Teacher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: closer perspectives

by Rosarii Griffin (Editor)

This volume focuses on the various aspects of teacher education which need to be addressed in order for the wider Millennium Development Goals to be achieved but, more importantly, so that each African child living within sub-Saharan Africa will have the right to a quality ensuring they, too, experience their right and entitlement as children to reach their full potential - often taken for granted in Western countries - giving African children the necessary tools to build a better future for themselves. Of particular interest to the educational researcher and policy maker, this volume's contributors look at the various issues and challenges around the teacher profession, particularly in relation to resources and practices within sub-Saharan Africa. The contributors examine the issue of building research capacity for educational research within teacher education colleges and explore the concept of education for sustainable development with the view to improving the development of quality teacher education within the global South. In this volume, research reports are presented, highlighting the various challenges within the structure and provision of teacher education within certain national contexts, including assessment and curricular issues, which need to be addressed. CONTENTS
John Musaazi . Preface
Rosarii Griffin . Introduction INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL DISCOURSES ON TEACHER EDUCATION
Colin Brock . Education as a Humanitarian Response as Applied to Teachers and Their Training in Sub-Saharan Africa
Bob Moon & Freda Wolfenden . Teacher Education in Sub-Saharan issues and challenges around teacher resources and practices
Clive Harber . Contradictions in Teacher Education and Teacher Professionalism in Sub-Saharan the case of South Africa
James Urwick & Rosarii Griffin with Veronica Opendi & Matemoho Khatleli . What Hope for the Dakar Goals? The Lower Levels of Education in Lesotho and Uganda since 2000
David Stephens . A Critical Overview of Education for Sustainable Development with Particular Focus upon the Development of Quality Teacher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa
Peadar Cremin, Mary Goretti Nakabugo & Eimear Barrett . Building Capacity for Educational Research in Sub-Saharan opportunities, constraints and lessons in the context of Mozambique, Tanzania and Uganda CASE COUNTRY RESEARCH REPORTS ON ASPECTS OF TEACHER EDUCATION IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
Jacqui O'Riordan, James Urwick, Stella Long & Maria Campbell . Towards a Holistic Understanding of Special Educational Needs
Paul Conway, Elizabeth Oldham, James Urwick, Sarah Kisa, Justine Otaala & Anne Mugwera . The Teaching and Learning of Mathematics in Ugandan Secondary poised for change?
Marty Holland, Louise Long & Laura Regan . Implementing the Thematic Curriculum in implications for teacher education
Dolores Corcoran & Anne Dolan . How Much Is Enough? Investigating Mathematical Knowledge for Primary Teaching in Lesotho TEACHER EDUCATION AT THE CLOSER PERPECTIVES
Thomas G. Grenham . Teacher Educators and Teaching, Learning and Reflective Practice among the Turkana Nomads of Kenya
Fiona Baily & Deirdre O'Rourke . An Account of the Alternative Education Experience Africa Programme in Irish pre-service teachers' experience in Zambia and the Gambia
Patricia Kieran, Carmel Hinchion, Doris Kaije, Ruth Kyambadde & Paddy Bradley . Teacher Educator Exchange Partnership in Uganda and closer perspectives on teacher education in sub-Saharan Africa

256 pages, Paperback

Published May 1, 2012