Developing Science, Mathematics, and ICT Education in Sub-Saharan Africa : Patterns and Promising Practices

This thematic study is about developing science, mathematics and ICT (SMICT) in secondary education. The study is based on country studies from 10 Sub-Saharan African countries: Botswana, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa...

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Main Authors:	Ottevanger, Wout, van den Akker, Jan, de Feiter, Leo
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Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ABSENCE OF TEACHERS ACTIVE LEARNING ADDITION ALTERNATIVE TEACHER EDUCATION ASSESSMENT METHODS AVAILABILITY OF TEXTBOOKS CAREER CAREER DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATION CHEMISTRY CLASS SIZE CLASSROOM COMMERCIAL EDUCATION COMPUTER SKILLS CORE CURRICULUM COUNTRY CASE STUDIES COUNTRY STUDIES CURRICULA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES CURRICULUM CURRICULUM AIMS CURRICULUM IMPLEMENTATION CURRICULUM MATERIALS CURRICULUM REFORM CURRICULUM REFORMS DISCIPLINES DRAWING EDUCATION CURRICULUM EDUCATION DEPARTMENT EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION FOR ALL EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATION MANAGEMENT EDUCATION REFORM EDUCATION SERVICES EDUCATION SPECIALISTS EDUCATION STUDENTS EDUCATIONAL LEADERS EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT EDUCATORS EFFECTIVE USE OF TEXTBOOKS EFFICIENCY OF TEACHING ENGINEERING ENROLLMENT ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION EXAMINATION PROCESS EXPERIENCED TEACHERS FEMALE EDUCATION FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT HIGHER EDUCATION HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INSTRUCTION INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES INSTRUCTIONAL TIME JUNIOR SECONDARY JUNIOR SECONDARY LEVEL JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS LABOR MARKET DEMAND LABOR MARKETS LEADERSHIP LEARNING LEARNING APPROACHES LEARNING PROCESS LEARNING RESOURCES LITERATURE LOCAL TEXTBOOKS MASTERS LEVEL MATHEMATICS MENTORS NUMBER OF TEACHERS PAPERS PEDAGOGICAL KNOWLEDGE PEDAGOGY PHYSICS POST-PRIMARY EDUCATION PRINTING PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS PUBLISHERS QUALIFIED TEACHERS RESEARCHERS RESOURCE CENTER RESOURCE CENTERS RESOURCE CENTRES SCHOOL CONTEXT SCHOOL CURRICULUM SCHOOL SUPPORT SCIENCE CURRICULA SCIENCE CURRICULUM SCIENCE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT SCIENCE EDUCATION SCIENCE KITS SCIENCE SUBJECTS SCIENCE TEACHERS SCIENCE TOPICS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOLS SERVICE TRAINING SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT STUDENT POPULATION SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SUBJECT CONTENT SUBJECT KNOWLEDGE SYLLABUS TEACHER TEACHER ASSOCIATIONS TEACHER COLLEGES TEACHER COMMUNICATION TEACHER DEVELOPMENT TEACHER EDUCATION TEACHER EDUCATION CURRICULUM TEACHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS TEACHER EDUCATION POLICIES TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS TEACHER EDUCATION RESEARCH TEACHER PREPARATION TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TEACHER QUALIFICATIONS TEACHER SUPPORT TEACHER TRAINING TEACHING TEACHING FORCE TEACHING METHODS TEACHING PRACTICE TECHNICAL EDUCATION TEXTBOOKS TRAINING ACTIVITIES TRAINING FOR TEACHERS TRAINING INSTITUTIONS UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION UNIVERSITIES UNIVERSITY LEVEL YOUNG PEOPLE
