post-intervention results showed improvements in teachers’ perceived and demonstrated knowledge and skills in integrating technology in science teaching. Collaboration guidelines helped the teams to understand the design process, while exemplary materials provided a picture of the product they had to design. The availability of relevant online materials simplified the design process. The expert was important in providing technological and pedagogical support during design and implementation, and reflected with teachers on how to cope with problems met during implementation.
Publisher: Routledge _eprint: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10972-015-9444-1 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1007/s10972-015-9444-1 10/gf7gx7 2339240:BKA45HWC 2339240:F3ZCM7SP 2405685:RNWUSFG4 2534378:325RP7HZ 2534378:8BHL2SZV 2534378:DDGZAF8Q 2534378:U7WD44V7 2534378:UWU5LPCD
Keywords: Design teams; Interconnected model of professional growth; Professional development; Support; TPACK; Teachers; Technology; _Source:Intuitive; _THEME: Open systems; _THEME: Teacher Professional Development; __:import:01; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2425910; __finaldtb

ICT use in science and mathematics teacher education in Tanzania: Developing Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge - Kafyulilo, Ayoub; Fisser, Petra; Pieters, Jules; Voogt, Joke (Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2015)
Currently, teacher education colleges in Tanzania are being equipped with computers to prepare teachers who can integrate technology in teaching. Despite these efforts, teachers are not embracing the use of technology in their teaching. This study adopted Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) as a framework for describing the knowledge and skills that pre-service teachers need to develop in order to effectively integrate technology in science and mathematics teaching. Pre-service teachers (N=22) participated in microteaching, hands-on training, collaborative lesson design in design teams, and reflection with peers. Pre- and post-assessment results of the pre-service teachers’ perceived knowledge and skills of integrating technology in teaching, showed significant changes in technology-related components of TPACK. We conclude that opportunities for pre-service teachers to participate in professional development programs that involve lesson design, teaching, evaluation and re-design, can be effective for the development of the knowledge and skills of integrating technology in science and mathematics teaching.
Number: 4 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.14742/ajet.1240 2339240:7KWSVKXS 2405685:7XN4YDQE
Keywords: TPACK; lesson design; microteaching; reflection; technology integration; training

Reflective teacher supervision through videos of classroom teaching (supervisión colaborativa docente a través de clases grabadas en video) - Kaneko-Marques, Sandra Mari (PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2015)
The main objective of this paper is to briefly present roles of different teacher supervisors according to distinct models, highlighting the importance of collaborative dialogues supported by video recordings. This paper will present results from a qualitative study of an English as a foreign language teacher education course in Brazil. The results indicated that collaborative supervision was an efficient tool to address adversities within educational contexts and that student teachers who observed their pedagogical actions through videos became more reflective and self-evaluative, as they provided a deeper analysis regarding their practice. With collaborative supervision, teacher candidates can be encouraged to recognize and understand the complexities of language learning and teaching both locally and globally.
Publisher: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Carrera 30 No. 45-03 Ciudad Universitaria, Bogotá, Colombia Cam URL: https://ezp.lib.cam.ac.uk/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/1720057575?accountid=9851 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.15446/profile.v17n2.44393 2405685:E3Q476XV 2534378:8NSF3BMX 2534378:VXGS7DTC
Keywords: Brazil; Cooperation; ERIC; Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE); English (Second Language); English Teachers; Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Observation; Postsecondary Education; Preservice Teacher Education; Qualitative Research; Questionnaires; Reflective Teaching; Second Language Instruction; Self Evaluation (Individuals); Student Teachers; Teacher Supervision; Video Technology; __:import:01; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2098468; __finaldtb

The effects of a technology-aided learning environment on the improvement of a primary special education school - Karal, Hasan (Educational Research and Reviews, 2015)
The changes demanded by technology are reshaping people’s expectations of education. These changing demands and expectations have introduced certain concepts, such as individuals who have become skilled at learning and the learning organization. Individuals and schools, as the most basic unit of educational organizations, should demonstrate a shift from traditional training toward becoming ‘learning’ or ‘effective’ schools in order to survive in the world today. This requires effective implementation of technology infrastructure in schools and the integration of technology into learning environments. This study aimed to examine the impact of technology-aided learning environments on the improvement of a primary special education school where students with hearing impaired attend. The study adopted qualitative research approach and used case study as a research design. Semi-structured interviews and observations were employed for collecting necessary data. The study sample comprised a school principal, a vice principal, a staff, thirteen teachers and four parents of the students in the school. The data were analyzed qualitatively by using a descriptive analysis through the qualitative analysis software MAXQDA©. It was found that themes such as cooperation and organization for school improvement, innovation and student achievement received the highest level of emphasis. The results of the study suggest that using technology aided learning environments, helped the school to improve, changed the way of teachers’ functioning and contributed to their professional development. Progress in the social and academic performances of the students was also observed. Key words: School development, technology, innovation, hearing impaired.
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The Effects of a Technology-Aided Learning Environment on the Improvement of a Primary Special Education School - Karal, Hasan (Educational Research and Reviews, 2015)
The changes demanded by technology are reshaping people's expectations of education. These changing demands and expectations have introduced certain concepts, such as individuals who have become skilled at learning and the learning organization. Individuals and schools, as the most basic unit of educational organizations, should demonstrate a shift from traditional training toward becoming '"learning" or "effective" schools in order to survive in the world today. This requires effective implementation of technology infrastructure in schools and the integration of technology into learning environments. This study aimed to examine the impact of technology-aided learning environments on the improvement of a primary special education school where students with hearing impaired attend. The study adopted qualitative research approach and used case study as a research design. Semi-structured interviews and observations were employed for collecting necessary data. The study sample comprised a school principal, a vice principal, a staff, thirteen teachers and four parents of the students in the school. The data were analyzed qualitatively by using a descriptive analysis through the qualitative analysis software MAXQDA©. It was found that themes such as cooperation and organization for school improvement, innovation and student achievement received the highest level of emphasis. The results of the study suggest that using technology aided learning environments, helped the school to improve, changed the way of teachers' functioning and contributed to their professional development. Progress in the social and academic performances of the students was also observed.
Publisher: Academic Journals KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.5897/ERR2015.2523 10.5897/err2015.2523 10/gjj9dr 2339240:ZXNUGEXT 2405685:SHM89EW9
Keywords: Academic Achievement; Assistant Principals; Attitude Measures; Case Studies; Cooperation; Educational Innovation; Educational Technology; Elementary Education; Elementary School Teachers; Foreign Countries; Observation; Parents; Principals; Qualitative Research; School Personnel; Semi Structured Interviews; Special Education; Statistical Analysis; Teaching Methods; Technology Uses in Education; ___working_potential_duplicate

