Where Have All The Textbooks Gone

Author : Tony Read
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781464805738

Get Book

Where Have All the Textbooks Gone? by Tony Read Pdf

This World Bank report is a rich compilation of information on teaching learning materials (TLM) in Africa based on the extensive and multi-faceted experience of the author's work in the education sector in Africa. The study examines a wide range of issues around TLM provision including curriculum, literacy and numeracy, language of instruction policy, procurement and distribution challenges, TLM development and production and their availability, management and usage in schools. It also looks at the role of information and communication technology (ICT) based TLMs and their availability. The study recognizes that improved TLM system management is a critical component in achieving affordable and sustainable TLM provision for all students. This study, which draws from more than 40 Anglophone, Francophone, Lusophone, and Arabic-speaking countries will be particularly useful for policymakers, development partners, and other stakeholders attempting to understand the wide range of issues surrounding the complexity of textbook provision in Sub Saharan Africa.

Author : Tony Read
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Electronic book
ISBN : OCLC:1066531167

Get Book

Where Have All the Textbooks Gone? by Tony Read Pdf

Author : Birger Fredriksen,Sukhdeep Brar
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2015-05-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781464805417

Get Book

Getting Textbooks to Every Child in Sub-Saharan Africa by Birger Fredriksen,Sukhdeep Brar Pdf

Textbooks play a key role in enhancing the quality of learning, especially in the context of low-income Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries characterized by large class-size, poorly motivated and inadequately trained teachers, and short effective school years. There are also high rates of illiteracy among parents and few reading materials at home for the student to bank on. Despite extensive investments by governments, the World Bank and other development partners, the majority of students in primary and secondary schools in SSA still lack the benefit of access to textbooks and the key reason for this shortage is affordability: textbooks are generally much more costly in SSA than in other developing regions. The need to increase access to key learning resources is of particular urgency because most African countries experience low learning outcomes which in part contributes to a high drop-out rate. Only two-thirds of those who enter school reach the final grade and only about half of these master basic numeracy and literacy skills. And although quality improvement depends on many factors inside and outside the school, there is wide agreement that availability of textbooks is both an indispensable and a cost-effective way of improving the quality of the learning process. A recent World Bank study examined the actual costs of textbooks, the scope for cost reduction, the portion of a national budget countries allocate to teaching and learning materials (TLMs) and hurdles in the way of making textbooks available to student. Some interesting findings from the study - - The availability of affordable textbooks to all students could be dramatically improved by devoting an estimated 3 to 4 percent of the primary education budget and 6 to 7 percent of the secondary education budget - The production process †“ methods, copyright, length of print runs, effective procurement practices †“ rather than the production costs should be the target of cost saving strategies - The increased integration of ICTs into education in SSA can provide important opportunities for promoting availability of electronic TLMs but electronic TLMs are not a substitute for printed TLMs including textbooks

Author : Luke O'Neill
Publisher : Random House
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2023-10-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780241994139

Get Book

To Boldly Go Where No Book Has Gone Before by Luke O'Neill Pdf

Science is a serious business, right? Wrong. Scientists have been participants in the best reality show of all time, with all the highs, lows, bust-ups, and strange personalities of any show on telly today. From Luke O'Neill - the science teacher you wish you'd had - this hugely accessible history of science reveals the human stories behind the biggest discoveries. For example, we meet Charles Darwin as he weighs up the pros and cons of marrying his cousin: 'constant companion' vs 'less money for books'. Tough call. To Boldly Go Where No Book Has Gone Before covers everything from space travel and evolution to alchemy and AI. Written by one of our leading scientists, this is an insider's account that celebrates the joy of science. It is filled with all the juicy bits that other histories leave out.

