Chiefs’ Act - Chapter 128 - Government of Kenya (2012)

Chesterton Tablet Learning Scheme - Evaluation Report - Chesterton Community College (2014)
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ChatGPT’s ability to classify virtual reality studies in cardiology - Nakaya, Yuichiro; Higaki, Akinori; Yamaguchi, Osamu (European Heart Journal - Digital Health, 2023)
We recently published a novel categorization of studies related to virtual reality (VR) in your journal, European Heart Journal—Digital Health.1 Our categorization is based on the usage of VR devices, where type A studies refer to those in which healthcare providers use VR devices and type B studies refer to those in which patients use them. Using this simple definition, we clarified the study trends and characteristics of the two research directions. In this study, we used a classical natural language processing (NLP) methodology, specifically ‘term frequency–inverse document frequency’ to develop an automatic abstract categorizer, which is available as a web application at https://ahigaki-vr-categorizer-str-app-gb1m6v.streamlit.app. Meanwhile, ChatGPT, a conversational artificial intelligence (AI) system launched by OpenAI, has had a significant impact on the field of NLP.2 Several proposed uses of ChatGPT as a scholarly tool, including systematic review literature searches, have already been suggested.3 Therefore, we sought to test whether ChatGPT can also perform the classification task that we previously conducted using traditional NLP methods.

ChatGPT Pricing: How Much Does ChatGPT Cost? - Drapkin, Aaron (Tech.co, 2023)
ChatGPT has lots of different plans, models and services. But how much do they actually cost? We take a closer look.
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ChatGPT Pricing, Explained: Plus & Tokens (2024) - Ch, David (Guides.ai, 2023)
ChatGPT Plus costs $20 per month ($23.80/month for EU + UK). The ChatGPT API costs $0.002 for every 1000 tokens.
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ChatGPT has entered the classroom: how LLMs could transform education - Extance, Andy (Nature, 2023)
Researchers, educators and companies are experimenting with ways to turn flawed but famous large language models into trustworthy, accurate ‘thought partners’ for learning.
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Keywords: Computer science; Education; Machine learning; Mathematics and computing

ChatGPT: Fundamentals, applications and social impacts - Abdullah, Malak; Madain, Alia; Jararweh, Yaser (2022 Ninth International Conference on Social Networks Analysis, Management and Security (SNAMS), 2022)
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Chatbot, the Future of Learning? - Ouatu, Bogdan-Ioan; Gîfu, Daniela (2020)
Our position is that, in order to improve the quality of Romanian education, an intelligent learning system could become a substantial and versatile tool for aiding the achievement of every student’s potential, always aiding and encouraging him/her. The limits of the conventional learning process and mental health are major issues in many education systems. Chatbots are centered on assisting humans in performing their tasks efficiently and require a low amount of digital literacy to interact with. Chatbots have been shown to be effective in the fields of education and well-being. Due to the substantial difference between artificial intelligence technology waves, the interaction process can occur in several ways depending on the communication interface. How can we combine both traditional and automated educational approaches in the digital age? On one hand, an artificial intelligence tutor does not get angry or annoyed explaining the same problem at the student’s discretion and can also function as a personal therapist, while a human professor could be empathic, trying to keep a balanced teaching method adapted to all students.

Chatbot technology: A possible means of unlocking student potential to learn how to learn - Kiptonui, Bii (Educational Research, 2013)
This paper explores the possibility of implementing a constructivist learning environment using chatbot technology as a basis of enabling students acquire global economy and technological information age skills and competencies (21st century skills) within the context of a developing country. The suggested approach is to integrate chatbot technology into the prevailing teaching-learning environment taking into consideration enabling and constraining factors. Social constructivism provides the basis for concretization of this approach, where social interaction plays a fundamental role in the development of cognition, with mediation using cultural tools and scaffolding contributing to the process of learning.
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Chatbot for education system - Hiremath, Guruswami; Hajare, Aishwarya; Bhosale, Priyanka; Nanaware, Rasika; Wagh, K. S. (International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, 2018)
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Chatbot-facilitated Nursing Education - Chang, Ching-Yi; Kuo, Shu-Yu; Hwang, Gwo-Haur (Educational Technology & Society, 2022)
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Chatbot and conversational analysis to promote collaborative learning in distance education - Neto, Antonio Justiniano Moraes; Fernandes, Márcia Aparecida (2019 IEEE 19th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), 2019)

Chatbot: An education support system for student - Clarizia, Fabio; Colace, Francesco; Lombardi, Marco; Pascale, Francesco; Santaniello, Domenico (International Symposium on Cyberspace Safety and Security, 2018)

Characteristics of micro, small and medium enterprises in Ghana: Gender and implications for economic growth - Asare, Roland; Akuffobea, Mavis; Quaye, Wilhelmina; Atta-Antwi, Kwasi (African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development, 2015)
© 2015 African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development. This paper sought to investigate the characteristics of MSMEs and to suggest ways of improving performance, particularly tackling constraints faced by women and youth entrepreneurs in Ghana. A total of 4 433 MSME operators were interviewed in all the ten regions of Ghana using a structured questionnaire. The study revealed that apprenticeship was the most common form of training received by the MSME operators interviewed. Disaggregating data by gender, it was observed that more men had received training in their business operations than women. Close to 90% of the MSMEs were under sole proprietorship. There was significant correlation between gender and scale of enterprises, with increasing numbers of men as scale of operations increased. Women, who dominated the agro-processing, agro-industrial and services sectors, were constrained by ineffective marketing strategies, lack of capital, inadequate equipment and machinery, lack of improved technology, inadequate training and low skill development. Marketing strategies employed by the majority of women were limited, mostly patronising markets within their respective districts of business operations. The study recommended support for women to access sizeable business credit with flexible payment plans, tailor-made skill development training and improved access to institutional markets with quality and well-packaged products.
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Characteristics of Effective Technology-Enabled Teacher Learning Circles — Rapid Review of the Literature - Khalayleh, Abdullah; El-Serafy, Yomna; Megha-Bongnkar, Ghislaine; Haßler, Björn (Open Development & Education, 2021)
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Characteristics of effective teacher professional development: what we know, what we don’t, how we can find out - Sims, Sam; Fletcher-Wood, Harry (2018)
Several influential reviews and one meta-review have converged on the position that teacher professional development (PD) is more effective when it is: sustained, collaborative, subjectspecific, draws on external expertise, has buy-in from teachers and is practice-based. This consensus view has now been incorporated in government policy and official guidance in several countries. Despite this, several recent PD programmes incorporating these characteristics have failed to have any detectable impact on pupil attainment. This article reviews the evidence underpinning the consensus, arguing that the reviews on which it based are methodologically flawed because they employ inappropriate exclusion criteria and depend on an invalid inference method. The consensus view is therefore likely to be inaccurate. Researchers would make more progress on identifying characteristics of effective professional development by looking for alignment between evidence from basic research on human skill acquisition and features of rigorously-evaluated PD interventions.
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Characteristics of effective teacher education in low- and middle-income countries: What are they and what role can EdTech play? - Allier-Gagneur, Zoe; McBurnie, Chris; Haßler, Björn; Chuang, Rachel (EdTech Hub, 2020)
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Characteristics of effective teacher education in low- and middle-income countries: an overview (HDR10A) (forthcoming) - Haßler, Björn; McBurnie, Chris; Allier-Gagneur, Zoe (2020)
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Characteristics of effective teacher education in low- and middle-income countries: an annotated bibliography (HDR10C) - McBurnie, Chris; Allier-Gagneur, Zoe; Haßler, Björn (2020)
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Keywords: Author:Haßler; Author:OpenDevEd; E:Pedagogy; E:Teacher education (pre-service and in-service); LP: English; _EdTechHub_Output; __C:filed:1; _cover:v1; _forthcoming; _r:ImportedToMyEducationEvidence; _zenodoODE; dode_eth-src-eth; dode_eth-trf2-dode

Characteristics of academic publications, preprints, and registered clinical trials on the COVID-19 pandemic - Gianola, Silvia; Jesus, Tiago S.; Bargeri, Silvia; Castellini, Greta (PLOS ONE, 2020)
The COVID-19 pandemic has unleashed a deluge of publications. For this cross-sectional study we compared the amount and reporting characteristics of COVID-19-related academic articles and preprints and the number of ongoing clinical trials and systematic reviews. To do this, we searched the PubMed database of citations and abstracts for published life science journals by using appropriate combinations of medical subject headings (MeSH terms), and the COVID-19 section of the MedRxiv and BioRxiv archives up to 20 May 2020 (21 weeks). In addition, we searched Clinicaltrial.gov, Chinese Clinical Trial Registry, EU Clinical Trials Register, and 15 other trial registers, as well as PROSPERO, the international prospective register of systematic reviews. The characteristics of each publication were extracted. Regression analyses and Z tests were used to detect publication trends and their relative proportions. A total of 3635 academic publications and 3805 preprints were retrieved. Only 8.6% (n = 329) of the preprints were already published in indexed journals. The number of academic and preprint publications increased significantly over time (p<0.001). Case reports (6% academic vs 0.9% preprints; p<0.001) and letters (17.4% academic vs 0.5% preprints; p<0.001) accounted for a greater share of academic compared to preprint publications. Differently, randomized controlled trials (0.22% vs 0.63%; p<0.001) and systematic reviews (0.08% vs 5%) made up a greater share of the preprints. The relative proportion of clinical studies registered at Clinicaltrials.gov, Chinese Clinical Trial Registry, and EU Clinical Trials Register was 57.9%, 49.5%, and 98.9%, respectively, most of which were still “recruiting”. PROSPERO listed 962 systematic review protocols. Preprints were slightly more prevalent than academic articles but both were increasing in number. The void left by the lack of primary studies was filled by an outpour of immediate opinions (i.e., letters to the editor) published in PubMed-indexed journals. Summarizing, preprints have gained traction as a publishing response to the demand for prompt access to empirical, albeit not peer-reviewed, findings during the present pandemic.
Publisher: Public Library of Science
Keywords: COVID 19; Clinical trials; Database searching; Medical journals; Pandemics; Peer review; Randomized controlled trials; Systematic reviews

