A School In Africa

Author : A. Megahey
Publisher : Springer
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2005-06-09
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780230288119

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A School in Africa by A. Megahey Pdf

When Peterhouse School opened in 1955, the British Empire in Africa was still intact and the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland had just come into being. It was a boarding school founded on the British model, but with the intention that it would 'adapt all that is best in the Public School tradition to African conditions'. The story of Peterhouse is not only about work and sport, music and drama, chapel and syllabus changes. It is set in the context of educational development and political changes in a Southern Africa country. The school became a pioneering multi-racial institution in 'white Rhodesia'; shared the sufferings of the country during the 'bush war'; expanded greatly in the new Zimbabwe, survived the contradictions of a black 'Marxist' government, and has kept its firm commitment to being a 'Church School'. Despite the uncertainties and challenges of the new century, this is a story of faith and vision.

Author : Serge Theunynck
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780821377215

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School Construction Strategies for Universal Primary Education in Africa by Serge Theunynck Pdf

School Construction Strategies for Universal Primary Education in Africa' examines the scope of the infrastructure challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa and the constraints to scaling up at an affordable cost. It assesses the experiences of African countries with school planning, school facility designs, and construction techniques, procurement and implementation arrangements over the past thirty years. It reviews the roles of the various actors in the implementation process: central and deconcentrated administrations, local governments, agencies, social funds, NGOs, and local communities. Drawing upon extensive analysis of data from over 200 250 projects sponsored by the World Bank and other donor agencies, the book draws lessons on promising approaches to enable African countries to scale up the facilities required to achieve the EFA goals and MDGs of complete quality primary education for all children at the lowest marginal cost.

Author : Dr. Susan Grant Lewis
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014-09-29
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781422288832

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Education in Africa by Dr. Susan Grant Lewis Pdf

Many people believe education in Africa is in a state of crisis. More than 45 million African children do not attend school. In many places, classes are held outside, under tents or trees, and schools often do not have such essential supplies as chalk and textbooks. Yet there have also been significant improvements in recent years. More young Africans are able to attend school today than a generation ago, and the governments of many countries are attempting to address the problems in their educational systems. This book chronicles the development of educational systems in Africa, from the colonial era to the present day. It examines the current state of education in Africa, discussing the effect that the continents poverty has on funding schools and explaining the persistence of educational inequalities.

Author : Deborah Glassman,Jordan Naidoo,Fred Wood
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2007-04-24
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780387451077

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Community Schools in Africa by Deborah Glassman,Jordan Naidoo,Fred Wood Pdf

This book explores questions related to the recent establishment in Africa of community schools similar to those supported by Save the Children. The book addresses the serious doubts about realizing the Education for All and Millennium Development Goals. It draws on Save the Children’s experience with community-based schooling in four countries: Ethiopia, Malawi, Mali, and Uganda.

Author : Linda Gardelle,Camille Jacob
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000281545

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Schools and National Identities in French-speaking Africa by Linda Gardelle,Camille Jacob Pdf

Schools and National Identities in French-speaking Africa showcases cutting-edge research to provide a renewed understanding of the role of schools in producing and reproducing national identities. Using individual case studies and comparative frameworks, it presents diverse empirical and theoretical insights from and about a range of African countries. The volume demonstrates in particular the usefulness of the curriculum as a lens through which to analyse the production and negotiation of national identities in different settings. Chapters discuss the tensions between decolonisation as a moment in time and decolonisation as a lengthy and messy process, the interplay between the local, national and international priorities of different actors, and the nuanced role of historiography and language in nation-building. At its heart is the need to critically investigate the concept of "the nation" as a political project, how discourses and feelings of belonging are constructed at school, and what it means for schools to be simultaneously places of learning, tools of socialisation and political battlegrounds. By presenting new research on textbooks, practitioners and policy in ten different African countries, this volume provides insights into the diversity of issues and dynamics surrounding the question of schools and national identities. It will be of particular interest to scholars, researchers and postgraduate students of comparative and international education, sociology, history, sociolinguistics and African studies.

Author : D. N. Sifuna
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Education
ISBN : STANFORD:36105031376796

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Development of Education in Africa by D. N. Sifuna Pdf

This book is a broad survey of the development of education in Africa, with a special focus on Kenya. The main purpose of the book is to investigate the development of education as influenced by the English and French colonial powers; thus it focuses on francophone West and Central Africa and anglophone West, Eastern and Southern Africa. The chapters follow major historical events such as colonisation, the two World Wars, 1914-1918 and 1939-1945, and the achievement of independence which are important landmarks in the history of education.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789004445710

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Teaching African History in Schools by Anonim Pdf

Emerging from the pioneering work of the African Association for History Education (AHE-Afrika), Teaching African History in Schools offers an original Africa-centred contribution to existing research and debates in the international field of history education.