The socio-economic impacts of Ebola in Liberia : results from a high frequency cell phone survey round five - Kastelic, Kristen Himelein; Kastelic, Jonathan (World Bank Group, 2015)
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OER quality and adaptation in K–12: Comparing teacher evaluations of copyrightrestricted, open, and open/adapted textbooks - Kimmons, R (The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2015)
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Influence Of Hidden Costs In Education On Students’ Participation In Public Secondary Schools In Kikuyu Sub County, Kenya - Kingori, Joseph Ndirangu (School of Education Department of Educational Administration and Planning of Nairobi University, 2015)
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Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Influence Of Hidden Costs In Education On Students’ Participation In Public Secondary Schools In Kikuyu Sub County, Kenya - Kingori, Joseph Ndirangu (School of Education Department of Educational Administration and Planning of Nairobi University, 2015)
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What public media reveals about MOOCs: A systematic analysis of news reports - Kovanović, Vitomir; Joksimović, Srećko; Gašević, Dragan; Siemens, George; Hatala, Marek (British Journal of Educational Technology, 2015)
One of the striking differences between massive open online courses (MOOCs) and previous innovations in the education technology field is the unprecedented interest and involvement of the general public. As MOOCs address pressing problems in higher education and the broader educational practice, awareness of the general public debate around MOOCs is essential. Understanding the public discourse around MOOCs can provide insights into important social and public problems, thus enabling the MOOC research community to better focus their research endeavors. While there have been some reports looking at the state of the MOOC-related research, the analysis of the public debate surrounding MOOCs is still largely missing. In this paper, we present the results of a study that looked at the content of the public discourse related to MOOCs. We identified the most important themes and topics in MOOC-related mainstream news reports. Our results indicate that coverage of MOOCs in public media is rapidly decreasing: by the middle of 2014, it decreased by almost 50% from the highest activity during 2013. In addition, the focus of those discussions is also changing. While the majority of discussions during 2012 and 2013 were focused on MOOC providers, the announcements of their partnerships, and million dollar investments, the current focus of MOOC discourse seems to be moving toward more productive topics focused on the overall position of MOOCs in the global educational landscape. Among different topics that this study discovered, government-related issues and the use of data and analytics are some of the topics that seem to be growing in popularity during the first half of 2014.
shortDOI: 10/f7d7r2 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1111/bjet.12277 10/f7d7r2 2339240:4ZXLTE27 2339240:KG6GUHWW 2405685:LXEQ2JCJ
Keywords: Reviewed

Focus Group Interviewing - Krueger, Richard A.; Casey, Mary Anne (Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation, 2015)
This chapter discusses using focus groups as a component of an evaluation strategy. It focuses on both the benefits and the limitations of using this method and also offers suggestions for the effective use of focus group interviewing in an evaluation. Focus groups are a wonderful method for gathering information for formative and summative evaluations. A key role is the study team leader, sometimes called the principal investigator (PI), who takes on the overall leadership of the study. Team members work together to complete the study, but individuals take primary responsibility for certain tasks. The chapter describes these tasks and roles. Successful focus group studies are grounded on five key steps: planning, developing questions, recruiting, moderating, and analyzing. Each of these steps is critical to success. Those who seek to have successful focus groups should be attentive to performing each step with care, thought, and skill.
Section: 20 _eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/9781119171386.ch20 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1002/9781119171386.ch20 2339240:8GHGGSG3 2405685:CYKMJX8Q
Keywords: classic analysis strategy; focus group interviewing; focus group recruitment; formative evaluations; study team leader; summative evaluations

IDEAS BOX: AN INNOVATING PSYCHOSOCIAL TOOL FOR EMERGENCY SITUATIONS IMPACT STUDY IN THE KAVUMU AND BWAGIRISA CAMPS - BURUNDI - Lachal, C (2015)
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Use ICT to provide access to content, professional development and professional learning communities (Recommendation 7) - Lawrie, J.; Hennessy, S.; Haßler, Björn; Phalachandra (Where it's needed most: quality professional development for all teachers, 2015)
EdTechHub.Source: 2129771:KQGAREE9 EdTechHub.Source: 2129771:KQGAREE9 Book DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.2044.3761 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:KQGAREE9 2339240:CBYR6TWI 2405685:8Q6BDGWE 2405685:PKLI25VA 2405685:ZIXCZS28 2534378:DMKTGVXQ
Keywords: C:Fragile contexts; docs.opendeved.net

Recommendation 7: Use ICT to provide access to content, professional development and professional learning communities - Lawrie, J.; Hennessy, Sara; Haßler, Björn; Phalachandra; Lawrie, J. (Where it's needed most: Quality professional development for all teachers, 2015)
EdTechHub.Source: 2129771:KQGAREE9 EdTechHub.Source: 2129771:KQGAREE9 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:KQGAREE9 2405685:PKLI25VA
Keywords: C:Fragile contexts; dode_eth-src-dode; dode_eth-trf2-dode

Review of International Research on Factors Underlying Teacher Absenteeism. - Lee, Mary; Goodman, Crystal; Dandapani, Nitara; Kekahio, Wendy (Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific, 2015)
Throughout the U.S.-affiliated Pacific Region, teacher absenteeism has posed a long-standing challenge. This report draws on research literature from international contexts and case studies to identify the underlying factors that may relate to teacher absenteeism. Resources included in this report were selected with a focus on non-U.S. Pacific entities and emerging economy contexts that might be most relevant to the U.S.-affiliated Pacific Islands. Different search parameters were used to determine the scope of U.S./international literature to include in the review. The report found five main themes to consider in relation to teacher absenteeism: pay structure (for example, direct or indirect working relationship with the school), management (for example, school governance), working conditions (for example, school culture or single- vs. multi-grade classroom structure), community conditions (for example, teachers' proximity to the school), and social and cultural responsibilities (for example, illness, funeral attendance, and care of family members). Predictors of absenteeism vary across place and context. Given the diversity of Pacific Region communities, stakeholders should examine the extent to which the context and results of the research in this review correspond to the social, structural, cultural, and environmental characteristics of their own contexts. The following are appended: (1) Data and methodology; and (2) Viewing absenteeism through an international lens. A list of selected literature on teacher absenteeism in the United States is also included.
Publication Title: Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:QK98HZNR 2405685:B77I7YF6
Keywords: Academic Rank (Professional); Accountability; Case Studies; Community Characteristics; Correlation; Cross Cultural Studies; Cultural Context; Cultural Influences; Elementary School Teachers; Family Work Relationship; Foreign Countries; Institutional Characteristics; Predictor Variables; Proximity; Sanctions; School Administration; School Culture; School Location; Social Influences; Teacher Attendance; Teacher Salaries; Teaching Conditions; Work Environment

