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PB 11: Longitudinal data sets in education (342.5 kB)

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.

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

International collaboration and research capacity building: learning from the EdQual experience

February 2011

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

Comparative Education 47 (1), pp. 67-77. DOI: 10.1080/03050068.2011.541674

Conceptualising gender equality in research on education quality

February 2011

Sheila Aikman, Anjum Halai & Jolly Rubagiza

Comparative Education 47 (1), pp. 45-60. DOI: 10.1080/03050068.2011.541675

Teaching and learning in two languages in African classrooms

February 2011

John Clegg & Oksana Afitska

Comparative Education 47 (1), pp. 61-77. DOI: 10.1080/03050068.2011.541677

Which in- and out-of-school factors explain variations in learning across different socio-economic groups? Findings from South Africa

February 2011

Michèle C. Smith

Comparative Education 47 (1), pp. 79-102. DOI: 10.1080/03050068.2011.541678

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

Capabilities for learning to read: An investigation of social and economic effects for Grade 6 learners in Southern and East Africa

January 2011

Michèle Smith, Angeline M. Barrett

International Journal of Educational Development. 31 (1), pp. 23-36. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2010.06.006

Introducing ICT into schools in Rwanda: Educational challenges and opportunities

January 2011

Jolly Rubagiza, Edmond Were, Rosamund Sutherland

International Journal of Educational Development. 31 (1), pp. 37-43. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2010.06.004

Equality or equity: Gender awareness issues in secondary schools in Pakistan

January 2011

Anjum Halai

International Journal of Educational Development 31 (1), pp. 44-49. DOI:10.1016/j.ijedudev.2010.06.012

Inclusion in education: A step towards social justice

January 2011

Filiz Polat

International Journal of Educational Development. 31 (1), pp. 50-58. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2010.06.009

School building design for feeding programmes and community outreach: Insights from Ghana and South Africa

January 2011

Ola Uduku

International Journal of Educational Development 31 (1), pp. 59-66. doi:10.1016/j.ijedudev.2010.06.005

School leadership and social justice: Evidence from Ghana and Tanzania

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

A three-tier citizenship: Can the state in Tanzania guarantee linguistic human rights?

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

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 study of early literacy classroom interaction in rural Tanzania: Cases of Ruvuma and Coast regions

January 2011

Gastor Mapunda

PhD Thesis Abstract. International Journal of Educational Development. 31 (1), P.96. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2010.06.002

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.

Using ICT to Support Science and Mathematics Education in Rwanda (625.9 kB)

November 2010

Alphonse Uworwabayeho, Paul Denley and Rosamund Sutherland

This presentation looks at the 'one student, one laptop' programme in Rwanda and discusses its effectiveness in teaching science and mathematics in schools.

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.

PB 8: Research Capacity Building: Learning from the EdQual RPC. (536.8 kB)

November 2010

Dr. Angeline Barrett, Professor Michael Crossley and Dr. Hillary Dachi.

This policy brief looks at the work of EdQual as a large research consortia and uses it to demonstrate how such a project can create new opportunities for Southern research engagement and leadership, ensuring that research meets southern knowledge needs and building capacity as an integral part of the research process.

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 7: Promoting Inclusive Education in Papua New Guinea (PNG). (1.5 MB)

November 2010

Guy Le Fanu.

This policy brief looks at the introduction of a new ‘inclusive’ national curriculum in Papua New Guinea. It links to research that suggests that the new agenda has not changed teaching or learning practice in rural or remote schools.

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.

WP 24: Which in and out of school factors explain variations in learning across different socio economic groups? Findings from South Africa. (1.1 MB)

November 2010

Michèle Smith

The work presented here investigates which pupil background, school context and school resources (human and physical) factors affect individual pupil academic attainment by concentrating on developing separate multi-level models for individual learners of similar socio-economic status.

PB 5: Leadership and Management of Change for Quality Improvement - Ghana (481.2 kB)

October 2010

Dr. George K.T. Oduro and Dr. Rosemary Bosu.

