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Direct linkShakila Dada; Cathy Flores; Kirsty Bastable; Kerstin Tönsing; Alecia Samuels; Sourav Mukhopadhyay; Beatrice Isanda; Josephine Ohenewa Bampoe; Unati Stemela-Zali; Saira Banu Karim; Legini Moodley; Adele May; Refilwe Morwane; Katherine Smith; Rahab Mothapo; Mavis Mohuba; Maureen Casey; Zakiyya Laher; Nothando Mtungwa; Robyn Moore – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2024
Background: Over 8 million children with disabilities live in Africa and are candidates for augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), yet formal training for team members, such as speech-language therapists and special education teachers, is extremely limited. Only one university on the continent provides postgraduate degrees in AAC, and…
Descriptors: Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Curriculum Development, Technology Uses in Education
Favazza, Paddy C.; Siperstein, Gary N.; Ghio, Kathleen; Wairimu, Jane; Masila, Susan – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2016
Research consistently demonstrates that children with developmental disabilities exhibit motor skill deficits, but motor skill interventions can positively affect motor abilities and other areas of development. These findings have particular relevance for children with disabilities in developing countries, where there is limited access to early…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Athletics, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities
Monaghan, Christine – Journal on Education in Emergencies, 2019
History has much to offer education in emergencies scholars and practitioners. Most research in this field comprises qualitative case studies and, to a lesser extent, quantitative experimental studies, both of which tend to focus on either the impact of interventions or whether education processes or structures are a cause or effect of conflict. I…
Descriptors: Refugees, Emergency Shelters, Foreign Countries, Educational History
Download full textSituma, David Barasa – Journal of Learning for Development, 2015
The female population in Kenya was reported at 50.05% in 2011, according to a World Bank report published in 2012. Despite this slightly higher percentage over males, women in Kenya are not well represented in education and training compared to their male counterparts (Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, 2012). The need to empower girls and women…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Informal Education, Womens Education, Civil Rights
Pace, Darra A.; Blue, Elfreda V. – Journal of the International Association of Special Education, 2015
Over the last several decades, recognition of the educational rights of individuals with disabilities has grown from a request for acceptance to a demand for inclusion. While many countries have made progress in inclusive education, the majority of individuals with disabilities lack access to basic education. One explanation for this situation is…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Disabilities, Student Rights, Inclusion
Platas, Linda M.; Ketterlin-Geller, Leanne R.; Sitabkhan, Yasmin – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2016
This paper describes the development and intended uses of the Early Grades Mathematics Assessment (EGMA), which measures essential early mathematical knowledge and skills that are foundational to more sophisticated mathematical abilities, predictive of later achievement, and teachable. Administering the EGMA can provide policy makers,…
Descriptors: Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Skills
Keengwe, Jared, Ed.; Maxfield, Marian B., Ed. – IGI Global, 2015
Rapid advancements in technology are creating new opportunities for educators to enhance their classroom techniques with digital learning resources. Once used solely outside of the classroom, smartphones, tablets, and e-readers are becoming common in many school settings. "Advancing Higher Education with Mobile Learning Technologies: Cases,…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Teaching Methods, Educational Technology, Handheld Devices
Masagara, Elizaphan Mokua – 1983
Teachers Advisory Centres (TACs) were established in Kenya to provide inservice courses to help teachers improve professionally and to offer aid in developing curriculum and using new instructional materials. A study evaluated the performance and effectiveness of the TACs in the district of Nandi. Questionnaires were submitted to TAC tutors,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Inservice Teacher Education
Kindiki, Jonah Nyaga – Educational Research and Reviews, 2009
The boards of governors (BOG) are legally mandated by the ministry of education under the education act Cap 211 to manage secondary schools in Kenya. Their immediate roles have not been defined in the laws and there are no standards that have been adopted to measure their effectiveness. This study investigates effectiveness of the BOG in…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Secondary Schools
Musil, Caryn McTighe, Ed.; Hovland, Kevin, Ed. – Association of American Colleges and Universities, 2006
This issue of "Diversity Digest" grows out of one recent effort to raise the visibility of science in diversity and global learning initiatives. Articles in this issue include: (1) Science, Diversity, and Global Learning: Untangling Complex Problems (Kevin Hovland); (2) Breaking the Pyramid: Putting Science in the Core (Darcy Kelley);…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Global Approach, Higher Education, Cultural Pluralism
Boyle, Helen, Ed. – 1988
Proceedings of a seminar on the role of English language teaching (ELT) in British technical assistance projects are presented in the form of session and case study narrative summaries. They include descriptions of sessions on the development of ELT projects; a presentation on a project in Oman using a recommended format; a case study simulation…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1985
This document contains two papers on school libraries which were presented at the 1985 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference. In "Teachers, Information and School Libraries," Noelene Hall (Australia) discusses the activities of an international working group set up by IFLA in 1984 to develop guidelines for…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Developing Nations, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedLillis, Kevin M. – Comparative Education Review, 1985
Discusses problems associated with reform of secondary school curricula in Kenya in the period immediately after independence. Follows the course of two innovations--School Mathematics of East Africa (SMEA) and the Africanization of the literature curriculum--and discusses various reasons for their failure and for Kenya's continued dependence on…
Descriptors: African Culture, African Literature, Change Strategies, Colonialism
Peer reviewedMerryfield, Merry M. – Social Studies, 1988
Examines the origins and conceptualization of the social studies movement in Africa, and describes the practice of social studies and its current status. Concludes that although social studies has some unique problems due to the nature of the subject matter, it is more relevant to the lives of African children than traditional curricula. (LS)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Enrichment, Educational Change, Educational History
Meyer, Rex – 1971
This report describes the activities of a UNESCO consultant who visited Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia and Malawi for the purpose of assisting local education agencies in the Biology Teaching Pilot Project. The consultant's report briefly summarizes the status of the School Science Project (SSP) in these East African countries. Also listed are the…
Descriptors: Biology, Change Agents, Curriculum Development, Developing Nations
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