Teaching Writing with Radio - Levine, Sarah; Franzel, Johanna (English Journal, 2015)
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Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Is civil society in trouble in Bangladesh? - Lewis, D (2015)
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Live video classroom observation: an effective approach to reducing reactivity in collecting observational information for teacher professional development - Liang, Jiwen (Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2015)
This paper examines the significance of live video classroom observations of teaching practice to reduce reactivity (the observer effect) so as to obtain more credible observational information for teacher professional development in a secondary school in the largest city in southern China. Although much has been discussed regarding the use of remote live video classroom observation for professional development, the advantage of remote live video classroom observation in reducing reactivity has often been overlooked. Using the case study method, the research reported here focuses on two components: conducting live video classroom observation and the use of the live video classroom observation in reducing reactivity. This paper suggests that live video classroom observation is effective in reducing reactivity and helps avoid subjective judgement and increase feedback sources, thus providing a solution to compensate for the limitations of traditional classroom observations.
Publisher: Routledge, Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 325 Chestnut Street Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106 Cam URL: https://ezp.lib.cam.ac.uk/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/1720065888?accountid=9851 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1080/02607476.2015.1045314 2405685:XGZM5SEC 2534378:69WEYDDC 2534378:6KGYG6GM 2534378:NCYRP586
Keywords: Administrator Attitudes; Case Studies; Case studies; China; Classroom Observation Techniques; Classroom observation; ERIC; Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE); Education; Effectiveness; Faculty Development; Feedback; Feedback (Response); Foreign Countries; Interviews; Principals; Professional development; Qualitative Research; Secondary Education; Secondary School Teachers; Secondary schools; Teacher Attitudes; Teacher education; Teaching; Teaching Methods; Teaching methods; Video; Video Technology; Video recordings; __:import:01; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2096967; __finaldtb

Live video classroom observation: an effective approach to reducing reactivity in collecting observational information for teacher professional development - Liang, Jiwen (Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2015)
This paper examines the significance of live video classroom observations of teaching practice to reduce reactivity (the observer effect) so as to obtain more credible observational information for teacher professional development in a secondary school in the largest city in southern China. Although much has been discussed regarding the use of remote live video classroom observation for professional development, the advantage of remote live video classroom observation in reducing reactivity has often been overlooked. Using the case study method, the research reported here focuses on two components: conducting live video classroom observation and the use of the live video classroom observation in reducing reactivity. This paper suggests that live video classroom observation is effective in reducing reactivity and helps avoid subjective judgement and increase feedback sources, thus providing a solution to compensate for the limitations of traditional classroom observations.
Publisher: Routledge, Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 325 Chestnut Street Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106 Cam URL: https://ezp.lib.cam.ac.uk/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/1720065888?accountid=9851 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1080/02607476.2015.1045314 2339240:VQ7H8WUD 2405685:63X8MEP4 2534378:69WEYDDC 2534378:6KGYG6GM 2534378:NCYRP586
Keywords: Administrator Attitudes; Case Studies; Case studies; China; Classroom Observation Techniques; Classroom observation; ERIC; Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE); Education; Effectiveness; Faculty Development; Feedback; Feedback (Response); Foreign Countries; Interviews; Principals; Professional development; Qualitative Research; Secondary Education; Secondary School Teachers; Secondary schools; Teacher Attitudes; Teacher education; Teaching; Teaching Methods; Teaching methods; Video; Video Technology; Video recordings; __:import:01; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2096967; __finaldtb

基于 iPad 的民汉双语电子教材开发与应用研究 [Research on the development and application of bilingual electronic textbooks based on iPad] - Liu, Junling; Zhang, Yawei (中小学电教 [Primary and Middle School Educational Technology], 2015)
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Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Using Behavioral Insights to Increase Parental Engagement: The Parents and Children Together (PACT) Intervention - Mayer, Susan; Kalil, Ariel; Oreopoulos, Philip; Gallegos, Sebastian (National Bureau of Economic Research, 2015)
Parent engagement with their children plays an important role in children’s eventual economic success and numerous studies have documented large gaps in parent engagement between low- and higher-income families. While we know remarkably little about what motivates parents to engage in their children’s development, recent research suggests that ignoring or discounting the future may inhibit parental investment, while certain behavioral tools may help offset this tendency. This paper reports results from a randomized field experiment designed to increase the time that parents of children in subsidized preschool programs spend reading to their children using an electronic reading application that audio and video records parents as they read. The treatment included three behavioral tools (text reminders, goal-setting, and social rewards) as well as information about the importance of reading to children. The treatment increased usage of the reading application by one standard deviation after the six-week intervention. Our evidence suggests that the large effect size is not accounted for by the information component of the intervention and that the treatment impact was much greater for parents who are more present-oriented than for parents who are less present-oriented.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.3386/w21602 2339240:EL2K2P22 2405685:YMUAPKYZ

Taking Stock of the Global Partnership for Development (MDG 8) - MDG Gap Task Force (UN, 2015)
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Experimental Evaluation of the Tools of the Mind Pre-K Curriculum. Fidelity of Implementation Technical Report. Working Paper. - Meador, Deanna; Nesbitt, Kimberly; Farran, Dale (Peabody Research Institute, 2015)
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Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Potential benefits from sub-700 MHz spectrum in Pakistan - Miller, Tim; Jervis, Val; Burns, John; Wongsaroj, Sarongrat; Hogg, Tim (GSMA, 2015)
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ICT competency standards for teachers in Tanzania - Ministry of Education and Vocational Training; UNESCO Office Dar es Salaam (United Republic of Tanzania, 2015)
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Education Sector Performance Report - Ministry of Education, Ghana (Ministry of Education (Ghana), 2015)
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ICT in Education Policy - Ministry of Education, Ghana (2015)
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Computer technology in education: evidence from a pooled study of computer assisted learning programs among rural students in China - Mo, Di; Huang, Weiming; Shi, Yaojiang; Zhang, Linxiu; Boswell, Matthew; Rozelle, Scott (China Economic Review, 2015)
There is a great degree of heterogeneity among the studies that investigate whether computer technologies improve education and how students beneﬁt from them – if at all. The overall goal of this study is to assess the effectiveness of computing technologies to raise educational performance and non-cognitive outcomes and identify what program components are most effective in doing so. To achieve this aim we pool the data sets of ﬁve separate studies about computer technology programs that include observations of 16,856 students from 171 primary schools across three provinces in China. We ﬁnd that overall computing technologies have positive and signiﬁcant impacts on student academic achievement in both math and in Chinese. The programs are found to be more effective if they are implemented out-of-school, avoiding what appear to be substitution effects when programs are run during school. The programs also have heterogeneous effects by gender. Speciﬁcally, boys gain more than girls in Chinese. We did not ﬁnd heterogeneous effects by student initial achievement levels. We also found that the programs that help students learn math—but not Chinese—have positive impacts on student self-efﬁcacy.
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Preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis protocols (prisma-p) 2015 statement - Moher, D.; Shamseer, L.; Clarke, M.; Ghersi, D.; Liberati, A.; Petticrew, M.; Shekelle, P.; Stewart, L. (Systematic Reviews, 2015)
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Keywords: ___working_potential_duplicate; auto_merged; ❓ Multiple DOI

Preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis protocols (prisma-p) 2015 statement - Moher, D.; Shamseer, L.; Clarke, M.; Ghersi, D.; Liberati, A.; Petticrew, M.; Shekelle, P.; Stewart, L. (Systematic Reviews, 2015)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2405685:5CND5AP6
Keywords: ___working_potential_duplicate; ❓ Multiple DOI

Developing and piloting interactive physics experiments for secondary schools in Tanzania - Msoka, Vidate C; Mtebe, Joel S; Kissaka, Mussa M; Kalinga, Ellen C (Journal of Learning for Development, 2015)
Students in secondary schools in Tanzania have been facing difficulties in conducting laboratory experiments. This has been due to the acute shortage of laboratory facilities and poor teaching methodologies. Consequently, students perceive science subjects as unattractive, difficult and irrelevant to understanding the world around them. An interactive physics experiment was developed and piloted in two schools with 157 students to investigate whether interactive experiments can be used as an alternative to physical experiments. Results show that students found the interactive experiment was easier and more efficient, and, therefore, can be used as an alternative to physical experiments.
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Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Using mobile phones in teaching and learning in secondary schools in Tanzania - Msuya, Ombeni (International Journal of Education and Research, 2015)
This paper discusses some of the findings from a recent cross-sectional survey that examined how secondary schools’ teachers use their mobile phones in teaching and learning. The participants were drawn from Mwanga and Chamwino districts in Kilimanjaro and Dodoma regions respectively in Tanzania. A large area of the study location enjoys are liable mobile phones’ coverage network, many mobile phones’ service providers and reliable wireless internet. This study involved 100 teachers from public and private secondary schools obtained using purposive sampling.These teachers were only those who owned smart phones.The study used likerty-type questionnaires and semi-structured interview to collect data for understanding the contribution of teachers’ mobile phones in teaching and learning process in secondary schools. The 90(90%) questionnaires were filled and returned,while 10 (10%) questionnaires were not returned. The study found that most of the teachers had little knowledge on the use of mobile phones as a tool for ICT pedagogical uses. It was also revealed that the teachers were competent in the basic uses of mobile phones,but were not able to create upload, download and share academic resources through their smart phones;while others were not aware of the capacity of their mobile phones. It was revealed that mobile phones were relevant in teaching and learning in secondary schools. Moreover, majority of the secondary school teachers were not using their smart phones for educational purposes;instead,they used them for other non-educational activities. It was furthermore revealed that teachers were very bitter for allowing their students to carry mobile phones in the classroom.
Accepted: 2020-08-24T09:24:45Z Publisher: Contemporary Research Center KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:C9REPJXL 2405685:A7ERTQV9
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

The Promise of Lean Experimentation - Murray, Peter; Ma, Steve (Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR), 2015)
By adopting a model from business, nonprofit organizations can launch, test, and implement new programs and services more efficiently. Includes magazine extras.
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Toolkit on gender-sensitive participatory evaluation methods - Murthy, Ranjani K. (Institute of Social Studies Trust, 2015)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2405685:D6V2D4T7
Keywords: Feminism; Feminist theory; India; Research; Sex discrimination against women; Women's studies

Towards inclusive education in Tanzania: A study of pre-service student teachers training and percieved needs to practice inclusive education - Muyungu, Emmanuel Geofrey (University of Oslo, 2015)
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Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Design of a Braille Learning Application for Visually Impaired Students in Bangladesh - Nahar, Lutfun; Jaafar, Azizah; Ahamed, Eistiak; Kaish, A. B. M. A. (Assistive Technology, 2015)
Visually impaired students (VIS) are unable to get visual information, which has made their learning process complicated. This paper discusses the overall situation of VIS in Bangladesh and identifies major challenges that they are facing in getting education. The Braille system is followed to educate blind students in Bangladesh. However, lack of Braille based educational resources and technological solutions have made the learning process lengthy and complicated for VIS. As a developing country, Bangladesh cannot afford for the costly Braille related technological tools for VIS. Therefore, a mobile phone based Braille application, “mBRAILLE”, for Android platform is designed to provide an easy Braille learning technology for VIS in Bangladesh. The proposed design is evaluated by experts in assistive technology for students with disabilities, and advanced learners of Braille. The application aims to provide a Bangla and English Braille learning platform for VIS. In this paper, we depict iterative (participatory) design of the application along with a preliminary evaluation with 5 blind subjects, and 1 sighted and 2 blind experts. The results show that the design scored an overall satisfaction level of 4.53 out of 5 by all respondents, indicating that our design is ready for the next step of development.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1080/10400435.2015.1011758 10/f7svv7 2339240:PQ9MDIRA 2339240:S5PHSEX4 2405685:3JTWSRAR 2405685:V6F47JQW
Keywords: Visually Impaired Students (VIS); ___working_potential_duplicate; android platform; braille; education for VIS; mobile application

Promoting teaching and learning in Ghanaian Basic Schools through ICT - Natia, James; Al-hassan, Seidu (International Journal of Education and Development using ICT, 2015)
Publisher: Open Campus, The University of the West Indies, West Indies KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:58A7W9JA 2339240:YVRRGJRL 2405685:KMGX6DRI 2405685:UX7FDZ8M
Keywords: ___working_potential_duplicate; ⛔ No DOI found