This policy brief cites survey data to suggest that head teachers in Ghana see themselves more as administrators rather than those responsible for change. The brief recommends that head teachers should be encouraged to act as leaders and evaluators in order to increase efficiency and make the promotion of learning the pivotal point of school activity.

PB 4: Primary School Leadership for Education Quality in Tanzania (592.9 kB)

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.

PB 3: Using ICT to Support Science and Mathematics Education in Rwanda (513.8 kB)

September 2010

Rosamund Sutherland, with input from the Use of ICT Project Team

This policy brief suggests investment in ICT in Rwandan schools will only impact on education quality if young people are allowed student-centred, hands-on learning with ICT, and teacher professional development is key. Teacher professional development networks should be promoted, building on the model developed in the EdQual project.

PB 2: Language of Instruction and Quality of Learning in Tanzania and Ghana (366.7 kB)

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.

PB 1: Determinants of Primary Students' Attainment in Africa (994.3 kB)

September 2010

Angeline Barrett, Michelle Smith

This policy brief suggests targeted investment, basic learning resources and skilled school leadership are key in addressing primary attainment in Africa. It draws on EdQual research using data on 17,000 pupils and their teachers in 1000 primary schools across six countries in East and Southern Africa that identified factors in and out of school affecting pupil scores in reading and maths tests.

Thesis abstract - Jolly Rubagiza (5.0 kB)

August 2010

PhD Thesis Abstract for Jolly Rubagiza. August 2010.

Thesis abstract - Alphonse Uwowabayeho (180.7 kB)

August 2010

PhD Thesis Abstract for Alphonse Uwowabayeho, August 2010.

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.

Thesis abstract - Mike Mhlolo (38.5 kB)

August 2010

PhD Thesis Abstract for Mike Mhlolo, August 2010.

WP 23: Social and economic effects on primary pupils' reading achievement: findings from Southern and East Africa (1.0 MB)

July 2010

Michèle Smith, Angeline M. Barrett

This working paper investigates what material resources in the home and social influences give primary school students an advantage in learning to read by analysing data collected by the Southern and East African Consortium for Monitoring Education Quality (SACMEQ) in six low income countries and four small middle income states.

Primary school quality for different socio-economic groups: findings from South Africa? (558.2 kB)

June 2010

Michele Smith

Presentation at the Graduate School of Education, University of Bristol. 22 June 2010.

‘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.

Researching the Quality of Education in Low Income Countries: Issues of theory and method (555.4 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.

New Possibilities for International Partnerships, Collaboration and Capacity Building in Educational Research (187.0 kB)

June 2010

Angeline M. Barrett, Michael Crossley, Hillary Dachi

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.

'Researching quality across borders: the EdQual experience' (72.2 kB)

June 2010

Rita Chawla Duggan, Angeline Barrett

Proposal for Symposium on Theme: Demystifying Quality in Education at the 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.

Tackling barriers to education caused by attitudes towards inclusion in Tanzania

June 2010

Filiz Polat

Education Insights: Research Findings for Development Policymakers and practitioners, June, Issue 81, p.4.

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.

Thesis abstract - Gastor Mapunda (23.5 kB)

April 2010

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.

Gender and mathematics education in Pakistan: a situation analysis

January 2010

Anjum Halai

Montana Mathematics Enthusiast, vol 17 (1), pp. 47-62

WP 21: Leadership and management of change for quality improvement: baseline study in selected districts of Tanzania mainland (1.2 MB)

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.

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.

Teachers' innovative change within countrywide reform: a case study in Rwanda (158.6 kB)

October 2009

Alphonse Uworwabayeho

Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education Volume 12 (5) pp. 315-324

Communications Strategy: 2009 (610.3 kB)

September 2009

Latest version of EdQual RPC's communications strategy.

WP 20: Designing and planning schools for pre-school feeding programmes in Africa: a continental success story? (965.5 kB)

September 2009

Ola Uduku

This working paper considers if the infrastructure and associated resources used to deliver pre-school feeding schemes in primary schools in South Africa and Ghana are adequate. Two case studies are presented, and it considers their achievements and potential to develop them to enhance education quality and equity.

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.

