November 2011
Sally Thomas and Massoud Salim
Collecting longitudinal data on educational achievement allows schools and governments allows schools and governments to evaluate school effectiveness. Evidence is provided from China and Zanzibar.
January 2011
Filiz Polat
International Journal of Educational Development. 31 (1), pp. 50-58. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2010.06.009
January 2011
R. Bosu, A. Dare, H. Dachi, M. Fertig
International Journal of Educational Development 31 (1), pp. 67-77. doi:10.1016/j.ijedudev.2010.05.008
January 2011
Casmir M. Rubagumya, Oksana Afitska, John Clegg, Patrick Kiliku
International Journal of Educational Development. 31 (1), 78-85. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2010.06.007
January 2011
Aneth Komba
PhD Thesis Abstract. International Journal of Educational Development 31 (1), p. 95. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2010.06.003
January 2011
Gastor Mapunda
PhD Thesis Abstract. International Journal of Educational Development. 31 (1), P.96. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2010.06.002
November 2010
Jolly Rubagiza and Anjum Halai
This presentation looks at findings from across the EdQual projects and assess the level of gender equality in classrooms. It shows how more work is needed to improve equitable treatment.
November 2010
John Clegg
This presentation discusses the implications of publishing textbooks with a European language of instruction. It argues that textbooks in European languages are often unreadable to African learners.
November 2010
Dr Hillary Dachi and Dr George Aduro.
This policy brief looks at findings from Tanzania and Ghana and draws their conclusions together. The brief recognises the role of action research in allowing headteachers to improve primary schools.
October 2010
Dr. Hillary Dachi, with input from the Leadership and Management project team
This policy brief suggests that the role of head teachers is key to improving the quality of education for the most disadvantaged. It assesses the increasingly decentralised nature of education and recommends that local quality improvement initiatives as well as staff training can bring the most out of school leaders.
September 2010
John Clegg, with input from the Language and Literacy Project Team
This policy brief supports arguments to extend quality mother-tongue education and suggests changes to teacher education/ development and textbook readability to address the impact of language of instruction. It draws on EdQual research that shows how the language used in classrooms impacts on teaching strategies.
June 2010
Filiz Polat
Education Insights: Research Findings for Development Policymakers and practitioners, June, Issue 81, p.4.
May 2010
Sharon Tao
This working paper investigates how the Capabilities Approach (CA) can be applied to the modality of formal schooling, particularly regarding school improvement interventions in Tanzania. It proposes several theoretical and practical applications of CA that form the foundation for an actual school improvement intervention in Sub-Saharan Africa.
April 2010
January 2010
Hillary A. Dachi, Ndibalema R. Alphonce, with George Kahangwa, Raymond Boniface, Mislay Moshi
This working paper presents a baseline study of what public primary schools’ head teachers consider as the role of school leadership and management in improving quality, using quantitative and qualitative data collected through questionnaires within EdQual's Leadership and Management of Change project.
September 2009
R.Bosu, A.Dare, H.A.Dachi, M.Fertig
This working paper focuses on notions of ‘social justice’ in an African educational context, reporting on a small-scale research project with primary headteachers in Ghana and Tanzania engaging with Action Research to bring about changes they feel will benefit pupil learning, detailing positive impacts arising from this.
September 2009
Filiz Polat with Joseph Kisanji
This working paper approaches inclusive education as a means towards social justice and social inclusion. Drawing on an ongoing project on developing an index for inclusion in Tanzania to situate inclusive education within the debate on social justice, it suggests despite progress, inclusive, just and quality education is far off.
February 2009
Casmir Rubagumya
In Jo-Anne Kleifgen and George C. Bond (eds.) The Language of Africa and the Diaspora: Educating for Language Awareness. Bristol and Tonawanda, NY: Multilingual Matters. pp. 48-63.
January 2009
Casmir Rubagumya
In Parry, K (ed) Reading in Africa, Beyond the School. Kampala: Fountain Publishers. pp.11-23.
January 2008
Angeline M. Barrett
Presentation at University of Sussex, 28 January 2008.
September 2007
Guoxing Yu, Sally Thomas, Angeline. M. Barrett.
Paper presented at 9th UKFIET Conference, University of Oxford, 11-13 September 2007.
September 2007
George Oduro, Hillary Dachi, Michael Fertig, Jane Rarieya
This working paper examines issues facing primary school leaders in developing countries. It examines how 'educational quality' is delineated, and analyses recent policy initiatives on this in Ghana, Tanzania and Pakistan, discussing their implications for school leaders. It calls for further focused research in this area.
September 2007
Guoxing Yu, Sally Thomas
This working paper describes in detail initial analyses of SACMEQ II data, using multilevel modelling techniques, to develop general models of school effectiveness for SACMEQ II member countries and specific models for Tanzania (including Zanzibar). This research was undertaken as part of EdQual’s SeeQ project.
February 2007
Report on a needs analysis workshop with headteachers and ward education coordinators as part of EdQual's Leadership and Management of Change Project. Held on 15–16 February 2007 in Kibaha, Tanzania.
February 2007
Casmir M. Rubagumya
This working paper explores how the concept of linguistic citizenship can be applied to Tanzania in terms of bilingual education delivery and addressing issues of equity, quality education and tackling poverty, and shows how EdQual’s Language and Literacy Project attempts to empower rural communities in this way.
October 2006
Proposal for EdQual's Leadership and Management of Change project.
October 2006
Proposal for EdQual's Language and Literacy project.
December 2005
Justinian J.C.J. Galabawa, Ndibalema N. Alphonse
This working paper reviews literature and research on education quality indicators, suggesting a taxonomy of these which identifies factors and variables to include in an assessment of education provision quality either in a single setting or for comparison across different settings.
July 2010