Making ‘Impact Factor’ Impactful: Universities, Think Tanks and Policy Research in Pakistan - Naveed, Arif; Suleri, Abid Q. (Think Tank Initiative, 2015)
Publisher: Think Tank Initiative KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:5Z6JYT8R 2405685:QKLMBUHE
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Kids hacker camps in Kenya | Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development - Ndaiga, Wachira; Salim, Anne (2015)
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Ways in Which Community Involvement May Influence Girls’ Education in Senegal - Ndiaye, Babou (2015)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:YAC6J27P 2405685:8X7PUSCP

The impact of information provision on human capital accumulation and child labor in Peru - Neilson, Christopher; Gallego, Francisco; Molina, Oswaldo (Innovations for Poverty Action, 2015)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:TG68IFJ2 2405685:NT9P8V57

Preparedness of Public Secondary Schools on the Use of Information Communication Technology In Teaching and Learning in Mukurweini, Nyeri County - Ngatia, Paul Kamau (2015)
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Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

iPads in higher education—Hype and hope - Nguyen, Lemai; Barton, Siew Mee; Nguyen, Linh Thuy (British Journal of Educational Technology, 2015)
00000 shortDOI: 10/f6z68d KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10/f6z68d 2129771:KRM7NNM2 2405685:5EVR73U5

Abigisha n'abiga mu Rwanda babonye ubumenyi bwo kuvuga haba muri Kinyarwanda n'Icyongereza nyuma ya 2008-2011 bikurikiranye na politiki-y'indimi-mu burezi - Niyibizi, Epimaque (Rwanda Journal of Education, 2015)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2405685:X8JG72M9 4042040:IFUVAG58
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Ururimi rwa Kinyarwanda mu burezi ibihe: umugani cyangwa ukuri? - Niyomugabo, Cyprien (Journal of Educational Research and Review, 2015)
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Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Financing Education in Nigeria: Opportunities for Action - Nwoko, Chinedum (2015)
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Pisa for Development: Capacity needs analysis: Tanzania - OECD (OECD; World Bank, 2015)
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Students, Computers and Learning: Making the Connection - OECD (OECD Publishing, 2015)
Are there computers in the classroom? Does it matter? Students, Computers and Learning: Making the Connection examines how students’ access to and use of information and communication technology (ICT) devices has evolved in recent years, and explores how education systems and schools are integrating ICT into students’ learning experiences. Based on results from PISA 2012, the report discusses differences in access to and use of ICT – what are collectively known as the “digital divide” – that are related to students’ socio-economic status, gender, geographic location, and the school a child attends. The report highlights the importance of bolstering students’ ability to navigate through digital texts. It also examines the relationship among computer access in schools, computer use in classrooms, and performance in the PISA assessment. As the report makes clear, all students first need to be equipped with basic literacy and numeracy skills so that they can participate fully in the hyper-connected, digitised societies of the 21st century.
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OER4Schools | Home - OER4Schools (2015)
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Pakistan EdTech Landscape: Using Technology as a Force Multiplier to address the Educational Emergency - Osama, Athar; Imran, Zia; Jamshan, Walia (2015)
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Prospective teachers' teaching experience: teacher learning through the use of video - Osmanoglu, Aslihan (Educational Research, 2015)
Background: Future teachers need to observe, interpret and analyse teaching during the initial teacher education period. The use of videoed teaching and learning in teacher education promotes reflection, and analysing videos of teaching is helpful in learning effective classroom practices that prospective teachers mostly do not have the chance to observe during fieldwork experiences. The analysis of videos of teaching can be seen as a way to enhance the development of prospective teachers' professional vision, which, in turn, improves instruction. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine prospective teachers' reflections on video examples depicting their own teaching experiences. It aimed to create a professional development environment to facilitate the prospective teachers' reflection on their own videos and those of their peers to improve their professional vision. Sample: This study was conducted with over 200 (in 31 groups) third-year prospective mathematics teachers in a university in Western Turkey. The student teachers, receiving training to teach first- to fourth-grade elementary school pupils, were taking a teaching methods course. Design and methods: In the first week of the semester, the student teachers, working in groups, were assigned mathematics topics to teach the elementary school pupils. During the semester, each group prepared by trying out their activities in front of other student teachers in other groups. At the end of the semester, one student teacher from each group presented a short lesson related to their mathematical topic to the elementary school pupils. This lesson was videotaped, then later it was watched and discussed by the student teachers. Of the student teachers who undertook the teaching in the videos, 22 volunteers agreed to be interviewed. All groups of student teachers provided written reflections on their experience. Selected videos of the class discussions about the videos of teaching were also used for triangulation. The data were analysed to identify the issues the prospective teachers reflected upon. A content analysis technique was employed. Results: The data indicated that the prospective teachers were able to reflect on several issues related to effective teaching, connect their theoretical knowledge to their practice and consider issues related to pupil learning and difficulties. Conclusion: The findings suggested that the use of video, together with discussions between the student teachers, had the potential to create promising learning opportunities for prospective teachers.
Publisher: Routledge, Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 325 Chestnut Street Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106 Cam URL: https://ezp.lib.cam.ac.uk/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/1826519864?accountid=9851 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1080/00131881.2015.1117321 2339240:IDCYSM7U 2339240:JN6DATHN 2405685:8R9AMXSP 2405685:UXX82Q2E 2534378:2ENRXCPY 2534378:6ZC4QF9U 2534378:CZGC7EHH
Keywords: Case Method (Teaching Technique); Case Studies; Case-based pedagogy; Content Analysis; Data Analysis; Discussion (Teaching Technique); EDUCATION of student teachers; EFFECTIVE teaching; ELEMENTARY school teachers; ERIC; Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE); Educational Benefits; Electronic Learning; Elementary Education; Elementary School Teachers; Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Knowledge Base for Teaching; Learning Activities; Mathematics Teachers; Methods Courses; Microteaching; Outcomes of Education; PROFESSIONAL education; Postsecondary Education; Preservice Teacher Education; Preservice Teachers; Reflective Teaching; Student Teacher Attitudes; Student Teachers; TEACHER education; TEACHING methods; TRAINING of student teachers; Teacher Effectiveness; Teaching Experience; Theory Practice Relationship; Turkey; Video Technology; __:import:01; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2096187; __finaldtb; class discussions; prospective teacher education; reflection; video case study