Chapter 9: INVEST Africa - Isaacs, Shafika (Using ICTs and Blended Learning in Transforming TVET, 2017)
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Chapter 16. Conclusion - Haßler, Björn; Haseloff, Gesine; Adam, Taskeen; Akoojee, S.; Allier-Gagneur, Zoé; Ayika, S.; Bahloul, K.; Kigwilu, P. Changilwa; Costa, D. Da; Damani, Kalifa; Gordon, Rebecca; Idris, A.; et al. (Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review of the Research Landscape, 2020)
This chapter forms part of the full report: Haßler et al. (2020). Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review of the Research Landscape (1st ed.). VET Repository, Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung, Bonn, Germany. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4264612. The document is available under Creative Commons Attribution, and both a PDF and a Word document are avaialable.
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Chapter 15. Research Networks and Capacity Building - Haßler, Björn; Haseloff, Gesine; Adam, Taskeen; Akoojee, S.; Allier-Gagneur, Zoé; Ayika, S.; Bahloul, K.; Kigwilu, P. Changilwa; Costa, D. Da; Damani, Kalifa; Gordon, Rebecca; Idris, A.; et al. (Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review of the Research Landscape, 2020)
This chapter forms part of the full report: Haßler et al. (2020). Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review of the Research Landscape (1st ed.). VET Repository, Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung, Bonn, Germany. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4264612. The document is available under Creative Commons Attribution, and both a PDF and a Word document are avaialable.
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Chapter 14. Research Interests and Topics of the SCR Participants - Haßler, Björn; Haseloff, Gesine; Adam, Taskeen; Akoojee, S.; Allier-Gagneur, Zoé; Ayika, S.; Bahloul, K.; Kigwilu, P. Changilwa; Costa, D. Da; Damani, Kalifa; Gordon, Rebecca; Idris, A.; et al. (Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review of the Research Landscape, 2020)
This chapter forms part of the full report: Haßler et al. (2020). Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review of the Research Landscape (1st ed.). VET Repository, Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung, Bonn, Germany. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4264612. The document is available under Creative Commons Attribution, and both a PDF and a Word document are avaialable.
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Chapter 14: Conclusions and Recommendations - Latchem, Colin (Using ICTs and Blended Learning in Transforming TVET, 2017)
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Chapter 13: Planning for the Use of ICTs at the National and Institutional Levels - Latchem, C (Using ICTs and Blended Learning in Transforming TVET, 2017)
Open and distance learning (ODL) and information and communication technologies (ICTs) are viewed by many policy makers, at both national and institutional levels, as a potentially cost-effective means of tackling the challenges of access, equity and quality in education. Sound and rigorous financial planning is essential for governments and institutions seeking to harness these methods, but unfortunately there has been little analysis of the costs of such provision in the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) sector. Arguably, this is because there appears to have been less of a focus on research in TVET compared to tertiary education. Also, there may be a perception among some in the sector that ODL is an inappropriate means of imparting vocational and technical skills, a perception that possibly derives from memories of the shortcomings of earlier correspondence education and the notion that technical and vocational skills can only be mastered in the workplace or training centres. With the growing ability to present simulations and modelling using ICTs, it is becoming increasingly possible to offer new forms of TVET at a distance. However, there may be misguided or ill-informed assumptions and claims about the cost savings of employing these technologies that suggest that ODL is less expensive than traditional contact education. For a start, achieving economies of scale can be a major challenge in integrating ICTs in TVET, since the training demand in most developing countries is for small numbers of graduates in a wide range of occupational profiles (UNESCO IITE, 2005). Economic concerns can raise major barriers to offering ODL programmes in TVET. This is particularly challenging in contexts where government funding for TVET is low. For example, in Zambia, the level of government subvention to TVET institutions is less than 6 per cent in some cases (Herd and Mead Richardson, 2015). This lack of funding limits the Considerations in Costing ODL and ICTs in TVET Sarah Hoosen and Neil Butcher CHAPTER 186 extent of training, the number of students who can be trained and the quality of the training, with the recruitment of teachers, modernisation of equipment and acquisition of training resources being especially affected (Siriwardene and Qureshi, 2009). With many TVET systems in the developing world now considering the adoption of ODL and ICTs because of the promised cost efficiencies, it is important to examine the costing of these new educational and training practices. Given the dearth of resources focusing specifically on costing ODL in TVET, this chapter focuses more generally on costs in the use of ODL and ICTs and extrapolates these findings to the TVET context. This chapter explores the costs of ODL and how to avoid the ramifications of weak financial planning.
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Chapter 13. Challenges to Policy Implementation - Haßler, Björn; Haseloff, Gesine; Adam, Taskeen; Akoojee, S.; Allier-Gagneur, Zoé; Ayika, S.; Bahloul, K.; Kigwilu, P. Changilwa; Costa, D. Da; Damani, Kalifa; Gordon, Rebecca; Idris, A.; et al. (Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review of the Research Landscape, 2020)
This chapter forms part of the full report: Haßler et al. (2020). Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review of the Research Landscape (1st ed.). VET Repository, Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung, Bonn, Germany. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4264612. The document is available under Creative Commons Attribution, and both a PDF and a Word document are avaialable.
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Chapter 12. National Standards and Regulations - Haßler, Björn; Haseloff, Gesine; Adam, Taskeen; Akoojee, S.; Allier-Gagneur, Zoé; Ayika, S.; Bahloul, K.; Kigwilu, P. Changilwa; Costa, D. Da; Damani, Kalifa; Gordon, Rebecca; Idris, A.; et al. (Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review of the Research Landscape, 2020)
This chapter forms part of the full report: Haßler et al. (2020). Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review of the Research Landscape (1st ed.). VET Repository, Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung, Bonn, Germany. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4264612. The document is available under Creative Commons Attribution, and both a PDF and a Word document are avaialable.
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Chapter 12: Considerations in Costing ODL and ICTs in TVET - Hoosen, S; Butcher, N (Using ICTs and Blended Learning in Transforming TVET, 2017)
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Chapter 11. Non-state TVET Providers - Haßler, Björn; Haseloff, Gesine; Adam, Taskeen; Akoojee, S.; Allier-Gagneur, Zoé; Ayika, S.; Bahloul, K.; Kigwilu, P. Changilwa; Costa, D. Da; Damani, Kalifa; Gordon, Rebecca; Idris, A.; et al. (Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review of the Research Landscape, 2020)
This chapter forms part of the full report: Haßler et al. (2020). Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review of the Research Landscape (1st ed.). VET Repository, Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung, Bonn, Germany. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4264612. The document is available under Creative Commons Attribution, and both a PDF and a Word document are avaialable.
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Keywords: Author:Haßler; Author:OpenDevEd; AuthorFirst:Haßler; Björn-CV-OECS; _r:ImportedToMyEducationEvidence; _yl:a11

Chapter 10. State Authorities for TVET Management - Haßler, Björn; Haseloff, Gesine; Adam, Taskeen; Akoojee, S.; Allier-Gagneur, Zoé; Ayika, S.; Bahloul, K.; Kigwilu, P. Changilwa; Costa, D. Da; Damani, Kalifa; Gordon, Rebecca; Idris, A.; et al. (Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review of the Research Landscape, 2020)
This chapter forms part of the full report: Haßler et al. (2020). Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review of the Research Landscape (1st ed.). VET Repository, Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung, Bonn, Germany. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4264612. The document is available under Creative Commons Attribution, and both a PDF and a Word document are avaialable.
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Chapter 10 - Improving Education Outcomes in Developing Countries: Evidence, Knowledge Gaps, and Policy Implications - Glewwe, P.; Muralidharan, K. (Handbook of the Economics of Education, 2016)
Improvements in empirical research standards for credible identification of the causal impact of education policies on education outcomes have led to a significant increase in the body of evidence available on improving education outcomes in developing countries. This chapter aims to synthesize this evidence, interpret their results, and discuss the reasons why some interventions appear to be effective and others do not, with the ultimate goal of drawing implications for both research and policy. Interpreting the evidence for generalizable lessons is challenging because of variation across contexts, duration and quality of studies, and the details of specific interventions studied. Nevertheless, some broad patterns do emerge. Demand-side interventions that increase the immediate returns to (or reduce household costs of) school enrollment, or that increase students’ returns to effort, are broadly effective at increasing time in school and learning outcomes, but vary considerably in cost-effectiveness. Many expensive “standard” school inputs are often not very effective at improving outcomes, though some specific inputs (which are often less expensive) are. Interventions that focus on improved pedagogy (especially supplemental instruction to children lagging behind grade level competencies) are particularly effective, and so are interventions that improve school governance and teacher accountability. Our broad policy message is that the evidence points to several promising ways in which the efficiency of education spending in developing countries can be improved by pivoting public expenditure from less cost-effective to more cost-effective ways of achieving the same objectives. We conclude by documenting areas where more research is needed, and offer suggestions on the public goods and standards needed to make it easier for decentralized and uncoordinated research studies to be compared across contexts.
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Keywords: Cost effectiveness; Demand for education; Education in developing countries; Learning outcomes; Pedagogy; Policy evaluation; School enrollment and attendance; School governance; School inputs