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spelling	okr-10986-66452021-04-23T14:02:26Z Developing Science, Mathematics, and ICT Education in Sub-Saharan Africa : Patterns and Promising Practices Ottevanger, Wout van den Akker, Jan de Feiter, Leo ABSENCE OF TEACHERS ACTIVE LEARNING ADDITION ALTERNATIVE TEACHER EDUCATION ASSESSMENT METHODS AVAILABILITY OF TEXTBOOKS CAREER CAREER DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATION CHEMISTRY CLASS SIZE CLASSROOM COMMERCIAL EDUCATION COMPUTER SKILLS CORE CURRICULUM COUNTRY CASE STUDIES COUNTRY STUDIES CURRICULA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES CURRICULUM CURRICULUM AIMS CURRICULUM IMPLEMENTATION CURRICULUM MATERIALS CURRICULUM REFORM CURRICULUM REFORMS DISCIPLINES DRAWING EDUCATION CURRICULUM EDUCATION DEPARTMENT EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION FOR ALL EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATION MANAGEMENT EDUCATION REFORM EDUCATION SERVICES EDUCATION SPECIALISTS EDUCATION STUDENTS EDUCATIONAL LEADERS EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT EDUCATORS EFFECTIVE USE OF TEXTBOOKS EFFICIENCY OF TEACHING ENGINEERING ENROLLMENT ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION EXAMINATION PROCESS EXPERIENCED TEACHERS FEMALE EDUCATION FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT HIGHER EDUCATION HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INSTRUCTION INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES INSTRUCTIONAL TIME JUNIOR SECONDARY JUNIOR SECONDARY LEVEL JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS LABOR MARKET DEMAND LABOR MARKETS LEADERSHIP LEARNING LEARNING APPROACHES LEARNING PROCESS LEARNING RESOURCES LITERATURE LOCAL TEXTBOOKS MASTERS LEVEL MATHEMATICS MENTORS NUMBER OF TEACHERS PAPERS PEDAGOGICAL KNOWLEDGE PEDAGOGY PHYSICS POST-PRIMARY EDUCATION PRINTING PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS PUBLISHERS QUALIFIED TEACHERS RESEARCHERS RESOURCE CENTER RESOURCE CENTERS RESOURCE CENTRES SCHOOL CONTEXT SCHOOL CURRICULUM SCHOOL SUPPORT SCIENCE CURRICULA SCIENCE CURRICULUM SCIENCE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT SCIENCE EDUCATION SCIENCE KITS SCIENCE SUBJECTS SCIENCE TEACHERS SCIENCE TOPICS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOLS SERVICE TRAINING SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT STUDENT POPULATION SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SUBJECT CONTENT SUBJECT KNOWLEDGE SYLLABUS TEACHER TEACHER ASSOCIATIONS TEACHER COLLEGES TEACHER COMMUNICATION TEACHER DEVELOPMENT TEACHER EDUCATION TEACHER EDUCATION CURRICULUM TEACHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS TEACHER EDUCATION POLICIES TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS TEACHER EDUCATION RESEARCH TEACHER PREPARATION TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TEACHER QUALIFICATIONS TEACHER SUPPORT TEACHER TRAINING TEACHING TEACHING FORCE TEACHING METHODS TEACHING PRACTICE TECHNICAL EDUCATION TEXTBOOKS TRAINING ACTIVITIES TRAINING FOR TEACHERS TRAINING INSTITUTIONS UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION UNIVERSITIES UNIVERSITY LEVEL YOUNG PEOPLE This thematic study is about developing science, mathematics and ICT (SMICT) in secondary education. The study is based on country studies from 10 Sub-Saharan African countries: Botswana, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Uganda, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe, and a literature review. It reveals a number of huge challenges in SMICT education in Sub-Saharan Africa: poorly-resourced schools; large classes; a curriculum hardly relevant to the daily lives of students; a lack of qualified teachers; and inadequate teacher education programs. 2012-05-30T14:42:50Z 2012-05-30T14:42:50Z 2007 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/01/7482912/developing-science-mathematics-ict-education-sub-saharan-africa-patterns-promising-practices 0-8213-7070-7 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6645 English en_US World Bank Working Paper; No. 101. Africa Human Development Series CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication Africa