A design based research framework for implementing a transnational mobile and blended learning solution - Palalas, Agnieszka; Berezin, Nicole; Gunawardena, Charlotte; Kramer, Gretchen (International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning (IJMBL), 2015)
The article proposes a modified Design-Based Research (DBR) framework which accommodates the various socio-cultural factors that emerged in the longitudinal PA-HELP research study at Central University College (CUC) in Ghana, Africa. A transnational team of stakeholders from Ghana, Canada, and the USA collaborated on the development, implementation, and subsequent modification of the DBR framework. The recommended framework is a result of lessons learned during this project in Ghana and as such, it is shaped by the need to be responsive to the local cultural and contextual contingencies. The article offers practical recommendations on the implementation of a mobile learning project in a cross-cultural setting, and provides a discussion of the salient cultural factors and the corresponding culturally-sensitive adaptations needed in the design research process. The Cross-Culture Design-Based Research (CC-DBR) framework is proposed to inform future transcultural m-learning studies.
Publisher: IGI Global KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.4018/ijmbl.2015100104 10/ggn3w3 2339240:UURH3JJF 2405685:SR6TDQ4M

Continued progress: promising evidence on personalized learning - Pane, John F.; Steiner, Elizabeth D.; Baird, Matthew D.; Hamilton, Laura S. (RAND Corporation, 2015)
Students at schools that offer personalized ways to learn (e.g., competency-based progression, flexible learning environments) made significant gains in mathematics and reading. Also, the lowest-performing students made substantial gains relative to their peers.
Publisher: RAND Corporation KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:ERGVRY23 2405685:KI6SCG6B
Keywords: Potential Usefulness: M

The Effectiveness of Using Technology in English Language Classrooms in Government Primary Schools in Bangladesh - Parvin, Ruxana Hossain; Salam, Shaikh Flint (FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education, 2015)
Across the globe, governments of different countries have recognized the importance and value of digital technologies in language learning. This article is based on the pilot project of Save the Children using information and communication technology (ICT) in education. Through this initiative, interactive multimedia software based on national curriculum of English Class 4 were developed and tested in selected government primary schools. The pre-intervention survey indicated that the teachers do not have the language competence to confidently facilitate English classes using the Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) approach. The results of the project showed that the use of audio-visual content has strong potential for enhancing and promoting interactive language classes. However, the success of the program depends on how the technology is designed and implemented and how the teachers are trained to use it.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10/gkm64q 2339240:5MMI3MEV 2405685:B5DM3N9I

Reading Skill Transfer across Languages: Outcomes from Longitudinal Bilingual Randomized Control Trials in Kenya and Haiti. - Piper, Benjamin; Bulat, Jennae; Johnston, Andrew (Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2015)
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Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Pro-Poor PRIMR: Improving Early Literacy Skills for Children from Low-Income Families in Kenya - Piper, Benjamin; Jepkemei, Evelyn; Kibukho, Kennedy (Africa Education Review, 2015)
Children from low-income families are at risk of learning outcome difficulties, particularly in literacy. Various studies link poor literacy results with performance later in primary and secondary school, and suggest that poverty, literacy skills and weak instructional methods combine to drastically limit the educational opportunities for many poor children. The Primary Math and Reading (PRIMR) Initiative was designed to support the learning gains of Class 1 and 2 pupils in seven counties across Kenya. PRIMR uses a randomised controlled trial design to establish the effect of its intervention and employs basic literacy measures to estimate causal effects. This study shows that PRIMR has been effective for children from low-income families and that early literacy interventions can mitigate socio-economic effects. The findings suggest that efforts to improve literacy outcomes for the poor should begin early in primary school. Strategies for ensuring that instruction is equitable across socio-economic status are advocated.
Publisher: Routledge KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1080/18146627.2015.1036566 2339240:PG45F94W 2405685:772V2TVY
Keywords: Achievement Gains; Causal Models; Control Groups; Early Intervention; Early Reading; Educational Improvement; Effect Size; Emergent Literacy; Experimental Groups; Foreign Countries; Grade 1; Grade 2; Low Income Students; Oral Reading; Poverty; Randomized Controlled Trials; Reading Comprehension; Reading Fluency; Reading Tests; Regression (Statistics); School Effectiveness; Skill Development; Socioeconomic Status

Kenya’s ICT policy in practice: The effectiveness of tablets and e-readers in improving student outcomes - Piper, Benjamin; Jepkemei, Evelyn; Kwayumba, Dunston; Kibukho, Kennedy (FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education, 2015)
Kenya is investing in information and communication technology (ICT) to improve children's learning outcomes. However, the literature on ICT is pessimistic about the ability of ICT alone to improve outcomes, and few ICT programs have created the instructional change necessary to increase learning. The Primary Math and Reading (PRIMR) Initiative implemented a randomized controlled trial of three ICT interventions to enhance learning outcomes: tablets for instructional supervisors, tablets for teachers, and e-readers for students. All three showed significant impacts in English and Kiswahili above the results of the control group. The impacts of the three interventions were not statistically significantly different from each other. Based on the findings, we recommend that Kenyan policy makers embed ICT interventions in a larger instructional reform, using ICT to support particular instructional improvement challenges. We also suggest that policy makers incorporate empirically derived cost-effectiveness analysis into investment decisions, to ensure that ICT provides value for money.
shortDOI: 10/ggjkvv KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.18275/fire201502011025 10/ggjkvv 2339240:APPT498R 2339240:D5IHJW9H 2339240:E5GA8GCG 2339240:EK3GAM3J 2339240:G6TBKSGI 2339240:IYCXFMIU 2405685:5IT5XZNT 2405685:DAU3FLGU 2405685:H9RNSJQE 2405685:J45J4EMF 2405685:V6F62IW5 2405685:WVNEPIB3 2405685:Y4AUMNW2 2534378:73A9DFAH 2534378:8Y5PJAGB 2534378:P2EJKSKD
Keywords: African Languages; Control Groups; Cost Effectiveness; ERIC; Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE); Educational Policy; Educational Practices; Elementary Secondary Education; English (Second Language); Experimental Groups; Foreign Countries; Handheld Devices; Intervention; Kenya; Literacy; Outcomes of Education; Program Effectiveness; Randomized Controlled Trials; Reading Achievement; Student Improvement; Technology Uses in Education; __:import:01; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2096974; ___working_potential_duplicate; __finaldtb