Chapter 10: Analysing data and undertaking meta-analyses - Deeks, JJ; Higgins, JPT; Altman, DG (Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions, 2023)

Chapter 09. Inclusion-related Challenges and Policies - Haßler, Björn; Haseloff, Gesine; Adam, Taskeen; Akoojee, S.; Allier-Gagneur, Zoé; Ayika, S.; Bahloul, K.; Kigwilu, P. Changilwa; Costa, D. Da; Damani, Kalifa; Gordon, Rebecca; Idris, A.; et al. (Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review of the Research Landscape, 2020)
This chapter forms part of the full report: Haßler et al. (2020). Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review of the Research Landscape (1st ed.). VET Repository, Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung, Bonn, Germany. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4264612. The document is available under Creative Commons Attribution, and both a PDF and a Word document are avaialable.
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Chapter 08. Models for Designing, Developing and Delivering Berufsbildung - Haßler, Björn; Haseloff, Gesine; Adam, Taskeen; Akoojee, S.; Allier-Gagneur, Zoé; Ayika, S.; Bahloul, K.; Kigwilu, P. Changilwa; Costa, D. Da; Damani, Kalifa; Gordon, Rebecca; Idris, A.; et al. (Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review of the Research Landscape, 2020)
This chapter forms part of the full report: Haßler et al. (2020). Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review of the Research Landscape (1st ed.). VET Repository, Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung, Bonn, Germany. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4264612. The document is available under Creative Commons Attribution, and both a PDF and a Word document are avaialable.
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Chapter 07. Systematic Review of TVET Research - Haßler, Björn; Haseloff, Gesine; Adam, Taskeen; Akoojee, S.; Allier-Gagneur, Zoé; Ayika, S.; Bahloul, K.; Kigwilu, P. Changilwa; Costa, D. Da; Damani, Kalifa; Gordon, Rebecca; Idris, A.; et al. (Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review of the Research Landscape, 2020)
This chapter forms part of the full report: Haßler et al. (2020). Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review of the Research Landscape (1st ed.). VET Repository, Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung, Bonn, Germany. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4264612. The document is available under Creative Commons Attribution, and both a PDF and a Word document are avaialable.
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Chapter 06. Themes, Perspectives and Current Debates in TVET Research - Haßler, Björn; Haseloff, Gesine; Adam, Taskeen; Akoojee, S.; Allier-Gagneur, Zoé; Ayika, S.; Bahloul, K.; Kigwilu, P. Changilwa; Costa, D. Da; Damani, Kalifa; Gordon, Rebecca; Idris, A.; et al. (Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review of the Research Landscape, 2020)
This chapter forms part of the full report: Haßler et al. (2020). Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review of the Research Landscape (1st ed.). VET Repository, Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung, Bonn, Germany. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4264612. The document is available under Creative Commons Attribution, and both a PDF and a Word document are avaialable.
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Chapter 05. TVET Actors - Haßler, Björn; Haseloff, Gesine; Adam, Taskeen; Akoojee, S.; Allier-Gagneur, Zoé; Ayika, S.; Bahloul, K.; Kigwilu, P. Changilwa; Costa, D. Da; Damani, Kalifa; Gordon, Rebecca; Idris, A.; et al. (Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review of the Research Landscape, 2020)
This chapter forms part of the full report: Haßler et al. (2020). Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review of the Research Landscape (1st ed.). VET Repository, Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung, Bonn, Germany. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4264612. The document is available under Creative Commons Attribution, and both a PDF and a Word document are avaialable.
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Chapter 04. Conception and Practice of TVET - Haßler, Björn; Haseloff, Gesine; Adam, Taskeen; Akoojee, S.; Allier-Gagneur, Zoé; Ayika, S.; Bahloul, K.; Kigwilu, P. Changilwa; Costa, D. Da; Damani, Kalifa; Gordon, Rebecca; Idris, A.; et al. (Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review of the Research Landscape, 2020)
This chapter forms part of the full report: Haßler et al. (2020). Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review of the Research Landscape (1st ed.). VET Repository, Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung, Bonn, Germany. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4264612. The document is available under Creative Commons Attribution, and both a PDF and a Word document are avaialable.
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Chapter 03. Overview of the Discovered Literature - Haßler, Björn; Haseloff, Gesine; Adam, Taskeen; Akoojee, S.; Allier-Gagneur, Zoé; Ayika, S.; Bahloul, K.; Kigwilu, P. Changilwa; Costa, D. Da; Damani, Kalifa; Gordon, Rebecca; Idris, A.; et al. (Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review of the Research Landscape, 2020)
This chapter forms part of the full report: Haßler et al. (2020). Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review of the Research Landscape (1st ed.). VET Repository, Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung, Bonn, Germany. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4264612. The document is available under Creative Commons Attribution, and both a PDF and a Word document are avaialable.
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Chapter 02. Research Design - Haßler, Björn; Haseloff, Gesine; Adam, Taskeen; Akoojee, S.; Allier-Gagneur, Zoé; Ayika, S.; Bahloul, K.; Kigwilu, P. Changilwa; Costa, D. Da; Damani, Kalifa; Gordon, Rebecca; Idris, A.; et al. (Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review of the Research Landscape, 2020)
This chapter forms part of the full report: Haßler et al. (2020). Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review of the Research Landscape (1st ed.). VET Repository, Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung, Bonn, Germany. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4264612. The document is available under Creative Commons Attribution, and both a PDF and a Word document are avaialable.
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Chapter 01. Introduction - Haßler, Björn; Haseloff, Gesine; Adam, Taskeen; Akoojee, S.; Allier-Gagneur, Zoé; Ayika, S.; Bahloul, K.; Kigwilu, P. Changilwa; Costa, D. Da; Damani, Kalifa; Gordon, Rebecca; Idris, A.; et al. (Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review of the Research Landscape, 2020)
This chapter forms part of the full report: Haßler et al. (2020). Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review of the Research Landscape (1st ed.). VET Repository, Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung, Bonn, Germany. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4264612. The document is available under Creative Commons Attribution, and both a PDF and a Word document are avaialable.
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Chapter 00. Executive Summary - Haßler, Björn; Haseloff, Gesine; Adam, Taskeen; Akoojee, S.; Allier-Gagneur, Zoé; Ayika, S.; Bahloul, K.; Kigwilu, P. Changilwa; Costa, D. Da; Damani, Kalifa; Gordon, Rebecca; Idris, A.; et al. (Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review of the Research Landscape, 2020)
This chapter forms part of the full report: Haßler et al. (2020). Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review of the Research Landscape (1st ed.). VET Repository, Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung, Bonn, Germany. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4264612. The document is available under Creative Commons Attribution, and both a PDF and a Word document are avaialable.
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Changing pedagogical practice in Kenyan primary schools: the impact of school‐based training - Hardman, Frank; Abd‐Kadir, Jan; Agg, Catherine; Migwi, James; Ndambuku, Jacinta; Smith, Fay (Comparative Education, 2009)
This study reports on an investigation into the impact of a national, school‐based teacher development programme on learning and teaching in Kenyan primary schools. Building on a national baseline study (n=102), 144 video‐recorded lessons, covering the teaching of English, maths and science at Standards 3 and 6, were analysed to investigate whole‐class teaching and group‐based learning. Interviews were also conducted with school management committees, head teachers, teachers and pupils to elicit their views on the impact of the school‐based training programme on learning and teaching. The study found that compared to the earlier baseline, teachers were more interactive with the pupils in their whole‐class teaching and greater use was being made of group work. Lesson plans, teaching resources and flexible classroom layouts were also much more in evidence. However, the greatest impact on classroom practice was seen in the classrooms of those teachers who had undergone the most systematic in‐service training. The wider implications of the findings for improving the quality of classroom learning in Kenyan primary classrooms are considered.
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Changing climate change: The carbon budget and the modifying-work of the IPCC - Lahn, Bard; Lahn, Bård (Social Studies of Science, 2021)
Over the last 10 years, the concept of a global ‘carbon budget’ of allowable CO 2 emissions has become ubiquitous in climate science and policy. Since it was brought to prominence by the Fifth Assessment Report of the IPCC, the carbon budget has changed how climate change is enacted as an issue of public concern, from determining the optimal rate of future emissions to establishing a fixed limit for how much emissions should be allowed before they must be stopped altogether. Exploring the emergence of the carbon budget concept, this article shows how the assessment process of the IPCC has offered scientific experts the means to modify how the climate issue is problematized, and discusses the implications of this ‘modifying-work’ for the politics of climate change. It finds that the ‘modified climate issue’ must be seen as an outcome of the ordinary work within established scientific and political institutions, and the agency these institutions afford scientists to enact the issue differently. On this basis, it argues that the case of the carbon budget holds important insights not only for the relationship between climate science and policy, but also for the pragmatist literature on ‘issue formation’ in STS.
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Changing classroom practice using a school-based professional development approach to introducing digital resources in Zambia - Haßler, Björn; Hennessy, S.; Lubasi, B. (Itupale Online Journal of African Studies, 2011)
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Changes in student motivation during online learning - Kim, Kyong-Jee; Frick, Theodore W (Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2011)
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Challenging Systematic Prejudices - An Investigation into Bias Against Women and Girls in Large Language Models - Daniel van Niekerk; María Pérez-Ortiz; John Shawe-Taylor; Davor Orlič; Ivana Drobnjak; Jackie Kay; Noah Siegel; Katherine Evans; Nyalleng Moorosi; Tina Eliassi-Rad; Leonie Maria Tanczer; Wayne Holmes; et al. (UNESCO / IRCAI, 2024)
Open Access under the Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 IGO (CC-BY-SA 3.0 IGO) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/igo/).