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topic	ABSENCE OF TEACHERS ACTIVE LEARNING ADDITION ALTERNATIVE TEACHER EDUCATION ASSESSMENT METHODS AVAILABILITY OF TEXTBOOKS CAREER CAREER DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATION CHEMISTRY CLASS SIZE CLASSROOM COMMERCIAL EDUCATION COMPUTER SKILLS CORE CURRICULUM COUNTRY CASE STUDIES COUNTRY STUDIES CURRICULA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES CURRICULUM CURRICULUM AIMS CURRICULUM IMPLEMENTATION CURRICULUM MATERIALS CURRICULUM REFORM CURRICULUM REFORMS DISCIPLINES DRAWING EDUCATION CURRICULUM EDUCATION DEPARTMENT EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION FOR ALL EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATION MANAGEMENT EDUCATION REFORM EDUCATION SERVICES EDUCATION SPECIALISTS EDUCATION STUDENTS EDUCATIONAL LEADERS EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT EDUCATORS EFFECTIVE USE OF TEXTBOOKS EFFICIENCY OF TEACHING ENGINEERING ENROLLMENT ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION EXAMINATION PROCESS EXPERIENCED TEACHERS FEMALE EDUCATION FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT HIGHER EDUCATION HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INSTRUCTION INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES INSTRUCTIONAL TIME JUNIOR SECONDARY JUNIOR SECONDARY LEVEL JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS LABOR MARKET DEMAND LABOR MARKETS LEADERSHIP LEARNING LEARNING APPROACHES LEARNING PROCESS LEARNING RESOURCES LITERATURE LOCAL TEXTBOOKS MASTERS LEVEL MATHEMATICS MENTORS NUMBER OF TEACHERS PAPERS PEDAGOGICAL KNOWLEDGE PEDAGOGY PHYSICS POST-PRIMARY EDUCATION PRINTING PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS PUBLISHERS QUALIFIED TEACHERS RESEARCHERS RESOURCE CENTER RESOURCE CENTERS RESOURCE CENTRES SCHOOL CONTEXT SCHOOL CURRICULUM SCHOOL SUPPORT SCIENCE CURRICULA SCIENCE CURRICULUM SCIENCE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT SCIENCE EDUCATION SCIENCE KITS SCIENCE SUBJECTS SCIENCE TEACHERS SCIENCE TOPICS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOLS SERVICE TRAINING SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT STUDENT POPULATION SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SUBJECT CONTENT SUBJECT KNOWLEDGE SYLLABUS TEACHER TEACHER ASSOCIATIONS TEACHER COLLEGES TEACHER COMMUNICATION TEACHER DEVELOPMENT TEACHER EDUCATION TEACHER EDUCATION CURRICULUM TEACHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS TEACHER EDUCATION POLICIES TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS TEACHER EDUCATION RESEARCH TEACHER PREPARATION TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TEACHER QUALIFICATIONS TEACHER SUPPORT TEACHER TRAINING TEACHING TEACHING FORCE TEACHING METHODS TEACHING PRACTICE TECHNICAL EDUCATION TEXTBOOKS TRAINING ACTIVITIES TRAINING FOR TEACHERS TRAINING INSTITUTIONS UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION UNIVERSITIES UNIVERSITY LEVEL YOUNG PEOPLE
spellingShingle	ABSENCE OF TEACHERS ACTIVE LEARNING ADDITION ALTERNATIVE TEACHER EDUCATION ASSESSMENT METHODS AVAILABILITY OF TEXTBOOKS CAREER CAREER DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATION CHEMISTRY CLASS SIZE CLASSROOM COMMERCIAL EDUCATION COMPUTER SKILLS CORE CURRICULUM COUNTRY CASE STUDIES COUNTRY STUDIES CURRICULA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES CURRICULUM CURRICULUM AIMS CURRICULUM IMPLEMENTATION CURRICULUM MATERIALS CURRICULUM REFORM CURRICULUM REFORMS DISCIPLINES DRAWING EDUCATION CURRICULUM EDUCATION DEPARTMENT EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION FOR ALL EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATION MANAGEMENT EDUCATION REFORM EDUCATION SERVICES EDUCATION SPECIALISTS EDUCATION STUDENTS EDUCATIONAL LEADERS EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT EDUCATORS EFFECTIVE USE OF TEXTBOOKS EFFICIENCY OF TEACHING ENGINEERING ENROLLMENT ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION EXAMINATION PROCESS EXPERIENCED TEACHERS FEMALE EDUCATION FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT HIGHER EDUCATION HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INSTRUCTION INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES INSTRUCTIONAL TIME JUNIOR SECONDARY JUNIOR SECONDARY LEVEL JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS LABOR MARKET DEMAND LABOR MARKETS LEADERSHIP LEARNING LEARNING APPROACHES LEARNING PROCESS LEARNING RESOURCES LITERATURE LOCAL TEXTBOOKS MASTERS LEVEL MATHEMATICS MENTORS NUMBER OF TEACHERS PAPERS PEDAGOGICAL KNOWLEDGE PEDAGOGY PHYSICS POST-PRIMARY EDUCATION PRINTING PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS PUBLISHERS QUALIFIED TEACHERS RESEARCHERS RESOURCE CENTER RESOURCE CENTERS RESOURCE CENTRES SCHOOL CONTEXT SCHOOL CURRICULUM SCHOOL SUPPORT SCIENCE CURRICULA SCIENCE CURRICULUM SCIENCE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT SCIENCE EDUCATION SCIENCE KITS SCIENCE SUBJECTS SCIENCE TEACHERS SCIENCE TOPICS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOLS SERVICE TRAINING SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT STUDENT POPULATION SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SUBJECT CONTENT SUBJECT KNOWLEDGE SYLLABUS TEACHER TEACHER ASSOCIATIONS TEACHER COLLEGES TEACHER COMMUNICATION TEACHER DEVELOPMENT TEACHER EDUCATION TEACHER EDUCATION CURRICULUM TEACHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS TEACHER EDUCATION POLICIES TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS TEACHER EDUCATION RESEARCH TEACHER PREPARATION TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TEACHER QUALIFICATIONS TEACHER SUPPORT TEACHER TRAINING TEACHING TEACHING FORCE TEACHING METHODS TEACHING PRACTICE TECHNICAL EDUCATION TEXTBOOKS TRAINING ACTIVITIES TRAINING FOR TEACHERS TRAINING INSTITUTIONS UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION UNIVERSITIES UNIVERSITY LEVEL YOUNG PEOPLE Ottevanger, Wout van den Akker, Jan de Feiter, Leo Developing Science, Mathematics, and ICT Education in Sub-Saharan Africa : Patterns and Promising Practices
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relation	World Bank Working Paper; No. 101. Africa Human Development Series
description	This thematic study is about developing science, mathematics and ICT (SMICT) in secondary education. The study is based on country studies from 10 Sub-Saharan African countries: Botswana, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Uganda, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe, and a literature review. It reveals a number of huge challenges in SMICT education in Sub-Saharan Africa: poorly-resourced schools; large classes; a curriculum hardly relevant to the daily lives of students; a lack of qualified teachers; and inadequate teacher education programs.
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author	Ottevanger, Wout van den Akker, Jan de Feiter, Leo
author_facet	Ottevanger, Wout van den Akker, Jan de Feiter, Leo
author_sort	Ottevanger, Wout
title	Developing Science, Mathematics, and ICT Education in Sub-Saharan Africa : Patterns and Promising Practices
title_short	Developing Science, Mathematics, and ICT Education in Sub-Saharan Africa : Patterns and Promising Practices
title_full	Developing Science, Mathematics, and ICT Education in Sub-Saharan Africa : Patterns and Promising Practices
title_fullStr	Developing Science, Mathematics, and ICT Education in Sub-Saharan Africa : Patterns and Promising Practices
title_full_unstemmed	Developing Science, Mathematics, and ICT Education in Sub-Saharan Africa : Patterns and Promising Practices
title_sort	developing science, mathematics, and ict education in sub-saharan africa : patterns and promising practices
publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/01/7482912/developing-science-mathematics-ict-education-sub-saharan-africa-patterns-promising-practices http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6645
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Developing Science, Mathematics, and ICT Education in Sub-Saharan Africa : Patterns and Promising Practices

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