Teachers' use of language in teaching mathematics in basic schools in Cape Coast, Ghana. (188.8 kB)

September 2009

Alfred Ampah–Mensah

Presentation at BAAL Conference, Newcastle, September 4.

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.

WP 17: School leadership and social justice: evidence from Ghana and Tanzania (763.9 kB)

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.

WP 16: Inclusive education: a step towards social justice (517.6 kB)

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.

Annual Report to DIFD 2008/2009 (316.7 kB)

September 2009

Abbreviated version of EdQual RPC's Annual Report to DFID 2008-2009 for public circulation.

WP 15: Bridging the digital divide? Educational challenges and opportunities in Rwanda (475.6 kB)

September 2009

Edmond Were, Jolly Rubagiza, Rosamund Sutherland

This working paper argues that, despite efforts to provide Rwandan teachers, learners and communities with opportunities to take advantage of ICT’s potential, increasing numbers of people in some social groups subsist outside the knowledge society. Reducing this digital divide needs recognition of the challenges these groups face.

WP 14: Comparative perspectives in creating gender awareness: Stories from Elementary Mathematics Classrooms in Pakistan (555.1 kB)

September 2009

Anjum Halai

This working paper focuses on gender awareness issues as a dimension of addressing education quality in Pakistan from the perspective of social justice. It suggests improvement in curriculum and instruction quality is integral, identifying social justice questions in maths education and making policy and practice recommendations.

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.

The missing ingredient: Headteacher leadership development in Sub-Saharan Africa

April 2009

George Oduro

Paper included in conference book for the event Commonwealth Educational Cooperation: Looking Ahead at 50, University of Oxford. 31 March-1 April 2009. Not available online.

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.

Language education in Africa: can monolingual policies work in multilingual societies?

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.

Quality Matters - Issue 4 (280.3 kB)

February 2009

This issue of EdQual’s newsletter features: measuring and evaluating education quality; education sector professionals’ views about quality; research supporting quality evaluation; approaches to quality evaluation; news from our research projects, including how we are engaging with key stakeholders and communicating our findings.

Case study: ICT and education in Rwanda

February 2009

Alphonse Uworwabayeho, Jolly Rubagiza, Edmond Were, Rosamund Sutherland

In Tim Unwin (ed.) ICT4D: Information and Communication Technology for Development. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 228-229

The politics of language and literacy in Africa: the experience of Tanzania

January 2009

Casmir Rubagumya

In Parry, K (ed) Reading in Africa, Beyond the School. Kampala: Fountain Publishers. pp.11-23.

Overview of the NEPAD e-school initiative in the promotion of community health literacy in African schools

January 2009

Edmond Were

Journal for Science, Technology Education and Management, JSTEM Vol.3, No.2, 2009. ISSN 1991289. Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology. Not available online.

Curriculum Coherence: an analysis of the National Curriculum Statement for Mathematics (NCSM) and the exemplar papers at Further Education and Training (FET) level in South Africa

January 2009

Mike Mhlolo, Hamsa Venkatakrishnan.

2009. African Journal of Research in MST Education 13 (1), pp. 33-49.

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.

Critical reflections from a partnership in progress: The case of EdQual

December 2008

Angeline M. Barrett, with Jolly Rubagiza and Alphonse Uworwabayeho

In Norrag News 41: 76-78.

The New Regionalism in African Education: Possibilities and Limitations for Developing South-South Collaboration

December 2008

Leon Tikly, Hillary Dachi

In Chisholm, L. & Steiner-Khamsi, G (Eds.), South-South Co-operation and Transfer in Education and Development. Teachers College Press.

Communications Strategy: 2008 (229.4 kB)

November 2008

2008 version of EdQual RPC's communications strategy.

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.

Annual Report to DFID 2007/2008 (185.9 kB)

November 2008

Abbreviated version of EdQual RPC's Annual Report to DFID 2007-2008 for public circulation.