Ebola: beyond the health emergency - Plan International (Plan International, 2015)
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Mixed methods research: A guide to the field - Plano Clark, Vicki L.; Ivankova, Nataliya V. (Sage Publications, 2015)
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Factors determining digital divide in Ghana's basic schools - Quaicoe, James Sunney; Pata, Kai (2015 IST-Africa Conference, 2015)
This paper explores the concept of digital divide (DD) in Ghana’s basic schools in Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis in Western Region. We tested the ICT culture variables as well as school location factor in respect to school’s digital divide. A survey sample contained 17 regional city schools from three different locations – central city in the region, towns away from the central city, and village schools. The survey instrument was developed with ten ICT culture variables. The variables in the instrument met the Cronbach’s Alpha threshold value of α = 0.70. Data was analysed with Descriptive statistics, Hierarchical Cluster analysis, Independent t-test, and Canonical discriminant analysis. We found that school location did not determine the schools DD, nonetheless the schools were digitally divided, – 2 clusters were found among schools. This DD was determined by certain ICT culture variables: Teacher’s ICT competences and the usage of ICT in Teacher’s professional practice were paramount.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1109/istafrica.2015.7190518 10/ggn3wz 2339240:H83HTANQ 2405685:XZBJRR36

The Use of Video in Teacher Professional Development Design, Implementation and Impact Evaluation of an Innovative In-service Course for Mathematics Teachers in Indonesia - Ragatz, Andrew B.; Sugiarti, Susie; Iskandar, Susiana (World Bank, 2015)
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The potential impact of Information and Communication Technology solutions on textbook provision - Read, Tony (Where Have All the Textbooks Gone?: Toward Sustainable Provision of Teaching and Learning Materials in Sub-Saharan Africa, 2015)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1596/978-1-4648-0572-1_ch12 2339240:5GHMGUU3 2405685:K6XTVJXB

E-Learning as a Vehicle for the Development of Rural Girls in Ghana, West Africa - Roberts-Lewis, Kristie; Orok, Michael E. (Information Communication Technology (ICT) Integration to Educational Curricula: A New Direction for Africa, 2015)
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Keywords: Equity through Access; ⛔ No DOI found

Connecting africa using the TV white spaces: from research to real world deployments - Roberts, Sidney; Garnett, Paul; Chandra, Ranveer (The 21st IEEE International Workshop on Local and Metropolitan Area Networks, 2015)
More than 4 billion people are not connected to the Internet. This is either because there is no infrastructure or because Internet access is not affordable. This digital divide is extreme in Africa. At Microsoft, we have been investigating various technologies to bridge this divide. In this paper we describe our research around the TV White Spaces, and how we have leveraged it, and worked with our partners to connect communities in Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1109/LANMAN.2015.7114729 2339240:CEDDLEIY 2405685:5QX7YZNE

Smart Rwanda 2020 Master Plan - Rwanda Ministry of ICT and Innovation (2015)
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Student Privacy and Educational Data Mining: Perspectives from Industry. - Sabourin, Jennifer; Kosturko, Lucy; FitzGerald, Clare; McQuiggan, Scott (International Educational Data Mining Society, 2015)
Publisher: ERIC KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:5WBXKK7D 2405685:9G4Y3W7D
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

The effect of using Teams Games Tournaments (TGT) cooperative technique for learning mathematics in secondary schools of Bangladesh - Salam, Abdus; Hossain, Anwar; Rahman, Shahidur (Journal of Research in Mathematics Education, 2015)
shortDOI: 10/ggjhr6 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.17583/redimat.2015.1519 10/ggjhr6 2339240:IT93WMC2 2405685:G7CDSHGB

The coding manual for qualitative researchers - Saldana, J. (Sage, 2015)
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Keywords: ___working_potential_duplicate; auto_merged

The coding manual for qualitative researchers - Saldana, J. (Sage, 2015)
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Keywords: ___working_potential_duplicate

CBM Position Paper Audiology - Santana, Diego; Castellanos, Patricia; Tesni, Siân (2015)
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Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Why people use and don’t use technologies: Introduction to the special issue on assistive technologies for cognition/cognitive support technologies - Scherer, Marcia J.; Federici, Stefano (NeuroRehabilitation, 2015)
This special issue focuses on assistive technologies for cognition/cognitive support technologies as well as the ways in which individuals are assessed and trained in their use. We provide eleven diverse articles that give information on products, why they are used and not used, and best professional practices in service provision. Our goal is to highlight a broad topic that has received limited research investigation and offer an insight into how different countries and programs are promoting access to and use of assistive technologies for cognition/cognitive support technologies
Publisher: IOS Press KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.3233/NRE-151264 2339240:RXAAUBQE 2405685:AKMUZPJ4
Keywords: Assistive technology devices; Matching Person and Technology Model; abandonment; assistive technology services; brain injury; cognitive support technologies; nonuse

Technology and education – Why it's crucial to be critical - Selwyn, Neil (Critical Perspectives on Technology and Education, 2015)
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Creating a Data Analysis Plan: What to Consider When Choosing Statistics for a Study - Simpson, Scot H (The Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy, 2015)
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Interventions for improving learning outcomes and access to education in low- and middleincome countries: A systematic review - Snilstveit, Birte; Stevenson, Jennifer; Phillips, Daniel; Vojtkova, Martina; Gallagher, Emma; Schmidt, Tanja; Jobse, Hannah; Geelen, Maisie; Grazia Pastorello, Maria (International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2015)
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Interventions for improving learning outcomes and access to education in low- and middle- income countries: a systematic review | 3ie - Snilstveit, Birte; Stevenson, Jennifer; Phillips, Daniel; Vojtkova, Martina; Gallagher, Emma; Schmidt, Tanja; Jobse, Hannah; Geelen, Maisie; Pastorello, Maria Grazia; Eyers, John (2015)
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Cultivating a personal learning network that leads to professional change - Stewart, Benjamin L. (Northcentral University, 2015)
Teacher professional development opportunities in Mexico are currently lacking. The traditional approaches of professional development such as workshops and conferences are commonplace but do little to bridge the gap between abstract concepts about teaching and learning and the practicalities teachers face in the classroom. The purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to describe how ideas, materials, and social interactions form a PLN through online, informal pedagogical dialogues among English language educators as it relates to professional learning. The five participants of this study were selected from a total of 10 based on their willingness to complete an informed consent form, complete an initial online survey, interact with other professionals publically online, and participate in a final interview. The online survey contained demographic information about each case and included both open and closed items; a content analysis was done on public interactions that tool place online; and a final in-depth interview used open questions to inquire about how respective PLNs changed over time. All data was coded, categorized, and placed into themes based on the ideational, material, and social aspects of each PLN. The findings show that professional knowledge, skills sets, and overall dispositions emerge in unique ways based on how ideas, technologies, and personal contacts interrelate with each other over time, and that an individual’s PLN provides unanticipated benefits when sharing publicly online.
ISBN: 978-1-339-39148-9 Publication Title: ProQuest Dissertations and Theses 3746019 Loc in Archive 1758252241 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2405685:TCB3AT84 2534378:8ZJEL8UE 2534378:HG5HYUVR
Keywords: 0444:Foreign language education; 0449:Educational leadership; 0710:Educational technology; Actor-network theory; Complexity; Content analysis; Education; Educational leadership; Educational technology; English; Foreign Language; Learning; Personal learning network; Polls & surveys; Teacher education; __:import:01; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2096277; __finaldtb