Challenging Conventional Wisdom for Multivariate Statistical Models With Small Samples - McNeish, Daniel (Review of Educational Research, 2017)

Challenges to the Effective Teaching and Learning of Geography through ODeL at the Zimbabwe Open University - Tanyanyiwa, Vincent Itai; Madobi, Rejoice (Journal of Learning for Development, 2021)
ODeL offers a lot of opportunities and unique challenges for adult learners. In this paper, the authors sought to examine the main problems that influence the effective teaching and learning of geography and environmental studies in Zimbabwe through ODeL as perceived by the students at the ZOU's Harare/Chitungwiza Regional Campus. This single case study employed vital informant semi-structured interviews, documentary analysis and observations to solicit information from ten students and four tutors in the Geography and Environmental Studies Department (DGES) over three months. Thematic analysis and review of qualitative gained insight into the challenges that are faced by ODeL students in the DGES. The study found out that students in the department face personal and socio-economic challenges as well as related institutional challenges. The study recommends that the ZOU DGES should offer more academic support and improve its communication to the students so that they are aware of all university-related developments that impact on their studies. Keywords: challenges, teaching, learning, ODL, ODeL
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Keywords: _genre:PR-primary_research; ⛔ No DOI found

Challenges of Using Icibemba in the Learning of Initial Literacy in Selected Primary Schools in Serenje District of Zambia: An Analysis of Views of Teachers and Learners - Chibesakunda, Mwimba; Mulenga, Innocent Mutale (Multidisciplinary Journal of Language and Social Sciences Education (2664-083X, Online ISSN: Print ISSN: 2616-4736), 2019)
The purpose of this study was to establish views and investigate challenges faced by teachers and learners in the use of Icibemba in teaching initial literacy in primary schools in Serenje district. A descriptive research design supported by qualitative data collection techniques was employed. A purposive sampling procedure was used to select all the participants giving the study a sample size of 56 comprising of 40 grade four learners and 16 of their teachers sampled from 10 primary schools. Researchers decided to have more learners in this study since they were the direct beneficiaries of the curriculum. And thus the need to have a wider view from them. This was also done so as to have enough participants from each school. Data was collected through interviews, focus group discussions and classroom observations of literacy lessons. Lesson observation was used to get first hand information on the learning experiences and helped the researchers to triangulate with what participants expressed during interviews and focus group discussions. Focus group discussions and interviews enabled participants to provide their detailed views of the exact situation learners and teachers encountered. Thematic analysis was used to analyze all the data. It involved organizing data through use of open, axial and selective coding before presenting the emerging themes. The findings revealed that although the Ministry of General Education zoned Serenje district under Icibemba instead of Icilala in teaching initial literacy, learners’ performance was low because the language used in school was unfamiliar to learners. Additionally, findings also showed that there was a lack of teacher’s guide books and learners’ text books to use in teaching initial literacy hence teacher’s delivery of lessons was negatively affected. Researchers concluded that learners performed poorly in literacy due to the fact that the zoned language was unfamiliar to learners in that area where it was used as a medium of teaching literacy. It is therefore recommended that the Ministry of General Education through the Curriclum Development Center should develop and produce and distribute learning materials for the teaching of literacy in grades one to four. Furthermore, lessons for literacy should be taught using concrete and real teaching and learning resources that can enhance learning. Additionally, there is a need to start thinking about the possibility of rezoning the whole country.
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Keywords: Familiar language; Initial literacy; Language of Instruction; Local language; ⛔ No DOI found

Challenges of Training Motor Vehicle Mechanics for Changing World Contexts and Emergent Working Conditions: Cases of Kenya and Australia - Kitainge, Kisilu M (Handbook of Research on E-Learning Applications for Career and Technical Education: Technologies for Vocational Training, 2009)
This chapter is an extract from a study that examined how institute-based automotive training in the retail, service and repair (RS&R) sector could be made more responsive and effective to the changes in workplace demands and new technology. It dealt with the promotion of vocational relevance in the training of motor mechanics in the contexts of a changing world and emergent working conditions. It was an applied learning study that followed a comparative case study research design aimed at advancing reciprocal lessons between the two regions of Kenya and State of Victoria, Australia. The research was propelled by the fact that technology used in this area is now changing faster than at any other time in modern history and is impacting upon most of the human lifestyles. This chapter deals with a summary of the main issues that were researched. Specifically the chapter deals with relevance of institute-based automotive training, stakeholders’ involvement in programs development, and program transfer from one region to another: and learning for work and at workplace. It highlights the views if trainers, trainees and industry practitioners on equity in program development, relevance to workplace requirements and ownership of the automotive training programs. It was found that Australian trainers felt somehow sidelined in the program design while the Kenyan trainers complained of being left alone by relevant industry in the program development venture. None of these two cases produces optimal results since participation in program design should be equitably distributed among the stakeholders.
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Challenges of Technical Vocational Teacher Education and Teaching in Nigeria: The Need for Intervention - Kennedy, George W; Udoetuk, Udeme S (2017)
This paper reviews the critical roles of Technical Vocational teacher education and teaching in Nigeria. The paper establishes a nexus between quality Technical Vocational teacher education and national development. Critical challenges to Technical Vocational teacher education programmes and the teaching profession in Nigeria are identified to include over-crowded classes for teacher’s trainees, inequity in urban/rural deployment of teachers, poor funding and inadequate facilities, low quality Information and Communication technology (ICT) compliance and non-professionalization of teaching in Nigeria. Recommendations which include, a standard class, equity in urban/rural deployment of teachers, training/or retraining of Technical Vocational teacher in qualitative Information and Communication technology (ICT), Technical Vocational teacher mandatory membership in professional organisation, periodic attendance and active participation at conferences, seminars and workshop were made.
Keywords: _C:China CHN; _C:India IND; _C:Japan JPN; _C:Nigeria NGA; _C:Turkey TUR; _C:United States USA; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1

Challenges of Teachers on Teaching Practice: A Case Study of Students of Freetown Teachers’ College in Sierra Leone - Kamara, Alhaji Bakar (Asian Journal of Interdisciplinary Research, 2020)
As the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology focuses on the agenda for free and quality education in all stages of teaching and learning in Sierra Leone, It is obvious that Teachers are at the center of all school activities. To ease the challenges of teachers in teaching, it is important to search for the problems of teachers on teaching practices. This study was conducted to find out some of the challenges that teachers on teaching practice experience in schools in Sierra Leone. The result will help to shed light on the aspect of the training exercise that needs to be improved to increase quality in schools. The study investigated the main challenges that teachers on teaching practice from Freetown Teachers College encounter in Social Studies and Business. Even though teaching practice teachers do their best to enrich students with their wealth of experiences, yet still, they got their obstacles that hinder their ability for effective teaching. The study employs qualitative procedures with a case study design where the main actor’s informant interview, observation focus group discussion and documentary review as the main methods of data collection. The respondents covered, 10 teaching practice teachers, 10 heads of schools, 9 college lecturers and 1 teaching practice coordinator of Freetown Teachers Polytechnic. The result revealed some problems in posting of student for teaching practice to various schools, payment of salaries to teaching practice teachers, school support, teaching methods, classroom environment, and language proficiency.
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Keywords: Training College

Challenges of life outside the dual system: VET in neo-liberal economies - Hayward, Geoff (2018)
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Challenges of Curtin-AVU-AAU Distance Learning Program in Ethiopia: A Case Study - Belwal, Rakesh; Dawit Ayalew Kassa; Medhanie Gaim Asgedom (MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching, 2010)
Distance education programs are emerging globally in the form of joint ventures among higher educational institutions. This paper describes the research undertaken to explore one such joint venture program in business between Australian and African universities. This study utilizes both primary and secondary data gathered through a review of the literature, consultations with program administrators, interviews with faculty members, direct observations, and questionnaires administered to sample students. This case study explores factors affecting the program. Using quantitative and qualitative analytical tools, this study discusses the outcomes of the analyses to facilitate experiential learning. It finds that for students originating mainly from remote regions of Ethiopia, distance learning can offer good opportunities of receiving cost-effective, quality-education on their doorsteps. This experience could contribute immensely to the extension of such programs to other regions of the country. Although the joint venture reveals the potential of coordinated educational efforts, internal weaknesses and inefficiencies need serious attention to ensure the success of such initiatives in the future.
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Challenges in the training of teachers through open and distance learning: Implications for quality - Mubika, KA; Bukaliya, R (Asian Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities, 2013)
This study aimed at establishing the challenges that may have affected the training of teachers through ODL at the Zimbabwe Open University. The study was carried out in order to put in place a model that may be implemented to improve the quality teacher training programme. The study adopted the case study design for the gathering the in-depth perceptions held by the given population. Questionnaires, telephone interviews and documentary analysis were adopted for data collection. The population of the study consisted of the National Programme Leader, Regional Programme Coordinators and graduate diploma students and their former school heads. Thirty-three members of the population constituted the sample for this study. Among other findings, results of the study show that while the training of teachers was a very viable undertaking at ZOU, existing collaboration between the schools and the training institution was very informal. Teaching practice faced numerous problems such as inadequate funding and unavailability of teaching practice vehicles. The study recommended that there be collaboration among all the stakeholders. There is also need for the setting up of a Teaching Practice Department which should be fully equipped with to enable the smooth flow of teaching practice supervisory activities.
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Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; A:Sub-Saharan Africa; C:South Africa; CA:AandC; CL:en; CLL:en; CLS:en; CT:A; CT:C; CT:P; CT:Q; CT:T; P:teachers; Q:ODEL; T:Lehrlingsausbildung; T:Training; publicImportV1; ⛔ No DOI found

