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Patricia Wanjiku Mbugua – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Kenya has experienced a positive trajectory in its educational system since independence in 1963 (Oyugi, 2011). However, the area of special education as pertains to teacher preparation continues to be an area that needs further research and exploration (MoHEST, 2012). The purpose of this study was to explore education of students with…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Elementary School Students, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries
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Armstrong, Paula – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2015
This research makes use of hierarchical linear modelling to investigate which teacher characteristics are significantly associated with student performance. Using data from the SACMEQ III study of 2007, an interesting and potentially important finding is that younger teachers are better able to improve the mean mathematics performance of their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Characteristics, Academic Achievement, Hierarchical Linear Modeling
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Murphy, Patricia; Wolfenden, Freda – International Journal of Educational Development, 2013
The TESSA (teacher education in sub Saharan Africa) programme aims to improve teacher education at scale by developing open educational resources (OER) that allow sustainable and locally managed pedagogical change in higher education institutions and schools. The article offers a sociocultural theoretical rationale for the pedagogy of mutuality…
Descriptors: Organizational Change, Students, Teaching Methods, Teacher Education