Author : Margaret Banker Tinzmann
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Condors
ISBN : 088309715X

Get Book

Where Have All the Condors Gone? by Margaret Banker Tinzmann Pdf

Author : UNESCO
Publisher : United Nations
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2022-10-24
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789210022279

Get Book

Global Education Monitoring Report 2021/2 by UNESCO Pdf

Non-state actors’ role extends beyond provision of schooling to interventions at various education levels and influence spheres. Alongside its review of progress towards SDG 4, including emerging evidence on the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact, the 2021/2 Global Education Monitoring Report urges governments to see all institutions, students and teachers as part of a single system. Standards, information, incentives and accountability should help governments protect, respect and fulfil the right to education of all, without turning their eyes away from privilege or exploitation. Publicly funded education does not have to be publicly provided but disparity in education processes, student outcomes and teacher working conditions must be addressed. Efficiency and innovation, rather than being commercial secrets, should be diffused and practised by all. To that end, transparency and integrity in the public education policy process need to be maintained to block vested interests. The report’s rallying call – Who chooses? Who loses? – invites policymakers to question relationships with non-state actors in terms of fundamental choices: between equity and freedom of choice; between encouraging initiative and setting standards; between groups of varying means and needs; between immediate commitments under SDG 4 and those to be progressively realized (e.g. post-secondary education); and between education and other social sectors.

Author : Bruce Garen Peabody,Krista Jenkins
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199982967

Get Book

Where Have All the Heroes Gone? by Bruce Garen Peabody,Krista Jenkins Pdf

From the men and women associated with the American Revolution and Civil War to the seminal figures in the struggles for civil and women's rights, Americans have been fascinated with and drawn to icons of great achievement, or at least reputation. But who spins today's narratives about American heroism, and to what ends? In a nation so wracked with division, is there any contemporary consensus about the enduring importance of our heroes or what traits they embody? Can heroes survive in our environment of 24/7 media coverage and cynicism about the motives of those who enter the public domain? In Where Have All the Heroes Gone?, Bruce G. Peabody and Krista Jenkins draw on the concept of the American hero to address these questions and to show an important gap between the views of political and media elites and the attitudes of the mass public. The authors contend that important changes over the past half century, including the increasing scope and power of new media and people's deepening political distrust, have drawn both politicians and producers of media content to the hero meme. However, popular reaction to this turn to heroism has been largely skeptical. As a result, the conversations and judgments of ordinary Americans, government officials, and media elites are often deeply divergent and even directly opposed. Exploring and being able to show these dynamics is important not just for understanding what U.S. heroism means today, but also in helping to wrestle with stubborn and distinctively American problems. Investigating the story of American heroes over the past five decades provides a narrative that can teach us about such issues as political socialization, institutional trust, and political communication.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Educational planning
ISBN : IND:30000132731831

Get Book

IIEP Newsletter by Anonim Pdf

Author : Huang Guojunzhu
Publisher : Funstory
Page : 909 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781647965884

Get Book

Eldest Brother: Forgive Me by Huang Guojunzhu Pdf

Wang Jun obtained the system by accident. The system was upgraded by earning negative emotions from others and gaining experience points from them. From then on, his dream returned to a thousand twists and turns ...The dogs in the village continued to scream in pain, while hundreds of sows screamed in the middle of the night. The door of the eighty year old Old Lady Lord was knocked on night, is it a human or a ghost? Whether all this is the distortion of human nature or the fall of morality. Please pay attention.

Author : Anthony Marcus
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Homeless persons
ISBN : 1845450507

Get Book

Where Have All the Homeless Gone? by Anthony Marcus Pdf

For a decade, from 1983 to 1993, homelessness was a major concern in the United States. In 1994, this public concern suddenly disappeared, without any significant reduction in the number of people without proper housing. By examining the making and unmaking of a homeless crisis, this book explores how public understandings of what constitutes a social crisis are shaped. Drawing on five years of ethnographic research in New York City with African Americans and Latinos living in poverty, Where Have All the Homeless Gone? reveals that the homeless "crisis" was driven as much by political misrepresentations of poverty, race, and social difference, as the housing, unemployment, and healthcare problems that caused homelessness and continue to plague American cities.