Challenges in the Informal Construction Artisan Training System in the Ghanaian Construction Industry - Damasah, SK (College of Art and Built Environment, 2016)
This research sought to find out the challenges confronting the informal artisan training system in the Ghanaian construction industry and provide available opportunities to help improve the system. The study was limited to two regions namely Greater Accra and Volta regions of Ghana. In all, two hundred and thirty-three (233) artisans comprising of one hundred and thirteen (113) apprentices and one hundred and twenty (120) master artisans were used for the study. Questionnaires were the main research instrument but personal observation was also used by the researcher. The sample of three hundred (300) was used in the data analysis. Qualitative research approach was used, employing the descriptive approach. Data from the field was analysed using percentages. From the findings, it was realized that two main modes of skill acquisition were in play pertaining to the informal sector, these are the traditional method (75%) and the attachment method (25%). Another finding was that, one shortcoming of the informal system appears to be a lack of consistency and adequate content in the training that apprentice receive. The study concludes that there is little external motivation or capability for the system’s trainees to progress in performance or in improving their methods. More than 55% of the master artisans apply experimentation or trial and error in their work. It is recommended that, it will be essential to involve the master artisans in a reform process including efforts to provide them with opportunities to upgrade their own knowledge of construction skills.
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Challenges in the Evaluation and Implementation of School-Based Prevention and Intervention Programs on Sensitive Topics - Jaycox, Lisa H.; McCaffrey, Daniel F.; Ocampo, Beverly Weidmer; Shelley, Gene A.; Blake, Susan M.; Peterson, Donna J.; Richmond, Lucinda S.; Kub, Joan E. (American Journal of Evaluation, 2006)
The current emphasis on best practices for school-based health and mental health programs brings with it the demand for evaluation efforts in schools. This article describes the challenges of launching a successful school program and evaluation, with lessons learned from three projects that focus on intimate partner violence. The authors discuss issues related to constraints on the research design in schools, the recruitment of schools and participants within schools, program and evaluation implementation issues, the iterative implementation-evaluation cycle, and the dissemination of programs and study findings. The authors emphasize the need for flexibility and cultural awareness during all stages of the process.
Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc

Challenges in Educational Reform: An Experiment on Active Learning in Mathematics. - Berlinski, Samuel; Busso, Matias (Economics Letters, 2017)
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Challenges facing technical and vocational education in Ghana - Amedorme, SK; Fiagbe, YAK (International Journal of Scientific & Technology Research, 2013)
Abstract : Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) in Ghana is facing a number of challenges. The problems ranging from the limited number of technical institutes available in the country, lack of facilities and materials for training students, inadequate technical teachers or facilitators, limited number of training institutions for technical teachers and difficulty in career progression to the negative public attitudes and perceptions towards technical and vocational education and training in Ghana. In this paper, these challenges confronting TVET and the pertinent issues are discussed with the aim of recommending ways of addressing them.
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Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; A:Africa; CA:AandC; CL:en; CLL:en; CLS:en; CT:A; CT:C; CT:T; T:TVET; T:training needs; _C:Ghana GHA; __C:filed:1; publicImportV1; ⛔ No DOI found

Challenges Experienced in Implementing School-based Continuing Professional Teacher Development in Fort Beaufort Education District in South Africa - Ajibade, Benedicta A.; Rembe, Symphorosa (Anthropologist, 2018)
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Challenges and Solutions of Higher Education in the Eastern Caribbean States. - Browne, Raffie A.; Shen, Hong (International Journal of Higher Education, 2017)
Publisher: ERIC KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.5430/ijhe.v6n1p169 2129771:NRUBXL6G
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Challenges and Prospects of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in Teaching Technical Education towards Globalisation - Olabiyi, OS (Effects of Information Capitalism and Globalization on Teaching and Learning, 2014)
The relevance of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the field of Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) cannot be overemphasised in the knowledge-based and globalised society. The world of works is in as continuous a state of change as ICT itself, thus posing more challenges to the workers in the 21st century and the institutions responsible for their preparation. Therefore, this chapter discusses the challenges and prospects of ICT in teaching TVE towards globalisation. The chapter points out clearly the meaning, philosophy, and objectives of TVET, concept and types of ICT, the need for effective utilisation of ICTs and its role in TVET, the challenges and solutions to the effective utilisation of ICTs in TVET, and the prospect of using ICT in teaching TVET. The chapter concludes by suggesting solutions for proper planning, management, and effective utilisation of ICTs resources in TVET.
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Challenges and opportunities for teacher professional development in interactive use of technology in African schools - Hennessy, Sara; Haßler, Björn; Hofmann, Riikka (Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2015)
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Challenges and opportunities for climate change education (CCE) in East Africa: A critical review - Apollo, Abigael; Mbah, Marcellus Forh (Climate, 2021)
It is undoubtedly clear that climate change is happening, and its adverse impacts could reverse the progress made toward meeting sustainable development goals. The global crisis poses one of the most severe challenges to reducing poverty and existing inequalities, especially in developing countries that are projected to be highly vulnerable to climate variability. However, the education sector provides an untapped opportunity for successful climate change adaptation and mitigation through knowledge and skill acquisitions, and consequently, positive behavioral change. Specifically, education can capacitate individuals and communities to make informed decisions and take practical actions for climate-resilient sustainable development. This study is focused on East Africa, a region whose economy heavily relies on climate-dependent activities. At present, East African governments are already embedding climate change in their school curriculum. However, they lack coherent approaches to leverage climate change education as a tool in their adaptation and mitigation strategies. Therefore, this review explores some of the critical barriers to climate change education and possible opportunities for leveraging learning to promote sustainable development in East Africa.
Publisher: MDPI openalex: W3166039787 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.3390/cli9060093 2129771:4MR5RCYQ 5072953:4DQCFNDM
Keywords: _z:class:countries; _z:class:themes; oa:keyword:climate change; oa:keyword:climate change education; oa:topic:T10439 Adaptation to Climate Change in Agriculture; oa:topic:T10898 Factors Influencing Pro-environmental Behavior; oa:topic:T11336 Indoor Air Pollution in Developing Countries; openalex:n:1; openalex:yes

Challenges and burden of the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic for child and adolescent mental health: a narrative review to highlight clinical and research needs in the acute phase and the long return to normality - Fegert, Jörg M.; Vitiello, Benedetto; Plener, Paul L.; Clemens, Vera (Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 2020)
Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is profoundly affecting life around the globe. Isolation, contact restrictions and economic shutdown impose a complete change to the psychosocial environment in affected countries. These measures have the potential to threaten the mental health of children and adolescents significantly. Even though the current crisis can bring with it opportunities for personal growth and family cohesion, disadvantages may outweigh these benefits. Anxiety, lack of peer contact and reduced opportunities for stress regulation are main concerns. Another main threat is an increased risk for parental mental illness, domestic violence and child maltreatment. Especially for children and adolescents with special needs or disadvantages, such as disabilities, trauma experiences, already existing mental health problems, migrant background and low socioeconomic status, this may be a particularly challenging time. To maintain regular and emergency child and adolescent psychiatric treatment during the pandemic is a major challenge but is necessary for limiting long-term consequences for the mental health of children and adolescents. Urgent research questions comprise understanding the mental health effects of social distancing and economic pressure, identifying risk and resilience factors, and preventing long-term consequences, including—but not restricted to—child maltreatment. The efficacy of telepsychiatry is another highly relevant issue is to evaluate the efficacy of telehealth and perfect its applications to child and adolescent psychiatry. Conclusion: There are numerous mental health threats associated with the current pandemic and subsequent restrictions. Child and adolescent psychiatrists must ensure continuity of care during all phases of the pandemic. COVID-19-associated mental health risks will disproportionately hit children and adolescents who are already disadvantaged and marginalized. Research is needed to assess the implications of policies enacted to contain the pandemic on mental health of children and adolescents, and to estimate the risk/benefit ratio of measures such as home schooling, in order to be better prepared for future developments.
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Challenge of integrating entrepreneurial competencies into technical college programs - Muhammad, Abubakar Ibrahim; Kamin, Yusri Bin; Wahid, Nur Husna Binti Abd (International Journal of Engineering and Advanced Technology, 2019)
© 2019, Blue Eyes Intelligence Engineering and Sciences Publication. All rights reserved. For a country to keep abreast of being competitive in global economy technical and vocational education must play a critical role. For long time, technical and vocational education disciplines have been in cache, living graduates unable to connect learned knowledge with real life problems. The emergence of integrating technical education with entrepreneurial competencies in some institutions in Nigeria advocates transformative changes both at the conceptual and technological levels. One of the challenge facing technical education in Nigeria is lack of appropriate entrepreneurial competencies in the content of technical college curriculum. The purpose of the study was to explore the challenge facing the integration of entrepreneurial competencies into the technical college curriculum. This study uses phenomenological research design method was guided by interview protocol, thus the data were qualitatively collected. This research involved ten experts from three technical institutions in Kano state Nigeria based on their educational background, field of teaching and experience in entrepreneurship education. The study found that poor funding, lack of qualified teachers, inappropriate curriculum and negative attitude toward on entrepreneurship education are the main challenges hindering the integration of entrepreneurial competencies into technical college programs in Nigeria. It is recommended that the need for an appropriate entrepreneurial competencies for technical college programs this will facilitate easy and rapid self-employment among the graduates to enable them become novice entrepreneurs for self-reliance. Consequently, 20 per cent of public expenditure should be allocated to bridge the gap in funding education.
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Challenge-based learning in higher education: an exploratory literature review - Gallagher, Silvia Elena; Savage, Timothy (Teaching in Higher Education, 2020)
The application of Challenge-Based Learning (CBL) has increased in higher education institutions, fostering student transversal competencies, knowledge of sociotechnical problems, and collaboration with industry and community actors. However, a broad range of different frameworks, hybrid approaches, and educational interventions are using this term to define their approach. This lack of standardization creates definitional and conceptual challenges for the domain. A review of CBL literature was conducted to examine key characteristics, challenges and benefits, and educational factors. A total of 100 articles were reviewed using a qualitative thematic matrix. Results describe CBL benefits despite many institutional, practical and academic challenges. Although there was much variability in CBL approaches, eight common characteristics emerged from the literature. This research can support future research and implementation of CBL by providing a guiding conceptual framework and a preliminary classification of CBL approaches.
Publisher: Routledge _eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/13562517.2020.1863354
Keywords: Challenge-based learning; educational methods; educational theories; higher education