Cultivating a Personal Learning Network that Leads to Professional Change - Stewart, Benjamin L (2015)
Teacher professional development opportunities in Mexico are currently lacking. The traditional approaches of professional development such as workshops and conferences are commonplace but do little to bridge the gap between abstract concepts about
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Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Systems thinking for social change - Stroh, David Peter (Chelsea Green Publishing, 2015)
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Systems thinking for social change: A practical guide to solving complex problems, avoiding unintended consequences, and achieving lasting results - Stroh, David Peter (Chelsea Green Publishing, 2015)
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Will the '2014 Education and Training Policy' prepare Tanzanian children to face challenges of the 21st century?: HakiElimu position paper on the education and training policy 2014 - Suleiman, Sumra; Boniventura, Godfrey; Kalage, John; Mihayo, Robert; HakiElimu (Tanzania) (HakiElimu, 2015)
OCLC: 979565177 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:2HPG6P28 2405685:MLVVXIJ4

Towards a disability inclusive education - Sæbønes, Ann-Marit; Bieler, Rosangela Berman; Baboo, Nafisa; Banham, Louise; Singal, Nidhi; Howgego, Catherine; McClain-Nhlapo, Charlotte Vuyiswa; Riis-Hansen, Trine Cecilie; Dansie, Grant Angus (Proceedings of the Background paper for the Oslo Summit on Education for Development, Oslo, Norway, 2015)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:5WJ5WXQ2 2405685:T8QSH6TA
Keywords: ___working_potential_duplicate; ⛔ No DOI found

Teacher Training Program through Distance Education in Bangladesh Open University: The Challenges of Using ICT - Talukder, M (St. Theresa Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2015)
Bangladesh Open University is the only public university in the country that imparts education in an open and distance mode. Since the establishment of this university in 1992, it has been providing teacher education and training throughout Bangladesh. Teaching is one of the most challenging professions today in Bangladesh where knowledge is expanding rapidly and modern technologies are attracting teachers to learn how to use these technologies in their teaching. Hence, the demand of teacher training is increasing day by day. Since teacher training program is an important issue in Bangladesh, it could be done through distance education using Information and Communication Technology (ICT). The present study attempts to find out the challenges of using ICT in teacher training program and provides a possible solution to it. A mixed-method approach was adopted by using a questionnaire, observation and semi-structured interviews with the faculty members of BOU. The findings show that, when teacher training program integrates ICT, it encounters a challenging operational environment – curriculum, skilled people, and infrastructures of the university, limitation of time and cost of the program.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:8UTGMBWB 2405685:INU9GQQU
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Sierra Leone research and knowledge systems: a rapid literature review - Tarawallie, Mamoud Idriss (INASP, 2015)
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Using large-scale assessments of students' learning to inform education policy: insights from the Asia-Pacific region - Tobin, Mollie; Lietz, Petra; Nugroho, Dita; Vivekanandan, Ramya; Nyamkhuu, Tserennadmid (UNESCO, 2015)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:SY5CA68X 2405685:E7VTYLJL

Using large-scale assessments of students' learning to inform education policy: insights from the Asia-Pacific region - Tobin, Mollie; Lietz, Petra; Nugroho, Dita; Vivekanandan, Ramya; Nyamkhuu, Tserennadmid (UNESCO, 2015)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2405685:LE5RI5V9 2486141:XFLQF2AP

Uwezo participating countries - Uwezo Learning Assessment - Overview - Twaweza East Africa (2015)
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Data Governance and Stewardship - U.S. Department of Education (2015)
Successful data management requires a proactive approach to addressing stakeholders’ needs for high-quality data, while protecting the privacy of individual respondents. To accomplish this, organizations are advised to develop and implement a comprehensive data governance program. A sound governance program will help organizations to improve their decisionmaking and improve efficiency of operations through establishing a coordinated response to common issues, such as data access controls and staff training; standardizing data definitions and processes; and implementing a holistic approach to mitigating data security risks.
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Education For All national review: Bangladesh - UNESCO (2015)
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Fixing the Broken Promise of Education for All: Findings from the Global Initiative on Out-of-School Children - UNESCO (2015)
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Incheon Declaration and Framework for Action for the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all - UNESCO (2015)
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Pricing the right to education: the cost of reaching new targets by 2030 (Education for All Global Monitoring Report. Policy Paper 18; July 2015 update). - UNESCO (2015)
UNESCO (2015) Pricing the right to education: The cost of reaching new targets by 2030. Education for All Global Monitoring Report, Policy Paper, no. 18. KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:ED2EZSXD 2405685:ZTNCL6FI

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Education in sub-Saharan Africa: A comparative analysis of basic e-readiness in schools. Information Paper No. 25 - UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 2015)
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Assistive Technology for Children with Disabilities: Creating Opportunities for Education, Inclusion and Participation A discussion paper - UNICEF; WHO (WHO, 2015)
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The OER4Schools Professional Learning Resource - University of Cambridge (2015)
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Nigeria: Malaria Indicator Survey (MIS) - USAID (2015)
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Tanzania TZ21 2015 endline reading fluency progress brief - Kiswahili - USAID (USAID, 2015)
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Dynamic systems theory: a tool for understanding development and education - Van Geert, Paul; Steenbeek, Henderien (URL: https://www. gse. harvard. edu/usableknowledge/(дата обращения 15.01. 2015), 2015)
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What do we know about primary teachers’ mathematical content knowledge in South Africa? An analysis of SACMEQ 2007 - Venkat, Hamsa; Spaull, Nic (International Journal of Educational Development, 2015)
There is consensus in the international mathematics teacher education literature that teachers should, at the most basic level, have mastery of the content knowledge they are required to teach. In this paper we test this assumption empirically by analyzing the South African SACMEQ 2007 mathematics teacher test data which tested 401 grade 6 mathematics teachers from a nationally representative sample of primary schools. With items matched to curriculum grade bands, ﬁndings indicate that 79% of grade 6 mathematics teachers showed content knowledge levels below the grade 6/7 band, and that the few teachers with higher-level content knowledge are highly inequitably distributed.
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Towards design-based approaches for ICT integration in African education - Voogt, J; Tondeur, J (Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2015)
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