Author : Sandra Gurvis
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2009-09-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781604731422

Get Book

Where Have All the Flower Children Gone? by Sandra Gurvis Pdf

What happened to the Vietnam protesters and civil rights activists? Where did their idealism lead them? And what do they feel they have contributed to the nation's political debate? Answers to these and many other questions can be found in the first-hand narratives, history, and photographs of Where Have All the Flower Children Gone? Chapters examine such aspects as the origins of the student protest movement and the conservative backlash as well as the fates of draft evaders, expatriates, and conscientious objectors. Respondents explore the conflict between the various generations over Vietnam, Iraq, and other issues. What happened to the children of the 1960s, and how do they reconcile their pasts with the present? Gurvis examines little-known aspects of the 1960s such as an uprising at Colorado State and coffeehouses that helped soldiers form opinions about Vietnam. Where Have All the Flower Children Gone? puts a contemporary face on the Age of Aquarius. Gurvis interviews such officials as Senator Chuck Hagel (R-Nebraska) and such high-profile former radicals as Bernadine Dohrn. The book also provides one of the last interviews with the late Ossie Davis. The major and minor players of Kent State and Jackson State, where students and others perished at the hands of soldiers, weigh in as well as do the generations preceding and succeeding the Baby Boomers.

Author : A. J. Kiesling
Publisher : Harvest House Publishers
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780736920636

Get Book

Where Have All the Good Men Gone? by A. J. Kiesling Pdf

This fascinating, revealing look at an often glossed-over topic is filled with personal stories, questions and answers, and comments and observations from men that can help women understand their choices, desires, and God's heart for their lives.

Author : Merethe Roos,Kjell Lars Berge,Henrik Edgren,Pirjo Hiidenmaa,Christina Matthiesen
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2021-02-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789004449558

Get Book

Exploring Textbooks and Cultural Change in Nordic Education 1536–2020 by Merethe Roos,Kjell Lars Berge,Henrik Edgren,Pirjo Hiidenmaa,Christina Matthiesen Pdf

This volume explores Nordic textbooks chronologically and empirically from the Protestant reformation to our own time. The chapters are written by scholars from Finland, Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, and deploy a wide range of methods, representing different academic fields.

Author : MN Chatterjea,Rana Shinde
Publisher : Wife Goes On
Page : 902 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2011-10
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9350254840

Get Book

Textbook of Medical Biochemistry by MN Chatterjea,Rana Shinde Pdf

The eighth edition of Textbook of Medical Biochemistry provides a concise, comprehensive overview of biochemistry, with a clinical approach to understand disease processes. Beginning with an introduction to cell biology, the book continues with an analysis of biomolecule chemistry, molecular biology and metabolism, as well as chapters on diet and nutrition, biochemistry of cancer and AIDS, and environmental biochemistry. Each chapter includes numerous images, multiple choice and essay-style questions, as well as highlighted text to help students remember the key points.

Author : Tony Read
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2015-12-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781464807299

Get Book

Où sont passés tous les manuels scolaires? by Tony Read Pdf

Cette étude de la Banque mondiale est une riche compilation d'informations sur le matériel pédagogique d'apprentissage (MPA) sur la base de la vaste expérience et les multiples facettes de l'oeuvre de l'auteur dans le secteur de l'éducation en Afrique. L'étude examine un large éventail de questions autour de la fourniture MPA dont le curriculum, l'alphabétisation et le calcul, la langue de la politique d'instruction, d'approvisionnement et de distribution des défis, ainsi que le développement et la production du MPA et de leur disponibilité, gestion et utilisation dans les écoles. Il se penche également sur le rôle de la technologie de l'information et de la communication (TIC) basé sur le matériel pédagogique d'apprentissage et de leur disponibilité. L'étude reconnaît que l'amélioration de la gestion du système MPA est un élément essentiel dans la réalisation de la prestation du MPA abordable et durable pour tous les élèves. Cette étude, qui puise dans plus de 40 pays anglophones, francophones, lusophones et de pays arabophones sera particulièrement utile pour les décideurs, les partenaires au développement, et d'autres intervenants qui tentent de comprendre le large éventail de questions liées à la complexité de la fourniture de manuels scolaires en Afrique subsaharienne.