Causal loop diagram (Wikipedia, 2023)
A causal loop diagram (CLD) is a causal diagram that aids in visualizing how different variables in a system are causally interrelated. The diagram consists of a set of words and arrows. Causal loop diagrams are accompanied by a narrative which describes the causally closed situation the CLD describes. Closed loops, or causal feedback loops, in the diagram are very important features of CLDs. The words with arrows coming in and out represent variables, or quantities whose value changes over time and the links represent a causal relationship between the two variables (i.e., they do not represent a material flow). A link marked + indicates a positive relation where an increase in the causal variable leads, all else equal, to an increase in the effect variable, or a decrease in the causal variable leads, all else equal, to a decrease in the effect variable. A link marked - indicates a negative relation where an increase in the causal variable leads, all else equal, to a decrease in the effect variable, or a decrease in the causal variable leads, all else equal, to an increase in the effect variable. A positive causal link can be said to lead to a change in the same direction, and an opposite link can be said to lead to change in the opposite direction, i.e. if the variable in which the link starts increases, the other variable decreases and vice versa. The words without arrows are loop labels. As with the links, feedback loops have either positive (i.e., reinforcing) or negative (i.e., balancing) polarity. CLDs contain labels for these processes, often using numbering (e.g., B1 for the first balancing loop being described in a narrative, B2 for the second one, etc.), and phrases that describe the function of the loop (i.e., "haste makes waste"). A reinforcing loop is a cycle in which the effect of a variation in any variable propagates through the loop and returns to reinforce the initial deviation (i.e. if a variable increases in a reinforcing loop the effect through the cycle will return an increase to the same variable and vice versa). A balancing loop is the cycle in which the effect of a variation in any variable propagates through the loop and returns to the variable a deviation opposite to the initial one (i.e. if a variable increases in a balancing loop the effect through the cycle will return a decrease to the same variable and vice versa). Balancing loops are typically goal-seeking, or error-sensitive, processes and are presented with the variable indicating the goal of the loop. Reinforcing loops are typically vicious or virtuous cycles. Example of positive reinforcing loop: The amount of the Bank Balance will affect the amount of the Earned Interest, as represented by the top blue arrow, pointing from Bank Balance to Earned Interest. Since an increase in Bank balance results in an increase in Earned Interest, this link is positive, which is denoted with a "+". The Earned interest gets added to the Bank balance, also a positive link, represented by the bottom blue arrow. The causal effect between these variables forms a positive reinforcing loop, represented by the green arrow, which is denoted with an "R".
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Causal Inference Without Balance Checking: Coarsened Exact Matching - Iacus, Stefano M.; King, Gary; Porro, Giuseppe (Political Analysis, 2012)
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Keywords: CitedIn:eCubed; Done:ReferenceFixed; eCubed

Causal inference in statistics, social, and biomedical sciences - Imbens, G.W.; Rubin, D.B. (Cambridge University Press, 2015)

Catering for Diversity in Psychosocial and Learning Needs in a Low-Income Country - Mason, Miriam; Galloway, David; Joyce-Gibbons, Andrew (Diversifying Learner Experience: A kaleidoscope of instructional approaches and strategies, 2020)
This chapter reviews the work of three largely residential schools run by EducAid, a small NGO in Sierra Leone. Thousands of children had missed out on schooling following the rebel war (1991–2002). Marginalised children included child soldiers, children whose parents had died in the fighting and children returning from refugee camps. The post-conflict context was one in which many students had been exposed to violence, trauma and tragedy. The challenge was to provide a loving, learning community with appropriate teaching and learning methods for a wide range of ages, educational experience, competence and confidence. Some students have missed years of schooling, but others arrive at EducAid having missed little or none of their education. Consequently, some teenagers are illiterate on admission, with attainments below those of much younger children. EducAid, therefore, devised a personalised learning system that encourages children to take responsibility for their own learning, and to learn with and from peers, supported by teachers. Progression depends on reaching a specified standard in each module. The purpose-written modules cover the content of the national exams but provide opportunities for students to interact with each other in ways that challenge their previous negative and violent experiences. In other words, catering for diversity in learning can not be carried out independently of diversity in psychosocial experiences.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1007/978-981-15-9861-6_11 4869029:Y5AL5U74
Keywords: Low-income country; Marginalised children; Non-government organisation; Personalised learning

CASTOR: learning to create context-sensitive and emotionally engaging narrations in-situ - Pittarello, Fabio; Bertani, Luca (Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, 2012)
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Cassava Development at the Local Government Level: “Implementation Strategies - Tudunwada, I.Y. (Joint Consultative Conference on the Implementation of Federal Government Programs on Cassava Development at the Local Government Level. Organized by National Council for Local Government Departments of Agriculture and the Nigerian –British, 2005)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Cash transfers and teen education: evidence from South Africa - Eyal, Katherine; Woolard, Ingrid; Burns, Justine (Report, unpublished, 2014)

Cash or condition? Evidence from a cash transfer experiment - Baird, Sarah; McIntosh, Craig; Özler, Berk (The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2011)

Case study for integrating education for sustainable development in model youth polytechnics in Kenya - Kelemba, Joy Kasandi (2010)
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Case studies in Diagnostic Testing for Maths - Atkinson, R.; Barry, M.; Haßler, Björn; Quinney, D. (Diagnostic Testing for Maths, 2003)
"Diagnostic Testing for Maths" (2003), LTSN MathsTEAM, MSOR connections, Vol 3, No 2.
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Keywords: Author:Haßler; Author:OpenDevEd; Björn-CV-OECS; _r:ImportedToMyEducationEvidence

Cascade training and teachers' professional development - Hayes, David (ELT journal, 2000)
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Caring for children with neurodevelopmental disability: Experiences from caretakers and health workers in rural eastern Uganda - Namazzi, Gertrude; Hanson, Claudia; Nalwadda, Christine; Tetui, Moses; Nampijja, Margaret; Waiswa, Peter; Tumwine, James K.; Hildenwall, Helena (Plos one, 2020)
Publisher: Public Library of Science San Francisco, CA USA

Caribbean Regional Communications Infrastructure Program (CARCIP) - Submarine Cable Map (Submarine Cable Map, 2020)
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Caribbean Learning Recovery Programme - Leadership for Learning - Haßler, Björn; Regis, Callista; Khalayleh, Abdullah; McBurnie, Chris; Megha-Bongnkar, Ghislaine; Blower, Tom (Open Development & Education, 2021)
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Keywords: Author:Haßler; Author:OpenDevEd; AuthorFirst:Haßler; _yl:o1a; _zenodo:submitted; _zenodoETH:submitted

Career challenges in construction craft training in technical vocational education and training in Ghana - Yangben, PN; Seniwoliba, JA (2014)
The study examined the challenges of the Pilot Training Centre (PTC) at the National Vocational Training Institute (NVTI) at Kokomlemle, a suburb of Accra in the training of tradesmen for the construction industry. A descriptive survey design was used for the study. The population consists of tutors, current students and past students of the PTC/NVTI and contractors within the Accra Metropolis. The sample comprised ten tutors, fifteen past students, one hundred and ten currents and ten contractors were randomly selected from the PTC and contractors. A set of questionnaire was prepared and used for collecting data for the study. The data were analyzed using the descriptive statistics from the Statistical Package for Social Scientist (SPSS 16 version).For many years, technical and vocational education in Africa has been considered as a career path for the less academically endowed. This perception has been fuelled by the low academic requirements for admission into TVET programmes and the limited prospects for further education and professional development. Worse of all, the impression is sometimes created by governments that the primary objective of the vocational education track is to keep dropouts from the basic and senior high school system off the streets, rather than project this type of training as an effective strategy to train skilled workers for the employment market. However, 84.3% of the respondents refuted the assertion and only 15.7% supported the assertion. Based on these findings on the career challenges TVET trainees face, it was recommended that training institutions should be well resourced by the collective efforts of government and all other stakeholders so that training programmes can achieve their set objectives. Training providers should liaise with those in the industry so that in-service training activities could be organized which would enrich students with the right skills for the job market. There should be a clear cut for technical students climbing the academic ladder without bottlenecks.
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Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; A:East Africa; CA:AandC; CL:en; CLL:en; CLS:en; CT:A; CT:C; CT:P; CT:Q; CT:T; P:construction; P:crafts; P:nature; Q:masters; T:Educação profissionalizante; T:TVET; T:Training; T:career; _C:Ghana GHA; publicImportV1; ⛔ No DOI found

