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Language, Literacy, and Learning in Primary Schools
World Bank Publications 2007; US$ 9.99Language, Literacy, and Learning in Primary Schools is a synthesis of the findings arising from four years of policy research and development in Nigeria's primary schools that focused on the gap between what teachers should know and be able to do, and the realities of teaching and learning in classrooms. It begins by critically examining the outcomes... more...
Constancy of Purpose
Hong Kong University Press 1987; US$ 43.00This volume relates the development of the Faculty from its beginnings and commemorates the establishment of one of the oldest and most reputable medical schools in South East Asia. more...
Community Schools in Africa
Springer-Verlag New York Inc 2007; US$ 64.99Draws on Save the Children's experience with community-based schooling in four countries: Ethiopia, Malawi, Mali, and Uganda. This book fills a big gap in the education literature and is particularly timely, given the emphasis on decentralization and community involvement in education. more...
At the Crossroads
World Bank Publications 2008; US$ 24.99Expanded access to and improved quality of secondary education in Sub-Saharan Africa are key ingredients for economic growth in the region. This Secondary Education in Africa (SEIA) synthesis report makes this point by bringing together a significant volume of analytical work sponsored by the World Bank and by many African and international partners.... more...
Gender Equity in Junior and Senior Secondary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa
World Bank Publications 2008; US$ 9.99Evidence of gender inequity and inequality in terms of access, retention and performance in secondary education in Sub-Saharan Africa raises many questions. While transition rates from primary to secondary are higher for girls than boys, and the repetition rates are lower, girls still significantly trail behind boys in terms of secondary GER. This... more...
Dispersal and Renewal
Hong Kong University Press 1998; US$ 38.00In this volume, dedicated to the memory of Hong Kong University students, faculty and members of the Court who lost their lives as a result of hostilities in the Far East during 1941-1945, we ask what happened to the University during those years of Japanese occupation when there was only the shell of a campus left standing on Pokfulam Road. more...
The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong University Press, HKU 1981; US$ 38.00The University of Hong Kong is one of Hong Kongs largest single community enterprises. First incorporated as a self-governing body of scholars by the University Ordinance of 1911 its first faculties were formed from the Hong Kong College of Medicine founded in 1887. The growth and development of the University to its present internationally-recognized... more...
Athens of West Africa
Taylor and Francis 2003; US$ 176.00This book is about Fourah Bay College (FBC) and its role as an institution of higher learning in both its African and international context. The study traces the College's development through periods of missionary education (1816-1876), colonial education (1876-1938), and development education (1938-2001). more...
Nyansapo (The Wisdom Knot)
RoutledgeFalmer 2003; US$ 160.00This study examines the issues of indigenous philosophies, which are embedded in different aspects of the socialization process among the Akan of Ghana. more...
Whose Education For All?
Taylor and Francis 2000; US$ 145.00Since 1990, when the phrase "education for all" was first coined at the World Bank conference in Jomtien, Thailand, a battle has raged over its meaning and its impact on education in Africa. In this thought-provoking new volume, Dr. Brock-Utne argues that "education for all" really means "Western primary schooling for some, and none for others." Her... more...









