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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

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

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.

'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.

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.

Gender and mathematics education in Pakistan: a situation analysis

January 2010

Anjum Halai

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Improving Education Quality (38.9 kB)

November 2006

Leon Tikly

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

EdQual - summary of the research programme

November 2006

Angeline Barrett

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

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.

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.