Care Is Not a Fad: Care Beyond COVID-19 - Bali, Maha (Reflecting Allowed, 2020)
I’ve been thinking recently about how some people who don’t normally focus on care are taking actions that show care. This is great. If you never thought about care in education, but th…
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Capturing cost data: a first-mile problem - Holla, Alaka (2019)
Before we bought our house, my husband and I knew the price. The real estate agent wasn’t allowed to give us a back-of-the-envelope estimate right at the end of the process. She wasn't allowed to just declare that the house was low cost, affordable, or sustainable for our budget. We ...
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Capacity Building For Entrepreneurship Education: The Challenge For The Developing Nations - Eze, John F.; Nwali, Anthony C. (American Journal of Business Education (AJBE), 2012)
Number: 4 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.19030/ajbe.v5i4.7117 10/gf62m8 2129771:3N36VEHG 2129771:9HU76LE7 2317526:7ISBHD6T 2317526:H2PQ8BHW
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; A:Africa; C:Nigeria; CA:AandC; CL:en; CL:fr; CLL:en; CLS:en; CT:A; CT:C; CT:D; CT:F; CT:P; CT:Q; CT:T; Capacity Building; D:developing country; D:developing nation; D:developing world; Economic Development; Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship Education; F:curriculum; F:inclusion; F:learning; F:policy; P:economy; P:service industry; P:social; Q:certificate; Q:degree; Q:diploma; Q:higher education; T:Ausbildung; T:entrepreneurship education; Z:Business education; Z:Business schools; Z:Curriculum development; Z:Developing countries–LDCs; Z:Economic development; Z:Entrepreneurship; Z:Higher education; Z:Studies; publicImportV1

Can we use Google Scholar to identify highly-cited documents? - Martín-Martín, Alberto; Orduña-Malea, Enrique; Harzing, Anne-Wil; López-Cózar, Emilio Delgado (Journal of informetrics, 2017)
Publisher: Elsevier KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1016/j.joi.2016.11.008 2129771:BSRFIE6U

Can we open the black box of AI? - Castelvecchi, D. (Nature, 2016)
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Keywords: ❓ Multiple DOI

Can We Afford Free Textbooks - Haßler, Björn (2017)
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Keywords: Author:Haßler; Author:OpenDevEd; _r:ImportedToMyEducationEvidence

Can Virtual Replace In-person Coaching? Experimental Evidence on Teacher Professional Development and Student Learning in South Africa - Cilliers, J; Fleisch, B; Kotze, J; Mohohlwane, N; Taylor, S; Thulare, T (2021)
We experimentally compare on-site with virtual coaching of South African teachers. After three years, on-site coaching improved students’ English oral language and reading proﬁciency by 0.31 and 0.13 SD, respectively. Virtual coaching improved English oral language proﬁciency (0.12 SD), had no impact on English reading proﬁciency, and an unintended negative eﬀect on home language literacy. Classroom observations show that on-site coaching improved teaching practice and that virtual coaching led to larger crowding-out of home language teaching time. Implementation and survey data suggest that the use of technology did not preclude eﬀectiveness, but rather that in-person contact enabled more accountability and support.
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Can Virtual Replace In-person Coaching? Experimental Evidence on Teacher Professional Development and Student Learning in South Africa - Cilliers, J.; Fleischz, B.; Kotze, J.; Mohohlwanex, N.; Taylor, S.; Thulare, T. (2020)
We experimentally compare on-site with virtual coaching of South African teachers. After three years, on-site coaching improved students’ English oral language and reading proﬁciency by 0.31 and 0.13 SD, respectively. Virtual coaching improved English oral language proﬁciency (0.12 SD), had no impact on English reading proﬁciency, and an unintended negative eﬀect on home language literacy. Classroom observations show that on-site coaching improved teaching practice and that virtual coaching led to larger crowding-out of home language teaching time. Implementation and survey data suggest that the use of technology did not preclude eﬀectiveness, but rather that in-person contact enabled more accountability and support.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 4804264:I5FWX4XN
Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing

Can virtual replace in-person coaching? Experimental evidence on teacher professional development and student learning - Cilliers, J; Fleischz, B; Kotzex, J; Mohohlwanex, N; Taylor, S; Thulare, T (2020)
We experimentally compare on-site with virtual coaching of South African teachers. After three years, on-site coaching improved students’ English oral language and reading proﬁciency by 0.31 and 0.13 SD, respectively. Virtual coaching improved English oral language proﬁciency (0.12 SD), had no impact on English reading proﬁciency, and an unintended negative eﬀect on home language literacy. Classroom observations show that on-site coaching improved teaching practice and that virtual coaching led to larger crowding-out of home language teaching time. Implementation and survey data suggest that the use of technology did not preclude eﬀectiveness, but rather that in-person contact enabled more accountability and support.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2405685:PZ94P8BE 2405685:QGPR3S5E 2534378:SLV36H9G
Keywords: Important; Read; ⛔ No DOI found

Can Touchscreen Devices be Used to Facilitate Young Children’s Learning? A Meta-Analysis of Touchscreen Learning Effect - Xie, Heping; Zhou, Zongkui; Peng, Ji; Qin, Mengyuan; Huang, Xuzhe; Tian, Fei (Frontiers in psychology, 2018)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02580 10/gf62gn 2129771:S8FSYFJ5
Keywords: __C:filed:1

Can the Ugly Duckling of ODL be Transformed into a Swan? The MOOC Effect - Kanwar, Asha (2013)
Public Lecture, University of South Africa (Unisa), Johannesburg, South Africa, 4 October 2013 by Professor Asha Kanwar, Commonwealth of Learning // Or more pertinently for us,‘Can the ugly duckling of ODL be transformed into a swan? What is the MOOC Effect? As you know, as distance educators we have been constantly working towards ‘parity of esteem’ with a system of higher education which goes back 900 years. In many developing countries ODL is still regarded as a second chance and second choice option. MOOCs, a form of distance learning has captured global media attention in the past two years. Will some of this high profile rub off on more traditional ODL provision?
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:EXDNGKEC
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Can the Kenyan Jua Kali Mechanic be Trusted in Servicing the New Technology Rich Vehicles? | African Journal of Education,Science and Technology - Wanyeki, Paul; Kitainge, Kisilu; Ferej, A (African Journal of Education,Science and Technology, 2018)
Mechanics in automotive garages need to keep pace with the ever evolving technological changes in the industry in order to provide relevant service to their clients. The formal garage mechanics have their training provided by vehicle suppliers on every critical technological innovation introduced in their automobiles. But the Jua Kali mechanics on the other hand do not have this symbiotic connection with suppliers. This paper tries to answer the question: can the jua kali mechanic be trusted in servicing the new technology rich vehicles? The study used a descriptive survey research design. The study population consisted of Jua Kali practitioners who deal with repairs and servicing of automobiles within Eldoret town. Data was analyzed using the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) software and content analysis techniques. The study found that the Jua Kali mechanics cannot be trusted in handling the new technology rich vehicle as they mostly relied on trial and error which more often than not leads to more damages.
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Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Can technology help mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on education systems in Europe and Central Asia? - Patrinos, Harry; Shmis, Tigran (World Bank, 2020)
With the need to contain the virus, many countries are implementing measures to reduce gatherings of large crowds.
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Can tablet apps support the learning of handwriting? An investigation of learning outcomes in kindergarten classroom - Bonneton-Botté, Nathalie; Fleury, Sylvain; Girard, Nathalie; Le Magadou, Maëlys; Cherbonnier, Anthony; Renault, Mickaël; Anquetil, Eric; Jamet, Eric (Computers & Education, 2020)
Publisher: Elsevier KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1016/j.compedu.2020.103831 2129771:QS64JRJK
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Can’t Wait to Learn: A quasi-experimental mixed-methods evaluation of a digital game-based learning programme for out-of-school children in Sudan - Brown, Felicity L; Farag, Alawia I; Hussein Abd Alla, Faiza; Radford, Kate; Miller, Laura; Neijenhuijs, Koen; Stubbé, Hester; de Hoop, Thomas; Abdullatif Abbadi, Ahmed; Turner, Jasmine S.; Jetten, Andrea; Jordans, Mark J.D. (Journal of Development Effectiveness, 2020)
Innovations are needed to address the global issue of access to highquality education, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. This paper shows quasi-experimental evidence that a digital game-based learning programme (‘Can’t Wait to Learn’) led to significantly greater improvements in mathematics competency, Arabic literacy competency, and psychological wellbeing of children aged 7–9 in Sudan, compared to state-provided education for out-of-school children, 6 months after the start of the programme implementation (n = 221). These findings were corroborated and extended by qualitative data from 33 focus group discussions and key informant interviews with children, learning directors, caregivers, community leaders, and supervisory staff. We found no differ ence between groups on child-reported hope, and we found evidence for a significant negative intervention effect on child-reported self-esteem, though the psychometric properties of these instruments were not ade quate. We report several considerations related to the experience of local facilitators, programme implementation challenges, and the importance of community acceptance and engagement for fidelity of implementation.

