{"id":1907,"date":"2013-09-13T09:54:31","date_gmt":"2013-09-13T09:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cedol.org\/?page_id=1907"},"modified":"2013-09-16T15:42:41","modified_gmt":"2013-09-16T15:42:41","slug":"improving-education-systems-quality-and-leadership","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cedol.org\/commonwealth-education-partnerships\/articles-201213\/improving-education-systems-quality-and-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Improving education systems: quality and leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		Accountability and governance in the\u00a0public school system<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author:\u00a0Aditya Natraj<\/span>
\nFunding for primary education in India has seen a consistent rise in the past few decades. With growing understanding that primary schooling provides…<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nCelebrating Botswana\u2019s teachers<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author:\u00a0Matlhogonolo Mokakapadi<\/span>
\nThe strength of any educational system depends on the quality of its teachers, and the quality of the teachers depends on the quality of teacher education programmes…
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\"\"<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nWomen and the teaching profession<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author:\u00a0Fatimah Kelleher<\/span>
\nThe debate over women in teaching and the ‘feminisation’ of the teaching profession has been prevalent for some time in countries such as Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States…<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nReflections on the bright and dark sides of free education in sub-Saharan Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author:\u00a0George K T Oduro<\/span>
\nGovernments in sub-Saharan Africa have, over the years, acknowledged school education as the driver through which the achievement of their countries’ development goals can be accelerated…<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nSupporting the effective assessment and\u00a0teaching of 21st-century skills<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author:\u00a0ATC21S<\/span>
\nAssessment and Teaching of 21st Century Skills (ATC21S), formed\u00a0in January 2009 by Cisco Systems Inc., Intel Corporation, Microsoft\u00a0Corporation and the University of Melbourne, is a multistakeholder research…<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nTeacher development: what works?<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author:\u00a0Tessa Welch<\/span>
\nWith the policy that has been developing in South Africa since the work of the Ministerial Committee on Teacher Education in 2005, there has been a significant shift in our understanding of teacher development…<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nOutcomes and outputs in Caribbean\u00a0education systems: the case of Jamaica<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author:\u00a0Suzanne M Charles Watson<\/span>
\nLike every other developing region, there is now widespread recognition in the Anglophone Caribbean region that its capacity to achieve the requisite competitive edge to survive…<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nSchool leadership still matters<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author:\u00a0Petros Pashiardis<\/span>
\nIn the current global education environment, where various pressures and external challenges to perform better have been identified, there is increasing recognition…<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nTeacher education in Samoa<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author:\u00a0Epenesa Esera<\/span>
\nPre-service teacher training started in Samoa in 1939 with the establishment of the Primary Teachers College and since then has undergone several major expansions…<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nStrengthening and improving teaching\u00a0and learning in schools across PNG<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author:\u00a0Peter Kants<\/span>
\nThis paper provides brief background information on the development, implementation and review of the School Learning Improvement Plan (SLIP) in Papua New Guinea (PNG)…<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nClass size and student diversity: two sides of the same coin<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author:\u00a0Bernie Froese-Germain, Rick Riel and Bob McGahey<\/span>
\nAmong Canadian teacher unions, discussions of class size are increasingly being informed by the importance of considering the diversity of student needs within the classroom…<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nWhat should be taught in our schools and why?<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author:\u00a0Robin Barrow<\/span>
\n‘It’s the economy, stupid’ has become something of a political clich\u00e9. It is widely accepted that, in terms of schooling…<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nThe other and I: Turkish teachers in South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author:\u00a0Michael Samuel<\/span>
\nEighteen years into a new democracy after the official relegation of apartheid in 1994, South Africa is rightfully asking questions about…<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nSome cautionary words about\u00a0constructivism<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author:\u00a0Matthew Conduct<\/span>
\nConstructivism in education is a highly influential movement that consists in a number of theoretical and practical claims. In practical terms…<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Accountability and governance in the\u00a0public school system Author:\u00a0Aditya Natraj Funding for primary education in India has seen a consistent rise in the past few decades. With growing understanding that primary schooling provides… Celebrating Botswana\u2019s teachers Author:\u00a0Matlhogonolo Mokakapadi The strength … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":1826,"menu_order":20,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n