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Community Schools: Setting the Scene
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Jones, Chris – Peabody Journal of Education, 2020
In at least 55 countries worldwide, from, India to Canada, Russia to New Zealand, and Egypt to South Africa, Community, Schools are being developed. The International Centre of Excellence for Community Schools (ICECS) is a new non-government organization (NGO) established with funding from C. S. Mott Foundation, which is developing actual and…
Descriptors: Community Schools, Institutional Characteristics, Educational Quality, Educational Development
Responses to Cultural Diversity in Botswana's Schools: Links between National Policy, School Actions and Students' Civic Equality
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Mulimbi, Bethany; Dryden-Peterson, Sarah – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2018
This article examines nation state policies that have prioritized toleration of diversity over recognition through comparative case studies of three junior secondary schools in Botswana. Through data collected in observations, focus groups, interviews and participatory action research, we demonstrate how the schools, which varied in the ethnic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Diversity, Educational Policy, Equal Education
The Small State, Markets and Tertiary Education Reform in a Globalised Knowledge Economy: Decoding Policy Texts in Botswana's Tertiary Education Reform
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Polelo, Mompati Mino – Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 2009
A number of global discourses have gained currency in national education policies. The need to reform education systems is coated in economic terms, the rationale of which is efficiency, productivity and competitiveness. Education is assigned the task of producing a competitive workforce in the global market. In these reforms, education is…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Political Attitudes, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
The Expansion of Mass Education in Botswana: Local and World Society Perspectives.
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Meyer, John W.; And Others – Comparative Education Review, 1993
Adoption of Western notions of society, state, and the individual has made educational expansion and modernization an important goal for both local people and elites in Botswana. The rapidity of change resembles that in other developing nations but has been facilitated particularly by Botswana's history, location, and recent mineral discoveries.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adoption (Ideas), Educational Attitudes, Educational Change
Voices of Authority: Education and Linguistic Difference. Contemporary Studies in Linguistics and Education, Volume 1.
Heller, Monica, Ed.; Martin-Jones, Marilyn, Ed. – 2001
Chapters in this volume include the following: "Co-Constructing School Safetime: Safetalk Practices in Peruvian and South African Classrooms" (Nancy H. Hornberger, J. Keith Chick); "Codeswitching and Collusion: Classroom Interaction in Botswana Primary Schools" (Jo Arthur); "Language and Educational Inequality in Primary…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Cultural Maintenance, Educational Policy
Teaching and Researching Language in African Classrooms.
Rubagumya, Casmir M., Ed. – 1994
A collection of papers focuses on research perspectives and educational policy and practice concerning language in Africa. Articles include: "Language Policy in Tanzania and the Hidden Agenda" (Rehema Rajabu, Deo Ngonyani); "The Post-Primary Swahilisation Scheme in Tanzania: From Debate to Struggle" (Hermas Mwansoko);…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, Code Switching (Language)
Towards a Transformative Political Economy of Adult Education: Theoretical and Practical Challenges.
Wangoola, Paul, Ed.; Youngman, Frank, Ed. – 1996
This book contains 15 chapters, some of which are based on papers presented at an international workshop in Africa that brought together a diverse group of participants who shared a commitment to adult education for social transformation. The papers are organized in six sections. Following the first section, "A Transformative Political…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Community Change, Community Education