Ghana News Issue 2: The Headteacher as Action Researcher: a tool for quality education (79.6 kB)

September 2008

This issue of the newsletter produced by our partners in Ghana reports on a three-day workshop organised by EdQual (Ghana) at the Sasakawa center, University of Cape Coast, which aimed at equipping headteachers with skills to enhance learning outcomes through action research and school self-evaluation.

"Many Headteachers Lack Training" (269.6 kB)

September 2008

Article in Daily Graphic, Ghana.

Thesis abstract - Alfred Ampah Mensah (66.5 kB)

August 2008

PhD Thesis Abstract.

EdQual Ethical Guidelines (37.6 kB)

June 2008

EdQual: Research Ethics in International Collaborative and Participatory Research. June 2008.

Proposal (revised): School Effectiveness and Education Quality in East and Southern Africa (SeeQ) (253.5 kB)

April 2008

Proposal for EdQual's SeeQ project, as revised April 2008.

Quality Matters - Issue 3 (510.4 kB)

March 2008

This issue of EdQual’s newsletter features: reports on quality school buildings, comparison of research and experience on school effectiveness, how ICT can support teachers, improving classroom communication, promoting participation in science teaching, the 2008 EFA monitoring report, and communications methods to reach broad audiences.

Brochure - EdQual RPC (275.3 kB)

February 2008

Brochure publicising the RPC's work and giving contact details for all partner countries.

WP 12: Teacher Empowerment through collaborative action research: concepts, possibilities and challenges (462.4 kB)

February 2008

Anjum Halai, with Sherwin Rodrigues & Tauseef Akhlaq

This working paper focuses on collaborative action research (CAR) as an approach to teacher empowerment, and issues emerging from experiences with CAR in Pakistan in EdQual’s Implementing Curriculum Change project. Field evidence shows CAR is an ethically and technically sound approach to knowledge generation and change.

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.

Ghana News Issue 1: Achieving Quality in Education: The Voices of Primary Heads (86.5 kB)

November 2007

This issue of the newsletter produced by our partners in Ghana reports on the findings from two parallel needs analysis workshops held in Tamale and Cape Coast aimed at exploring voices of heads themselves on their vision, roles, challenges and what quality in education really means to them.

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.

Measuring school quality: developing a model of school effectiveness in sub-Saharan Africa (719.3 kB)

September 2007

Guoxing Yu, Sally Thomas, Angeline. M. Barrett.

Paper presented at 9th UKFIET Conference, University of Oxford, 11-13 September 2007.

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.

Communications Strategy: 2007 (269.7 kB)

September 2007

2007 version of EdQual RPC's communications strategy.

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.

WP 9: Examining educational leadership and quality in developing countries (605.1 kB)

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.

WP 8: The range and extent of school effects in SACMEQ II school systems (1.2 MB)

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.

Annual Report to DFID 2006/2007 (312.4 kB)

September 2007

Abbreviated version of EdQual RPC's Annual Report to DFID 2006-2007 for public circulation.

RPC poster (248.8 kB)

July 2007

Promotional poster for RPC from 2007.

WP 7: Research evidence of school effectiveness in Sub-Saharan Africa (939.8 kB)

July 2007

Guoxing Yu

This working paper discusses the history and insights of school effectiveness research (SER) from both developed and developing countries. It raises the importance of context in understanding indicator transferability, and outlines the potential contribution to SER knowledge from EdQual’s SeeQ project.

Quality Matters - Issue 2 (325.8 kB)

June 2007

This issue of EdQual’s newsletter features: the meaning of ‘learner-centred’; report on a headteachers’ workshop on child-friendly school environments; news from our research projects; reviews of the 2007 EFA Global Monitoring Report and an evaluation of World Bank support to primary education; and education quality events.

WP 6: Implementing Curriculum Change: Literature Reviews; South Africa, Rwanda and Pakistan (979.3 kB)

June 2007

R.Barwell, K.Bishop, S.Erduran, A.Halai, D.Iyamuremye, T.Nyabanyaba, N.F.Rizvi, S.Rodrigues, J.Rubagiza, A.Uworwabayeho

This working paper reviews literature in South Africa, Rwanda and Pakistan on curriculum change, gender equity and poverty alleviation, including: curriculum change for education quality; improving maths & science teaching, learning, and teacher education; improving gender equity; empowering learners, educators & communities.

