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  • Community Schools in Africaby

    Springer-Verlag New York Inc 2007; US$ 64.99

    Draws 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...

  • Language, Literacy, and Learning in Primary Schoolsby Olatunde A. Adekola

    World Bank Publications 2007; US$ 9.99

    Language, 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...

  • Developing the Workforce, Shaping the Futureby Sajitha Bashir

    World Bank Publications 2009; US$ 14.99

    With challenges similar to those faced by a number of low income countries, Madagascar faces critical policy choices with respect to post-basic education. Enrolment ratios in senior secondary education and tertiary education are 10 percent and 3 percent, respectively, among the lowest in the world. Critical skill shortages and pervasive inequities... more...

  • Whose Education For All?by Birgit Brock-Utne

    Taylor and Francis 2000; US$ 145.00

    Since 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...

  • Rise and Fall of Fu Ren University, Beijingby John S. Chen

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 176.00

    This new book tells the story of the rise and fall of Fu Ren University (1925-1952) and provides an analysis of a key Catholic higher education institution in China. more...

  • Confucianism, Colonialism, and the Cold Warby Grace Ai-Ling Chou

    BRILL 2011; US$ 144.00

    By tracing the history of Hong Kong?s New Asia College from its 1949 establishment through its 1963 incorporation into The Chinese University of Hong Kong, this study examines the interaction of colonial, communist, and cultural forces on the Chinese periphery. more...

  • Constancy of Purposeby Dafydd Emrys Evans

    Hong Kong University Press 1987; US$ 43.00

    This 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...

  • Higher Education in Francophone Africaby Pierre Antoine Gioan

    World Bank Publications 2008; US$ 9.99

    For more than a decade, higher education and research in the French-speaking countries of Africa has been in a state of severe crisis, stemming from an increasing disparity between available resources and the requirements vital to providing high-quality education. This paper seeks to: 1) highlight the factors which have led to the development of this... more...

  • Checheby Karim F. Hirji

    Mkuki na Nyota Publishers 2010; US$ 29.95

    Cheche, a radical, socialist student magazine at the University of Dares Salaam, first came out in 1969. Featuring incisive analyses of key societal issues by prominent progressives, it gained national and international recognition in a short while. Because it was independent of authority, and spoke without fear or favor, it was banned after just a... more...

  • Information and Communication Technologies for Development in Africa - Volume 3by Tina James

    International Development Research Centre 2004; US$ 30.00

    This volume documents the processes used, and institutions created, to bring computers and connectivity into schools, as a means of enhancing the use and integration of ICTs in teaching and learning. A range of project, administrative, and cultural settings are explored as are a wide variety of technical solutions. more...