Author : Umesh Ramnarain
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780429536250

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School Science Practical Work in Africa by Umesh Ramnarain Pdf

School Science Practical Work in Africa presents the scope of research and practice of science practical work in African schools. It brings together prominent science educators and researchers from Africa to share their experience and findings on pedagogical innovations and research-informed practices on school science practical work. The book highlights trends and patterns in the enactment and role of practical work across African countries. Practical work is regarded as intrinsic to science teaching and learning and the form of practical work that is strongly advocated is inquiry-based learning, which signals a definite paradigm shift from the traditional teacher-dominated to a learner-centered approach. The book provides empirical research on approaches to practical work, contextual factors in the enactment of practical work, and professional development in teaching practical work. This book will be of great interest to academics, researchers and post-graduate students in the fields of science education and educational policy.

Author : Phelps-Stokes Fund. African Education Commission (1923-1924)
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Education
ISBN : IND:30000054454271

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Education in East Africa by Phelps-Stokes Fund. African Education Commission (1923-1924) Pdf

Author : Albert Victor Murray
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Education
ISBN : 0714617040

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The School in the Bush by Albert Victor Murray Pdf

First published in 1929, this work is the outcome of a tour made by the author to study the work of native education, particularly in the training of teachers.

Author : Greg Alder
Publisher : Greg Alder
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9780988682207

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The Mountain School by Greg Alder Pdf

The Kingdom of Lesotho is a mountainous enclave in southern Africa, and like mountain zones throughout the world it is isolated, steeped in tradition, and home to few outsiders. The people, known as Basotho, are respected in the area as the only tribe never to be defeated by European colonizers. Greg Alder arrives in Tsoeneng in 2003 as the village's first foreign resident since 1966. Back then, the Canadian priest who had been living there was robbed and murdered in his quarters. Set up as a Peace Corps teacher at the village's secondary school, Alder finds himself incompetent in so many unexpected ways. How do you keep warm in this place where it snows but there is no electricity? How do you feed yourself where there are no grocery stores let alone restaurants? Tsoeneng is a world apart from his home in America, but Alder persists in adapting. He learns to grow food, he learns to speak the strange local language, and he makes enough friends such that he is eventually invited to participate in initiation rites. Yet even as he seems accepted into the Tsoeneng fold, he sees how much of an outsider he will always remain-and perhaps want to remain. The Mountain School is insightful and candid, at times accepting and at times rebellious. It is the ultimate tale of the transplant.

Author : Phil Dow
Publisher : William Carey Library
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Education
ISBN : 087808357X

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"School in the Clouds" by Phil Dow Pdf

"During the 20th Century Sub-Saharan Africa experienced a sweeping cultural transformation. Between 1900 and 2000 the Christian population in Kenya alone grew from less than one percent to approximately eighty percent. Behind this astonishing cultural revolution were the evangelical missionary movement and the critical support network that gave the movement its energy and staying power. Central to this network were the schools established around Africa for the children of missionaries. "School in the Clouds" is the story of the oldest and largest missionary boarding school in Africa. However, as a driving force behind this dramatic larger narrative, the history of the Rift Valley Academy is more than the story of an institution and the lives that made it up. It is a microcosm of one of the most remarkable cultural transformations in world history."--Back cover

Author : Anonim
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780821375419

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Abolishing School Fees in Africa by Anonim Pdf

Progress in literacy and learning, especially through universal primary education, has done more to advance human conditions than perhaps any other policy. Our generation has the possibility of becoming the first generation ever to offer all children access to good quality basic education. But it will only happen if we have the political commitment -- at the country as well as at the international level -- to give priority to achieve this first in human history. And it will only happen if also those who cannot afford to pay school fees can benefit from a complete cycle of good quality primary education. Investment in good quality fee-free primary education should be a cornerstone in any government's poverty reduction strategy.

Author : Jim Nesin Omatseye,Bridget Olirejere Omatseye
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2008-02-28
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015073676820

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Going to School in Sub-Saharan Africa by Jim Nesin Omatseye,Bridget Olirejere Omatseye Pdf

Educational practices vary widely in sub-Saharan Africa, due to political instability, economic pressures, and availability of resources. This volume examines the history, educational philosophies, and current practices of schools in the region, including a special Day in the Life feature that shows readers what an average student's school day is like for that country. All educational levels are covered, from primary through secondary school, and both public and private systems are examined. ; Angola ; Cameroon ; Democratic Republic of Congo ; Ghana ; Ivory Coast ; Kenya ; Nigeria ; South Africa ; Tanzania ; Uganda

Author : J. C. Ssekamwa,S. M. E. Lugumba
Publisher : Fountain Books
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015056212080

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A History of Education in East Africa by J. C. Ssekamwa,S. M. E. Lugumba Pdf

Differing approaches have been used to establish formal education in East Africa. This book traces developments from pre-colonial indigenous systems, to the pioneering work of missionaries, and education during the colonial and post-colonial periods. The work is organised by country - parts one to four systematically look at pre- independence education in Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika and Zanzibar; part five gives a comparative analysis of education in the region since independence. The authors, academics at Makerere University, argue that East African educational policies have brought about significant progress within the limits of resources. The new challenge is what to do about the number of unemployed school leavers and graduates. The authors refute the tendency to view the educated as victims of their own success and a potential social nuisance; and instead argue they are a resource crucial to national development processes.