TY - JOUR TI - The OER4Schools professional development programme: Outcomes of a sustained trial in sub-Saharan Africa AU - Haßler, Björn AU - Hennessy, Sara AU - Hoffmann, R AU - Makonga, Abel T2 - Frontiers in Education AB - Sustaining educational initiatives beyond short-term pilot projects is highly challenging in low-income countries. We describe the outcomes and implications of our iterative Design-Based Implementation Research conducted in Zambia. This focused on a unique, school-based, peer-facilitated professional learning programme for primary teachers: OER4Schools integrates interactive pedagogy, open digital educational resources and mobile learning. Teacher interviews carried out 18 months after a year-long intervention showed that the programme became self-sustaining; earlier participants reported further development of their interactive teaching strategies and awareness of pupil progress; recent joiners developed similarly. Roles of teachers and pupils changed and a new classroom culture emerged. The study identifies the key mechanisms involved in sustainability, including culturally sensitive and participatory development and implementation, semi-structured multimedia materials, and supportive organisational structures for sustained professional learning. Our findings are hence framed by sociocultural influences as well as the wider policy context. DA - 2020/// PY - 2020 DO - 10.3389/feduc.2020.00146 VL - 5 IS - 146 J2 - Frontiers in Education LA - English SN - 2504-284X ST - OER4Schools 2010-2014 UR - https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2020.00146/full KW - Author:Haßler KW - C: Zambia KW - Culturally responsive pedagogy (CRP) KW - Design-based implementation research KW - Interactive Pedagogy KW - Learner-centred pedagogy KW - School leadership KW - Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 KW - Teacher Profesisonal Development KW - Zambia KW - ___working_potential_duplicate KW - _yl:b KW - dode_eth-src-dode KW - dode_eth-trf2-dode KW - school improvement KW - sub-Saharan Africa ER - TY - RPRT TI - OER4Schools: Participants Book AU - Hennessy, Sara AU - Haßler, Björn AU - Blair, Janet AU - Duggal, Nitu AU - Shin Leong, Wei AU - Makonga, Abel AU - Tembo, Agness DA - 2014/// PY - 2014 PB - The Centre for Commonwealth Education UR - http://oer.educ.cam.ac.uk/w/images/6/61/OER4Schools_Participants_book.pdf Y2 - 2020/08/04/18:42:39 KW - dode_eth-src-dode KW - dode_eth-trf2-dode ER -