Tich Me Ar Tich Dem — Inception Report

Resource type
Report
Authors/contributors
Title
Tich Me Ar Tich Dem — Inception Report
Abstract
Our research addresses the Sierra Leonean government’s need to optimise and validate an effective model for in-service TPD. As noted, a distributed TPD model is favoured (building on the World Bank’s Free Education project and the Sierra Leone Education Attendance Monitoring System (SLEAMS), using a ‘one-tablet-per-school’ (OTPS) model). Evidence indicates that this low-tech approach to TPD can improve learning outcomes in emergencies (⇡Haßler, et al., 2019). In contrast, COVID-19 interventions that focus on ‘remote learning for children’ are catastrophically failing (⇡Asadullah, 2020; ⇡Asanov, et al., 2020; ⇡BRAC, 2020; ⇡Le Nestour, et al., 2020; ⇡Uwezo Kenya, 2020). Our research provides crucial and timely evidence to shore up current government plans for a scalable, effective TPD intervention. Our research identifies whether this TPD model addresses the needs of rural / disadvantaged teachers. Our study focuses on a sample of teachers and students from schools in rural / semi-rural areas to understand whether and how school-based TPD initiatives promote student learning (as an alternative to traditional centralised and cascade models). Such traditional models are severely disrupted by COVID-19, highlighting our study’s relevance to education continuity in emergencies.
Report Number
1
Report Type
Tich Me Ar Tich Dem Output
Place
Freetown, Sierra Leone
Institution
OpenDevEd
Date
2022-01-01
Language
en
Call Number
0269
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Extra
DOI: 10.53832/opendeved.0269 ZenodoArchiveID: 6335781 ZenodoArchiveConcept: 6335780
Citation
Haßler, B., Lurvink, A.-F., Beoku-Betts, I., McBurnie, C., Adam, T., & Blower, T. (2022). Tich Me Ar Tich Dem — Inception Report (Tich Me Ar Tich Dem Output No. 1). OpenDevEd. https://doi.org/10.53832/opendeved.0269
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