Rethinking Teacher Preparation and Professional Development in Africa: An Analysis of the Curriculum of Teacher Education in the Teaching of Early Reading and Mathematics

Autor/inn/en	Pryor, John; Akyeampong, Kwame; Westbrook, Jo; Lussier, Kattie
Titel	Rethinking Teacher Preparation and Professional Development in Africa: An Analysis of the Curriculum of Teacher Education in the Teaching of Early Reading and Mathematics
Quelle	In: Curriculum Journal, 23 (2012) 4, S.409-502 (94 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0958-5176
DOI	10.1080/09585176.2012.747725
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Preservice Teacher Education; Faculty Development; Early Reading; Emergent Literacy; Curriculum Evaluation; Program Implementation; Schools of Education; Knowledge Base for Teaching; Elementary School Mathematics; Africa; Ghana; Kenya; Mali; Senegal; Tanzania; Uganda + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Lehramtsstudiengang; Lehrerausbildung; Frühlesen; Frühleseunterricht; Curriculum; Evaluation; Curriculumevaluation; Lehrplan; Rahmenplan; Evaluierung; Erziehungswissenschaftliche Fakultät; Teaching theory; Theory of teaching; Unterrichtstheorie; Elementare Mathematik; Schulmathematik; Afrika; Kenia; Tansania
Abstract	This paper reports research on the initial teacher training and continuing professional development of teachers in six African countries (Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Senegal, Tanzania and Uganda). The focus of the research was on the teaching of early reading and mathematics. The curriculum of both these areas was analysed in terms of (i) implementation by providers such as Colleges of Education, and (ii) impact in schools. The study found that there were many and deep gaps in the curriculum taught and consequently in teacher knowledge and skills in these two crucial subject areas. The paper sets out a series of recommendations for addressing this problem including an overall alternative approach to teacher education that emerges from the research findings as a whole. (Contains 1 note, 11 tables, and 10 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10