1st Edition

Mega-Schools, Technology and Teachers Achieving Education for All

By Sir John Daniel Copyright 2010
208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

Education for All (EFA) has been a top priority for governments and intergovernmental development agencies for the last twenty years. So far the global EFA movement has placed its principal focus on providing quality universal primary education (UPE) for all children by 2015. The latest addition to The Open and Flexible Learning series, this book addresses the new challenges created by both... Read more

Series Editor's Foreword
Acknowledgements
Glossary of Acronyms
Introduction

1. Education for All – Unfinished Business

2. Seeking a Silver Bullet

3. Technology is the Answer – What is the Question?

4. Open Schools and Mega-Schools

5. Teacher Education at Scale

6. Strategies for Success

Appendix 1: Profiles – Selected Open Schools and Mega-Schools

Appendix 2: Programmes and Mechanisms for Expanding Teacher Supply

Biography

Sir John Daniel has been president and CEO of the Commonwealth of Learning since 2004 after previous appointments as assistant director-general of UNESCO and vice-chancellor of the UK Open University.