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Researching Education Quality in Low-Income Countries: Politics, Processes and Practice

February 2011

Leon Tikly & Angeline M. Barrett (guest editors)

Special Issue of Comparative Education 47(1)

Towards a framework for researching the quality of education in low-income countries

February 2011

Leon Tikly

Comparative Education Vol. 47, Issue 1, pp. 1-23. DOI: 10.1080/03050068.2011.541671

Education quality in post-apartheid South African policy: balancing equity, diversity, rights and participation

February 2011

Yusuf Sayed & Rashid Ahmed

Comparative Education 47 (1), pp. 103-118. DOI: 10.1080/03050068.2011.541680

A Millennium Learning Goal for education post-2015: a question of outcomes or processes

February 2011

Angeline M. Barrett

Comparative Education 47 (1), pp. 119-133. DOI: 10.1080/03050068.2011.541682

An education Millennium Development Goal for quality: complexity and democracy

January 2011

Angeline M. Barrett

Compare 41 (1), pp. 145-148. DOI: 10.1080/03057925.2011.534853

Education Quality for Social Justice

January 2011

Angeline M. Barrett and Leon Tikly (guest editors)

Special Issue of International Journal of Educational Development 31 (1)

Social justice, capabilities and the quality of education in low income countries

January 2011

Leon Tikly, Angeline M. Barrett

International Journal of Educational Development. 41 (1). DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2010.06.001

Educational and indigenous justice in Africa

January 2011

Sheila Aikman

International Journal of Educational Development. 31 (1), pp. 15-22. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2010.05.007

A roadblock to social justice? An analysis and critique of the South African education Roadmap

January 2011

Leon Tikly

International Journal of Educational Development. 31 (1), pp. 86-94. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2010.06.008

The role of forms of family capital in children’s engagement with primary school: Implications for poverty alleviation through education in Tanzania

January 2011

Aneth Komba

PhD Thesis Abstract. International Journal of Educational Development 31 (1), p. 95. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2010.06.003

A Framework for Understanding Education Quality in Low Income Countries (182.1 kB)

November 2010

Leon Tikly

This presentation sets out EdQual's framework for analysing quality.

Modelling School Effectiveness and Education Quality in the Southern African Context (819.8 kB)

November 2010

Michèle C. Smith

This presentation looks at the SACMEQ II data set focussing on background, context and school processes to explain the unaccounted for score variation between schools in the SACMEQ six low income large population group.

Overview of EdQual Research and Key Policy Messages (495.2 kB)

November 2010

Leon Tikly

This presentation provides a brief introduction to EdQual's research and key policy messages from the last five years.

School level initiatives to improve education quality for disadvantaged learners (539.3 kB)

November 2010

George Oduro and Mike Fertig

This presentation discusses measures that can be taken at a school level to enhance the quality of education provided. It looks at case studies and examples to show the importance of capacity building and community involvement to education at the local level.

Exploring Gender Equitable Quality Education (299.3 kB)

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.

Accessible textbooks for learning in a European language in Africa (175.2 kB)

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.

Language of instruction and quality of learning (186.0 kB)

November 2010

John Clegg

This presentation argues that teachers provide a more effective pedagogy when using their first language (L1). It demonstrates how reading, writing and speaking suffer when lessons are conducted in a second language (L2)

Primary School Leadership for Education Quality (1.2 MB)

November 2010

George Oduro and Mike Fertig

This presentation looks at work carried out through an action research methodology that shows how an enhanced leadership role for headteachers can dramatically improve school and education quality.

The Case for Longitudinal Datasets (158.2 kB)

November 2010

Sally Thomas and Massoud Salim

This presentation looks at the disadvantages of traditional measurements of quality and makes the case for a longitudinal or 'value added' approach.

WP 27: Towards a framework for understanding the quality of education. (951.5 kB)

November 2010

Leon Tikly

This working paper sets out the evolution of the overall approach and framework for researching the quality of education in Africa.

PB 10: A good quality education arises from interaction between three enabling environments: policy, the school, and the home and community. (540.5 kB)

November 2010

Professor Leon Tikly.

This policy brief establishes a model for good quality education. It prioritises context in any situation but suggests that quality education arises from interaction between three key environments.

