Download or read book Literacy Programmes Development and Evaluation Process in Africa written by Michael Omolewa and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Developing Programmes for Adult Learners in Africa written by M. L. S. Gboku and published by Pearson South Africa. This book was released on 2007 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book identifies quantitative, qualitative and multi-method approaches, and is based upon existing research methods teaching in Africa. It is grounded in African adult education contexts and draws on material and experiences from research courses taught in African universities. It emphasises the importance of combining quantitative methods with qualitative research that is embedded in adult education contexts and that builds on indigenous knowledge. Examples of the contexts addressed in the book include: village communities, agriculture development workers, literacy and income generation projects, community policing strategies, brigades, vocational training centres, mass health awareness campaigns such as HIV/AIDS, work-based education and training, management development, needs analyses, and the training of adult education trainers.
Download or read book Sustaining literacy in Africa developing a literate environment written by Easton, Peter and published by UNESCO. This book was released on 2014-06-23 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication contributes, in the critical context of Africa, to the conceptual development of the notion of the literate environment--an essential element for the promotion of literacy. It brings knowledge and insights about literate environments, highlighting inter-related issues such as its definitions, previous undertakings, methods of assessment as well as interactions between the supply and demand sides of environments.--
Download or read book Process Evaluation of an English Literacy Programme written by Paul Kariuki and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2012-02 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every child has a right to education in order to lead a productive and fulfilled life. Like many other countries around the world, the South African government subscribes to this view. In its efforts to ensure a better life for all, the government has instituted policy mechanisms that would allow all children access education and at the very least, be able to read and write. While this is an important goal to aim, it is a daunting task for government to do it alone. In response to this noble cause, Soul Action, an educational NGO based in Durban, partners with schools in rural schools of Durban Metro in providing English literacy lessons. The aim is to improve the literacy levels of learners in lower primary grades. Following a process evaluation exercise, the evaluation revealed that targeting learners in lower grades, just at onset of their schooling life, provides them an opportunity to learn quicker how to read, write and communicate in English as a second language. It also revealed that collaborative efforts between service providers and educators are critical in improving learners' literacy skills, especially in resource-poor settings.
Download or read book Research and Evaluation for Educational Development written by Michael Crossley and published by Symposium Books Ltd. This book was released on 2005-05-16 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a reflective and historically situated analysis of the Kenyan Primary School Management Project (PRISM). This is carried out in the light of a broader international review of the theoretical and methodological literature relating to the role, and potential, of research and evaluation in the process of educational development. The case study of PRISM pays particular attention to the part played by collaborative and participatory research and evaluation in project development and implementation. The book is designed to be read on two main levels. Firstly, it provides a detailed, critical and empirically informed record of the Kenyan PRISM initiative. Secondly, the broader analysis explores implications for changing modalities of international development co-operation; for research and evaluation capacity building; for methodological and theoretical dimensions of development processes; and for the importance of comparative insights in understanding the processes and dilemmas of the international transfer of theories, policies and practices.
Download or read book A Handbook of Literacy Education for West Africa written by Lekan Oyedeji and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Impact Evaluation in Practice Second Edition written by Paul J. Gertler and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2016-09-12 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition of the Impact Evaluation in Practice handbook is a comprehensive and accessible introduction to impact evaluation for policy makers and development practitioners. First published in 2011, it has been used widely across the development and academic communities. The book incorporates real-world examples to present practical guidelines for designing and implementing impact evaluations. Readers will gain an understanding of impact evaluations and the best ways to use them to design evidence-based policies and programs. The updated version covers the newest techniques for evaluating programs and includes state-of-the-art implementation advice, as well as an expanded set of examples and case studies that draw on recent development challenges. It also includes new material on research ethics and partnerships to conduct impact evaluation. The handbook is divided into four sections: Part One discusses what to evaluate and why; Part Two presents the main impact evaluation methods; Part Three addresses how to manage impact evaluations; Part Four reviews impact evaluation sampling and data collection. Case studies illustrate different applications of impact evaluations. The book links to complementary instructional material available online, including an applied case as well as questions and answers. The updated second edition will be a valuable resource for the international development community, universities, and policy makers looking to build better evidence around what works in development.
