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Reconceptualizando el desarrollo profesional docente en Honduras
(University of California, Berkeley and New York University, 2021-01)Mejorar la calidad de la educación es un desafío persistente en América Latina y el Caribe (ALC). Los estudiantes de la región tienen un rendimiento sistemáticamente inferior en las evaluaciones académicas internacionales; ... -
Value-added indicators for a fairer Chilean school accountability system: a pending subject
(Taylor and Francis, 2019)Although schools’ relative contribution to pupils’ progress is increasingly used in accountability systems around the world, momentum for value-added models (VAM) has not been reached in Chile. This small-scale study ... -
Factor structure of the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking Figural Form A in Kiswahili Speaking Children: Multidimensionality and Influences on Creative Behavior
(Elsevier Ltd, 2018)The Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (TTCT) was developed in 1966 and has been translated into more than 35 languages (Millar, 2002). It is the most used and referenced creativity test (Davis, 1997; Lissitz & Willhoft, ... -
Call Me Educated: Evidence from a Mobile Phone Experiment in Niger?
(Elsevier, 2019)Teacher absenteeism is an important obstacle to sustained learning gains in many developing countries. We report the results from a randomized evaluation of an adult education program in Niger, which included an additional ... -
'Narratives of Social Cohesion': Bridging the Link between School Culture, Linguistic Identity and the English Language
(University of Johannesburg and Unisa Press, 2018)This paper argues that processes of self -creation are significantly influenced by experiences of schooling, of which language forms a critical aspect. The school is a central site in which ... -
Youth negotiation of citizenship identities in Pakistan: Implications for global citizenship education in conflict-contexts
(Taylor and Francis, 2018)This study explores young students’ negotiation of their citizenship identities at the intersection of their class, gender, religious and ethnic identifications in the conflict-affected setting of Pakistan. While much of ... -
Dynamics of Gender Justice, Conflict and Social Cohesion: Analysing Educational Reforms in Pakistan
(Elsevier Ltd, 2018)This paper analyses the role of national level reforms in the school curriculum and initial teacher education in gender justice in conflict-affected Pakistan, using a multidisciplinary framework applied to multiple data ... -
Improving 21st-Century Teaching Skills: The Key to Effective 21st-Century Learners
(SAGE, 2019)The development of competencies known as 21st-century skills are garnering increasing attention as a means of improving teacher instructional quality. However, a key challenge in bringing about desired improvements lies ... -
Assessment of Pedagogical Practices and Processes in Low and Middle Income Countries: Findings From Secondary School Classrooms in Uganda
(Elsevier Ltd, 2018)This article outlines the development and validation of a classroom observation instrument for use in low and middle income countries. The Teacher Instructional Practices and Processes Systemⓒ (TIPPS) was designed to be a ... -
Measuring and Predicting Process Quality in Ghanaian Pre-primary Classrooms using the Teacher Instructional Practices and Processes System (TIPPS)
(Elsevier, 2018)In recent years, there has been an increase in the demand for and supply of early childhood education (ECE) in low- and middle-income countries. There is also growing awareness that unless ECE is of high quality, children ... -
Disability, Poverty, and Schooling in Post-civil War in Sierra Leone
(Springer Nature, 2020)Sierra Leone has invested in education after the civil war but it is unclear if persons with disabilities have benefited from this effort. In 2009, we conducted a household field survey in 17 randomly selected localities ... -
Making the Grade: The Sensitivity of Education Program Effectiveness to Input Choices and Outcome Measures
(MIT Press, 2020)This paper demonstrates the acute sensitivity of education program effectiveness to the choices of inputs and outcome measures, using a randomized evaluation of a mother-tongue literacy program. The program raises reading ... -
Assessment of progress in education for children and youth with disabilities in Afghanistan: A multilevel analysis of repeated cross-sectional surveys
(PLoSONE, 2019)Recent study shows that 617 million children and adolescents–or six out of 10 globally- are not acquiring minimum levels in literacy and mathematics, indicating the magnitude of the learning acquisition problem. For children ... -
Education and Disability in a Conflict Affected Context: Are Children With Disabilities Less Likely to Learn and be Protected in Darfur?
(Elsevier, 2018)The Sustainable Development Goal four aims at ensuring inclusive, free and equitable quality education. In a conflict setting such as Western Darfur, the education system has been destroyed, leaving millions of children ... -
Using Ethnography and 'Real Literacies' to Develop a Curriculum for English Literacy Teaching for Young Deaf Adults in India
(Taylor & Francis, 2019)This paper reports on an international collaborative project working with deaf learners of English literacy (19–28 years old) in five locations in India: Indore; Vadadora; Comibatore; Pattambi; and Thrissur. Indian Sign ... -
Estimated Prevalence of Disability and Developmental Delay Among Preschool Children in Rural Malawi: Findings from Tikule Limodzi, a Cross-sectional Survey
(John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2020)Early childhood development (ECD) is a critical stage in children's lives, influencing future development and social integration. ECD research among children with disability and developmental delay in low‐ and middle‐income ... -
Supporting Children with Disabilities in Low- and Middle- Income Countries: Promoting Inclusive Practice within Community-Based Childcare Centres in Malawi through a Bioecological Systems Perspective
(Springer, 2018)Given the narrow scope and conceptualisation of inclusion for young children with disabilities in research within low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) contexts, we draw on a bioecological systems perspective to propose ... -
Defending the Need for a Foundational Epistemic Capability in Education
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2019)The paper takes up Sen’s concerns with education on the one hand and public reasoning on the other, and shows that his concerns require that formal education develop a capability that potentially fosters inclusive public ... -
The Well-being of South African University Students From Low-income Households.
(Taylor and Francis, 2019)The role of higher education in development and social mobility is now widely acknowledged and globally recognised. In South Africa in particular, graduates have greatly increased employment prospects. This paper takes up ... -
Low-income Rural Youth Migrating to Urban Universities in South Africa: Opportunities and Inequalities
(Taylor and Francis, 2019)In order to understand how students from low-income rural backgrounds in South Africa experience higher education and the opportunities and obstacles they encounter, the paper draws on two waves of interviews with 30 ...
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