Commonwealth Education Partnerships is the essential overview of education in the Commonwealth. This year’s edition looks at the role of schools and universities in the development agenda and the place of education in the 21st century as the Millennium Development Goals reach their target date.
Contents
- Minister’s Welcome – Jerome Fitzgerald, Minister of Education, Science and Technology, The Bahamas
- Foreword – Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma
- Overview – Joanna Nurse, Director, Health and Education Section, Commonwealth Secretariat
Quality education for equitable development
- Harnessing unique educational opportunities in the Caribbean – Emel Thomas
- Student achievement in Sri Lanka: Challenges and opportunities – Madura M. Wehella and Jayantha Balasooriya
- Quality and equity in education – Trey Menefee and Mark Bray
- Global education goals: Flexibility, equity and quality – Dierdre Williams
- Policy learning from comparative research in education – Michael Crossley
- The Commonwealth Education Good Practice Awards – Florence Malinga
- Three ‘new’ Rs: A return to education’s foundation – Marlene Huyler
- Why we live in testing times – Kip McGrath
- Re-engineering teacher education in Nigeria – Grace Chibiko Offorma
- Educating to create CARICOM’s ‘ideal Caribbean person’ – Hazel Simmons-McDonald
- Workforce development through renewable energy – David Fairbairn-Day
- Across borders: Commonwealth education development – Rosemary Preston
Access, inclusion and equality
- Women’s economic empowerment and ‘second chance’ education – Fatimah Kelleher
- School dropout of primary-age children in the Commonwealth – Ved Goel
- Recognising the importance of education in Papua New Guinea – Winnie A. Kiap
- Tackling productivity in teaching and learning – Jim Wynn
- Utilising mobile technologies for students with disabilities – Simon Hayhoe
- Solving governments’ low-level education problems – Kip McGrath
- Using the arts to change the lives of disadvantaged children – Anne Louise Avery
Performance in higher education
- What is the Commonwealth’s role in higher education? – John Kirkland
- India and international higher education – Neil Kemp
- Higher education policy and performance in 2015: Where next? – Richard Mawditt
- African private higher education: Contradictions and challenges – Louise Morley
- Not-for-profit business school ignites opportunity in South Africa – Penny Costley-White
- Overcoming inequalities in access to higher education – Pauline Rose and Sonia Ilie
- South-East Asia’s universities gain increasing recognition – Kate Bystrova
- Ensuring the high quality of international programmes – Mary Stiasny
Vocational and transnational paths
- Apprenticeships in England: New pathways to professions – Jade Fell
- Innovative higher education – Tim Gore
- Technology improves access to Canadian higher education – Sara Starkey
- Universities, technology and scholarships in the Commonwealth – Tim Unwin
- Shanghai maths teachers bring Chinese wisdom to England – Katie Silvester
- Making it count: Teaching financial literacy in Jamaica – Teneica Barnaby, Elizabeth Gordon and Kasan Troupe
Literacy and the study of literature
- Rethinking post-colonial history: Commonwealth literature studies – Helen Tiffin
- Build on Books: Enhancing the reading habits of children – Lori Spragg and Rosetta Nancy Kargbo
- Championing literature throughout the Commonwealth – Janet Wilson
- The plight of art and culture in Zimbabwe – Geoffrey V. Davis
- Whose culture? Colonialism and Caribbean literature – Michael A. Bucknor
- Enhancing a reading culture: Collaborative activities in Kenya – Chris Lukorito Wanjala and Alex Nelungo Wanjala
- Enabling literacy: Using phonics in developing countries – Christopher Jolly
- Writers in Schools: Using books to change lives – Selina Tusitala Marsh
- The African Storybook initiative: Local language resources – Jenny Glennie