1st Edition

Improving Schools Through Teacher Development Case Studies of the Aga Khan Foundation Projects in East Africa

Edited By S.E. Anderson Copyright 2002
334 Pages
by Taylor & Francis

334 Pages
by Taylor & Francis

334 Pages
by Routledge

This book presents a story of school improvement activity in East Africa from 1985 to 2000, which focused on sustained teacher development. The core of the book consists of six evaluations of school-and district-wide school improvement projects (SIPs) supported by the Aga Khan Foundation in Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda. The case studies present an evolving body of knowledge about the successes and... Read more
1. The Double Mirrors of School Improvement: The Aga Khan Foundation in East Africa, Stephen E. Anderson 2. Evolution in School Improvement with the Aga Khan Foundation, from 1984 to 2000, Jeremy Greenland 3. Building Professional Community at Mzizima Secondary School, Tanzania, Stephen E. Anderson and Suleman Sumra 4. Conflict Between National Curriculum Standards and Efforts to Improve Teaching, Joanne Capper, Shelom Nderitu and Paul Ogula 5. Supporting Child-Centered Teaching under Universal Primary Education in Kampala, Uganda, Iram Siraj-Blatchford, Matthew Odada and Martin Omagor 6. Decentralized Partnerships for School-Based Teacher Development in Mombasa, Kenya, Stephen E. Anderson and Shelom Nderitu 7. Incentive Grants, Management Training and Teacher Change in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, Geoff Welford and Herme Mosha 8. Curriculum Materials and In-Service Training for English-Medium Instruction in Zanzibar, Ann Brumfit and H. R. H. Hikmany 9. The Aga Khan Foundation Experience Compared with Emerging Alternatives to Formal Schooling, Joseph P. Farrell 10. The Aga Khan Foundation School Improvement Initiative: An International Change Perspective, David Hopkins

Biography

S.E. Anderson