PB 9: Quality Early Childhood Care and Education helps provide the best start for young lives. (565.7 kB)

November 2010

Dr Rita Chawla-Duggan with Dr Kafui Etsey and Professor Vrinda Datta

This policy brief looks at research that shows early childhood care and education to be a significant factor in tackling wider issues of inclusion and equality. However it argues that there is still some way to go in developing adequate links between early childhood care and further education.

WP 26: International Partnerships, collaboration and capacity building in educational research: The EdQual experience. (563.5 kB)

November 2010

Angeline M. Barrett, Michael Crossley & Hillary A. Dachi

This article reflects critically on the experience of a research consortium made up of academic institutions in UK and sub-Saharan Africa. It analyses participation in setting the research agenda, distribution of leadership and forms of capacity building within the consortium.

PB 6: Primary School Leadership for Quality Improvement in Ghana and Tanzania. (696.4 kB)

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.

WP 25: Teaching and Learning in two languages in African classrooms. (565.0 kB)

November 2010

John Clegg and Oksana Afitska.

This working paper investigates the practices that emerge in teachers who are trying to provide a bilingual education in the absence of central planning and organisation.

Levelling the Playing Fields Whilst Moving the Goal Posts: Changing Discourses on Race in Apartheid Education Policy?

August 2010

Leon Tikly

In Criticos, C., Deacon, R. & Hemson, C (Eds.), Education: Reshaping the Boundaries. University of Natal, pp11-28. Not available online.

‘Writing a History of the Present’: Changing discourses of ‘self’ and ‘other’ in South African education policy (375.5 kB)

June 2010

Leon Tikly

Paper presented at XIV World Congress, World Council of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES): 'Bordering, re-bordering and new possibilities in education and society'. Istanbul, 14-18 June 2010.

Closing the Quality Gap in South African Education? An Analysis and Critique of the Education Roadmap (783.2 kB)

June 2010

Leon Tikly

Paper presented at XIV World Congress, World Council of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES): 'Bordering, re-bordering and new possibilities in education and society'. Istanbul, 14-18 June 2010.

WP 22: Applying the Capability Approach to School Improvement Interventions in Tanzania (476.4 kB)

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.

Education Quality: Research Priorities and Approaches in the Global Era

April 2010

Angeline M.Barrett, Leon Tikly

In Dimitris Mattheou (Ed.) Changing Educational Landscapes: Educational policies, schooling systems and Higher Education – a Comparative Perspective. Dordrecht: Springer. pp. 185-206.

Conceptualizing Education Quality: Towards an EdQual Framework (2.3 MB)

February 2010

Leon Tikly, Angeline M. Barrett

Presentation to CLIO seminar, Graduate School of Education, University of Bristol, 24 February.

Globalisation and the Quest for Social Justice in African Education

November 2009

Leon Tikly

In M. Simons, M. Olssen & M. Peters (Eds.), Re-Reading Education Policies: a Handbook Studying the Policy Agenda of the 21st Century. Sense Publishers. pp 121-152.

WP 19: Education and indigenous justice in Africa (475.0 kB)

September 2009

Sheila Aikman

This working paper examines how indigenous peoples in Africa are re-defining education through strategies aimed at recognition of rights and social justice, showing their attempts to define and achieve a quality education relevant and meaningful to their lives which could reframe education for the benefit of all learners.

WP 18: Social justice, capabilities and the quality of education in low income countries (642.9 kB)

September 2009

Leon Tikly, Angeline M. Barrett

This working paper critiques the human capital and human rights approaches framing debates on education quality in low income countries, setting out an alternative theoretical approach for understanding this from a social justice perspective, drawing on the ideas of Fraser and Sen on social justice and capabilities.

Talking of fabric: a multi-dimensional model of quality in education

June 2009

Jutta Nikel, John Lowe

Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education 40 (5), pp. 589-605.

WP 13: The education millennium development goal beyond 2015: prospects for quality and learners (600.9 kB)

March 2009

Angeline M. Barrett

This working paper critiques a 2006 proposal by three World Bank economists for a Millennium Learning Goal (MLG) to replace the education Millennium Development Goal (MDG) from the perspective of education quality. It raises six main criticisms of that specific proposal, suggesting any MLG would need cautious formulation.

