Policy Initiatives to Improve Primary School Quality in Thailand
Author: Christopher W. Wheeler
Publisher:
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 44
ISBN-13:
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Policy-Making for Education Reform in Developing Countries
Author: William K. Cummings
Publisher: R&L Education
Published: 2008-08-15
Total Pages: 344
ISBN-13: 1578868955
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPolicy-Making for Education Reform in Developing Countries aims at helping policymakers in developing countries better understand the processes and strategies for education reform, and the policy options available to them. This text focuses on the content of reform-options and strategies for achieving educational improvement at different levels of the system, e.g., primary, secondary, tertiary; for different sub-sectors, e.g., management, teachers; and for different purposes with which education systems are tasked, e.g., reaching peripheral groups of students, linking youth and employment. A holistic approach is increasingly recognized as essential to realizing the promises of education for the development of social and human capital-innovation in a global economy, sustained economic growth, social harmony and greater civic participation, decreased achievement gaps, and increased equity.
Developing Highly Qualified Teachers
Author: Allan A. Glatthorn
Publisher: Corwin Press
Published: 2005-11-01
Total Pages: 145
ISBN-13: 1483360873
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFind research-based answers to: "What is High-Quality Teaching?" "How is High-Quality Teaching Achieved?" The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) establishes a clear demand for highly qualified teachers but does little to help educators define "highly qualified" or instruct them on developing those teachers. This handbook clearly explains the concept of highly qualified teachers, as required by NCLB. It then explains how to recruit, develop, and retain highly qualified teachers. Developing Highly Qualified Teachers is divided into four distinct sections: The Foundations: Addressing NCLB guidelines for developing highly qualified teachers, developing a sense of ownership of the highly qualified concept, and recruiting and selecting staff The General Strategies: Developing a differentiated system of supervision, and implementing a quality staff development program The Specific Approaches: Developing a quality induction program for new teachers, working with marginal staff, fully developing highly qualified teachers, teaming, mentoring, and curriculum development The Results: Retaining quality teachers and developing the faculty as a cohesive community These practices-research based and field tested over many years-will help accomplish the type of faculty improvement and reform that NCLB demands and the adequate yearly progress that students, parents, and faculty deserve.
Effective Schools in Developing Countries (RLE Edu A)
Author: Henry Levin
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012-05-31
Total Pages: 194
ISBN-13: 1136722270
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume brings together eight case studies which describe a variety of initiatives to create more effective schools for children of poverty, especially in the Third World. The initiatives reviewed published and unpublished documents and both qualitative and statistical studies were examined. Countries include Brazil, Burundi, Colombia, Ghana, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand and the United States. Each initiative was developed independently to address unique challenges and situations but taken as a group, the features of the approaches described in this volume can be viewed as a basis for considering the development of effective schools strategies in other contexts.
Policy-making for Education Reform in Developing Countries
Author: James H. Williams
Publisher: R&L Education
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781578862016
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first book in a two-volume series designed to help those working, or preparing to work, as educationchange agents in developing countries, this volume will help change agents acquire a deeper, more comprehensive understanding of the policy process and how it can be influenced.
The Challenge of Eastern Asian Education
Author: William K. Cummings
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 1997-03-06
Total Pages: 358
ISBN-13: 1438400187
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Challenge of Eastern Asian Education highlights how Asian education policy and practice challenge American schools. The book focuses on innovations that the nations of the Pacific Rim have developed for their schools, and it analyzes how these educational systems have tried to meet the challenges of rapid social and economic change. It is unique in that it provides in-depth coverage of the Asian approach to education and explicitly discusses the implications of Asian education for America. There is special interest in Asian countries, not only because of their unparalleled economic success, but because Asian societies have been held up as models for social harmony and discipline. This book provides specific examples of Asian educational practice that may have relevance to the United States. It is unique in that it deals not only with Japan, which has received considerable attention, but with other Pacific Rim nations as well.
Implementing Quality Primary Education for Countries in Transition
Author: William K. Cummings
Publisher:
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 236
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Author: Ward Heneveld
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 118
ISBN-13: 9780821334607
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWorld Bank Technical Paper No. 303.Reviews the design of 26 projects in Sub-Saharan Africa that were prepared by African governments and the World Bank for Bank funding. The report concludes that school-level factors need more attention in program design.
On-the-job Improvements in Teacher Competence
Author:
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 50
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTeacher supervision by effective principals is critical to improved teaching and learning in developing countries. Both teacher supervision and preservice training are far more important than inservice teacher training.