Workshop report: Effective Leadership: the Driving Force of Quality Basic Education (Leadership & Management of Change) (115.7 kB)

March 2007

Report on workshops held concurrently in Tamale and Cape Coast, Ghana, 24-29 March 2007, to understand leadership activities performed by primary school headteachers and how they promote quality education in Ghana.

Workshop report: Headteachers and Ward Education Coordinators Needs Analysis (Leadership & Management of Change) (388.1 kB)

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.

Improving Learner Outcomes: Quality Issues (96.3 kB)

February 2007

Leon Tikly

Presentation made to DFID in 2007.

WP 5: A three-tier citizenship: can the state in Tanzania guarantee linguistic human rights? (442.4 kB)

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.

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

Ethics Dilemmas in Qualitative Research

December 2006

Anjum Halai

HEC News and Views. Monthly magazine of the Higher Education Commission Pakistan.

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.

Communications Strategy: 2006 (415.4 kB)

November 2006

2006 version of EdQual RPC's communications strategy.

Annual Report to DFID 2005/2006 (71.4 kB)

November 2006

Abbreviated version of EdQual RPC's Annual Report to DFID 2005-2006 for public circulation.

WP 4: Ethics in qualitative research: issues and challenge (315.1 kB)

November 2006

Anjum Halai

This working paper identifies five key principles of ethical research around consent, confidentiality, anonymity, harm and reciprocity, discussing their application in EdQual’s project Implementing Curriculum Change, and reflecting on issues of power, empowerment and ownership in such participatory action research.

EdQual - summary of the research programme

November 2006

Angeline Barrett

UKFIET Newsletter Issue 4, November 2006. p.4.

Quality Matters - Issue 1 (748.9 kB)

October 2006

This issue of EdQual's newsletter features: a welcome from EdQual’s director and an introduction to the EdQual team; news and events from our research projects and partner institutions; and report on the views of stakeholders gathered in initial ICT project work visiting selected primary and secondary schools in Rwanda.

Proposal: Leadership and Management of Change for Quality Improvement (179.6 kB)

October 2006

Proposal for EdQual's Leadership and Management of Change project.

Proposal: The Use of ICT to Support Basic Education in Disadvantaged Schools and Communities in Low Income Countries (148.4 kB)

October 2006

Proposal for EdQual's ICT project.

Proposal: Improving Language and Literacy in Low Income Countries for Quality Education (133.2 kB)

October 2006

Proposal for EdQual's Language and Literacy project.

Workshop report: Immersion in Schools in Rwanda (ICT) (473.6 kB)

May 2006

Report on workshop on Immersion in the Schools of Rwanda as part of the EdQual project Use of ICT to Support Basic Education in Disadvantaged Schools and Communities in Low Income Countries. Held 15-23 May 2006.

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.

Capacity Strengthening and Evaluation Within International Research Collaboration (151.5 kB)

January 2006

Prof Michael Crossley

Consultation paper prepared for EdQual RPC.

RPC presentation 2006 (273.2 kB)

January 2006

Revised version of promotional poster presentation for EdQual RPC presented to Graduate School of Education, University of Bristol in 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.

RPC presentation 2005 (256.6 kB)

December 2005

Promotional poster presentation for EdQual RPC from project inception phase - presented to Graduate School of Education, University of Bristol in 2005.

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.

Synthesis of Reports of National Consultative Workshops in Africa (275.6 kB)

November 2005

Synthesis of reports from four national consultative workshops in EdQual's African partner countries held in November 2005.

Moving towards Bilingual Education in Africa (80.8 kB)

October 2005

John Clegg

Paper in H.Coleman (ed) 2007. Language and Development: Africa and Beyond: edited proceedings from the 7th International Language and Development Conference, Addis Ababa, 26-28 October 2005.

"Bristol to help Africa" (175.5 kB)

October 2005

Announcement of the RPC and its links with Bristol/Africa in THES, UK.

Thesis abstract - Aneth Komba (43.3 kB)

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