Download or read book Evaluating the Impact of Training and Institutional Development Programs written by Suzanne Taschereau and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1998 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This manual focuses on measuring the effects of training and institutional development programs on individuals, the organizations or economic sectors in which they work, and the welfare of the larger community. It presents a conceptual framework as well as real-life examples drawn from evaluations of the Economic Development Institute's learning and capacity-building programs in the developing world. It provides practical advice on developing evaluation plans, designing questionnaires, conducting interviews, analyzing data, reporting findings, and making recommendations. Emphasis is placed on the active participation of stakeholders throughout the process.
Download or read book Resources in Education written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Language Literacy and Learning in Primary Schools written by Olatunde A. Adekola and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2007 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Language, Literacy, and Learning in Primary Schools is a synthesis of the findings arising from four years of policy research and development in Nigeria's primary schools that focused on the gap between what teachers should know and be able to do, and the realities of teaching and learning in classrooms. It begins by critically examining the outcomes of primary schooling as measured by learning achievement results from national assessments, and by identifying some core learning problems for Nigerian primary school children. It reviews the findings from recent research reports that studied teaching and learning processes in primary school classrooms, and it identifies the pedagogical issues in primary classrooms that contribute to poor learning achievements. This report describes a research and development program that set out to improve teaching and learning in core learning skill areas of the curriculum. This study identifies priority areas for teachers' professional development. It suggests a policy framework for the continuing professional development of primary school teachers, including the initial preparation of teachers and their induction into teaching. It proposes medium and long-term strategies to bring about the desired changes in teaching and learning through school-based approaches to teacher development.
Download or read book Planning Learner centred Adult Literacy Programmes written by Susan Elisabeth Malone and published by UNESCO. This book was released on 1998 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addressed to educational practitioners working at central, regional or local level, this booklet shows them how to conceptualize, design, implement, monitor and evaluate literacy programs.--Publisher's description.
Download or read book Participatory Research and Evaluation written by Clarence Sebron Hall and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Techniques of Teaching and Methods of Field Work Evaluation written by Association for Social Work Education in Africa. Workshop and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Constructing Development written by Bjorn Harald Nordtveit and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-08-24 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Former World Bank education specialist Bjorn Nordtveit argues in this groundbreaking study that a development project or policy should not be understood and analyzed as a linear system. Instead, he believes we should view it as a complex and dialectical organism. Basing his theories on post-development and complexity theories as well as New Institutional Economics, Nordtveit lays out a novel method of analyzing development – both on the ground and in the think-tank. Informed by detailed quotations from interviews with local people involved in a World Bank literacy project in Senegal, the author demonstrates how a project is entangled in the global economy, and how it constructs development through a discourse of gender equity, growth of the civil society, and promotion of the use of private provision of social services. Nordtveit’s new analytical methodology claims it is necessary for all development initiatives to first investigate whether the donors’ vision of development coincides with national – and local – notions of development. Only then can the holistic and complex interrelations between the project and all other development desires and services in the community be studied. Finally, the project’s cost effectiveness must be considered. The author also examines the strengths and weaknesses of ‘public-private partnerships’, which are being used ever more frequently by donor agencies to implement social services. Constructing Development is a tour de force. Going back and forth between the global and the local, it examines a World Bank women's literacy project in Senegal through a critical and integrated discussion of education and development, globalization, gender, civil society, and privatization. Nordtveit offers an insightful and innovative critique of development theory and practice, drawing on new authors and fields, such as Complexity Theory. His book is a must read across a number of fields including comparative and international education, adult education, gender studies, and economic development. Steven J. Klees, Former President, Comparative and International Education Society Harold R.W. Benjamin Professor of International and Comparative Education University of Maryland
Download or read book The Evaluation of Literacy Programmes written by Roger Couvert and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Evaluation of the Literacy Professional Development Project written by Sue McDowall and published by . This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Planning and Organization of Adult Literacy Programmes in Africa written by Peter Du Sautoy and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