Social Justice in African Education in the Age of Globalisation

December 2008

Leon Tikly, Hillary Dachi.

In W. Ayers, T. Quinn, & D. Stoval (Eds.), Handbook of Social Justice and Education. New York and London: Routledge. pp. 120-137.

From enrolment to learning goal: what are the prospects for quality? (1.1 MB)

November 2008

Angeline M. Barrett

Presentation to the Unesco Centre for Comparative Education Research, School of Education, University of Nottingham 4 November 2008 and the Centre for International and Comparative Studies, Graduate School of Education, University of Bristol, 27 November 2008.

Impossible pedagogies? Quality teaching and learning in SSA at a time of expansion (538.1 kB)

January 2008

Angeline M. Barrett

Presentation at University of Sussex, 28 January 2008.

WP 11: Initiatives to improve the quality of teaching and learning: a review of recent literature (614.1 kB)

October 2007

Angeline M. Barrett, Sajid Ali, John Clegg, J.Enrique Hinostroza, John Lowe, Jutta Nikel, Mario Novelli, George Oduro, Mario Pillay, Leon Tikly & Guoxing Yu

This working paper reviews recent literature on teaching and learning process quality in schools in low income countries, illustrated in initiatives to improve this. It focuses on three key areas: meeting diverse learners’ needs; curriculum change trends; enabling teachers, including teaching and learning resource provision.

Education Quality: Research Priorities and Approaches in the Global Era (74.6 kB)

September 2007

Leon Tikly, Angeline M. Barrett

Paper presented at 9th UKFIET Conference, 11-13 September 2007: Going for Growth: School, Community, Economy, Nation Symposium: Going for Growth: Researching Improved Access, Quality and Outcomes.

WP 10: Education quality: research priorities and approaches in the global era (591.1 kB)

September 2007

Leon Tikly, Angeline M. Barrett

This working paper outlines the approach and rationale underpinning EdQual's research programme. It critiques mainstream conceptualisations of quality, developing a rich, contextualised understanding of what counts as education quality that is influenced by critical theory, postcolonial theory and political economy.

Improving Learner Outcomes: Quality Issues (96.3 kB)

February 2007

Leon Tikly

Presentation made to DFID in 2007.

Children's learner identity as key to quality primary education: eight case studies of schooling in India today

January 2007

Rita Chawla Duggan

Ceredigion/ New York: Edwin Mellen Press

What does education quality mean for low income countries? (335.3 kB)

November 2006

Jutta Nikel, Angeline Barrett

Presentation to EdQual/ ICS seminar.

Improving Education Quality (38.9 kB)

November 2006

Leon Tikly

Article published in RE:search - University of Bristol Research Journal.

Quality education as the key for poor families and communities? (49.1 kB)

May 2006

Leon Tikly

Article published in NORRAG News (Network for Policy Research Review and Advice on Education and Training). No. 37 May 2006.

WP 3: The concept of quality in education: a review of the 'international' literature on the concept of quality in education (543.7 kB)

January 2006

Angeline M. Barrett, Rita Chawla-Duggan, John Lowe, Jutta Nikel, Eugenia Ukpo

This working paper reviews key documents influencing the understanding of educational quality in low income countries amongst international agencies and researchers based in Anglophone countries, identifying five recurring dimensions of quality in the debate: effectiveness, efficiency, equality, relevance & sustainability.

WP 2: Research on the quest for education quality indicators: issues, discourse and methodology (434.9 kB)

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.

WP 1: A review of the concept of quality in education: perspectives from Ghana (614.9 kB)

December 2005

Yaw A. Ankomah, Janet A. Koomson, Rosemary S. Bosu with George K.T. Oduro

This working paper reviews literature on education quality from Ghana, as well as from elsewhere in Africa, Europe and the US. It particularly focuses on definitions, dimensions and indicators of education quality, and provides examples of successful education quality initiatives in Ghana.

International Perspectives on Quality Education (79.0 kB)

November 2005

Angeline Barrett, John Lowe, Jutta Nikel with Rita Chawla-Duggan, Eugenia Ukpo & Guoxing Yu

Presentation.

Thesis abstract - Aneth Komba (43.3 kB)

July 2010