Can Public Rankings Improve School Performance? Evidence from a Nationwide Reform in Tanzania - Cilliers, Jacobus; Mbiti, Isaac; Zeitlin, Andrew (Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE), 2019)
In 2013, Tanzania introduced “Big Results Now in Education”, a low-stakes accountability program that published both nationwide and within-district school rankings. Using data from the universe of school performance from 2011-2016, we identify the impacts of the reform using a diﬀerence-in-diﬀerences estimator that exploits the diﬀerential pressure exerted on schools at the top and bottom of their respective district rankings. We ﬁnd that BRN improved learning outcomes for schools in the bottom two deciles of their districts. However, the program also led schools to strategically exclude students from the terminal year of primary school.
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Can professional environments in schools promote teacher development? Explaining heterogeneity in returns to teaching experience - Kraft, M.A.; Papay, J.P. (Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2014)
Place: Charlottesville, VA Publisher: University of Virginia

Can online learning communities foster professional development? - Beach, Richard (Language Arts, 2012)
ISBN: 0360-9170 Publisher: National Council of Teachers of English
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Can online learning communities achieve the goals of traditional professional learning communities? What the literature says - Blitz, Cynthia L (2013)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Can new modes of digital learning help resolve the teacher crisis in sub-Saharan Africa? - Moon, Bob; Villet, Charmaine (Journal of Learning for Development, 2017)
Sub-Saharan Africa, more than any other part of the world, is experiencing a crisis in finding sufficiently qualified teachers to meet the needs of expanding school systems. The professional development support provided to serving teachers is also inadequate in most countries. The most recent data on learner outcomes has revealed a worrying picture of significant under-achievement across the region. This paper argues that the teacher education and training structures of the last century will never be able to meet urgent contemporary needs. Given population growth, especially among the young, large-scale expansion of the teaching force and the associated teacher education systems will be the norm through to the middle years of the century and beyond. In this context the paper argues for a significant policy shift to expand quality teacher education and professional support at scale through a more school-based and digitally supported network model of provision. Examples of current digital programmes within the region are considered as well as the new technologies that are emerging with relevance to teacher education. The paper suggests a three-phase process through which national governments might move in making the necessary changes in policy and practice.
Publisher: Commonwealth of Learning, 4710 Kingsway Suite 2500, Burnaby, BC V5H 4M2 Canada KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2405685:C4EES7UW 2534378:LSYA2A2W
Keywords: Africa; Computer Uses in Education; ERIC; Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE); Educational Change; Educational Policy; Electronic Learning; Faculty Development; Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Inservice Teacher Education; Online Courses; Postsecondary Education; Preservice Teacher Education; Resource Units; Teacher Shortage; ⛔ No DOI found

Can Mobile Phones Improve Learning? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Niger. - Aker, Jenny C.; Ksoll, Christopher; Lybbert, Travis J. (American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2012)

Can maternal education sustain or enhance the benefits of early life interventions? Evidence from the Young Lives Longitudinal Study - Sabates, Ricardo; Di Cesare, Mariachiara (Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2021)
This paper provides evidence on the predicted benefits of maternal education, in terms of reduced child malnutrition at ages 1 and 5, focusing specifically on the complementarities with early life interventions across contexts. Using data from the Young Lives Longitudinal Study for Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam, results show the expected association of maternal education with reduced likelihood of malnutrition both at ages 1 and 5. However, the benefits of maternal education via access to an early life intervention (antenatal care), are found only in some countries and for some levels of maternal education. Inequalities in the risk of malnutrition between those with the highest endowments of maternal education and access to antenatal services, and those without these, are significant within countries. We conclude that programmes which aim to reduce the risks of malnutrition should consider local knowledge and realities in order to understand more fully the expected benefits.
Publisher: Routledge _eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/03057925.2019.1653171 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1080/03057925.2019.1653171 2129771:WSICB8HM
Keywords: Maternal education; Young Lives; antenatal care; child nutrition; quantitative methods

Can free primary education meet the needs of the poor?: evidence from Malawi - Kadzamira, Esme; Rose, Pauline (International journal of educational development, 2003)
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Can Facebook groups enhance continuing professional development of teachers? Lessons from Kenya - Bett, Harry; Makewa, Lazarus (Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2020)
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Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing

Can Facebook groups enhance continuing professional development of teachers? Lessons from Kenya - Bett, Harry; Makewa, Lazarus (Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2020)
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for teachers in Kenya suffers from challenges such as inadequate resources, poor planning, competing interests, among others. Besides being traditional in approach, most CPD sessions are far between to be meaningfully helpful. With increasing uptake of technology and number of social media users in Kenya, Facebook can be a potential platform to enhance teachers’ professional development. This exploratory cross-sectional survey focussed on discussions teachers had in the month of February 2015 on one Facebook Group named ‘Teachers of English’. A directed content analysis of the 647 posts following Shulman’s category of teacher knowledge base revealed that interactions on the group centred on the teaching of English and Literature, as well as on other education-related matters. This study concludes that that Facebook Groups can be fertile avenues for teachers’ ongoing professional development, especially in developing countries where such opportunities are scarce.
Publisher: Routledge _eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/1359866X.2018.1542662 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1080/1359866X.2018.1542662 10.1080/1359866x.2018.1542662 10/gg3988 2339240:FPKG4LA8 2405685:9BBCI3GD 2405685:9EFWDEUR 2534378:BJ75PKH4 2534378:F8XIDPG4 2534378:FNUR2CDH 2534378:N4ZG4GTY
Keywords: Content analysis; Education–Teaching Methods And Curriculum; English teachers; Facebook Groups; Kenya; Professional development; Social networks; Teacher education; Teachers; __:import:02; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2425933; __finaldtb; professional development

Can cost-effectiveness analysis integrate concerns for equity? Systematic review - Johri, Mira; Norheim, Ole Frithjof (International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 2012)
Objectives: The aim of this study was to promote approaches to health technology assessment (HTA) that are both evidence-based and values-based. We conducted a systematic review of published studies describing formal methods to consider equity in the context of cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA).Methods: Candidate studies were identified through an unrestricted search of the Pub Med and EMBASE databases. The search closed on January 20, 2011. We identified additional studies by consulting experts and checking article bibliographies. Two authors independently reviewed each candidate study to determine inclusion and extracted data from studies retained for review. In addition to documenting methods, data extraction identified implicit and explicit notions of fairness. Data were synthesized in narrative form. Study quality was not assessed.Results: Of the 695 candidate articles, 51 were retained for review. We identified three broad methods to facilitate quantitative consideration of equity concerns in economic evaluation: integration of distributional concerns through equity weights and social welfare functions, exploration of the opportunity costs of alternative policy options through mathematical programming, and multi-criteria decision analysis.Conclusions: Several viable techniques to integrate equity concerns within CEA now exist, ranging from descriptive approaches to the quantitative methods studied in this review. Two obstacles at the normative level have impeded their use in decision making to date: the multiplicity of concepts and values discussed under the rubric of equity, and the lack of a widely accepted normative source on which to ground controversial value choices. Clarification of equity concepts and attention to procedural fairness may strengthen use of these techniques in HTA decision making.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1017/S0266462312000050 2129771:Q8R99L4I 4869029:GPR85WG6 4869029:VRBI9SA5
Keywords: Cost-benefit analysis; Health care; Quality-adjusted life-years; Resource allocation; equity; health priorities; rationing

Can computers increase human capital in developing countries? An evaluation of Nepal’s one laptop per child program. - Sharma, Uttam (Annual Meeting of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, 2014)

Can children benefit from early internet exposure? Short- and long-term links between internet use, digital skill, and academic performance - Hurwitz, Lisa B.; Schmitt, Kelly L. (Computers & Education, 2020)
Educational policymakers are optimistic that providing young children access to technology can catalyze academic achievement and eventual positive labor market outcomes. However, possessing digital skill – or the ability to use technology effectively – might be necessary for young children to realize measurable benefits from the Internet. In the present longitudinal study, we explored whether Internet use and digital skill in early childhood predicted academic performance in middle childhood. We surveyed 101 US parents when their children were roughly 5 years and 11 years, collecting data on children's Internet use, digital skill, and academic performance. Structural equation modeling revealed that children's time online in early childhood was a marginally significant negative predictor of middle childhood academic performance, but digital skill in early childhood was a marginally significant positive predictor (ps < .1). Moreover, digital skill in early childhood indirectly influenced middle childhood academic performance via middle childhood digital skill. Early childhood digital skill significantly predicted middle childhood digital skill, which was significantly and positively associated with school performance. These findings suggest that allowing young children to engage with digital technologies for some amount of can be beneficial, provided that children use that time fruitfully to acquire digital skill.
Keywords: 21st century abilities; Early years education; Elementary education

Can Big Bird Fight Terrorism?: Children's Television and Globalized Multicultural Education - Moland, Naomi A. (Oxford University Press, 2019)
Sesame Street has taught generations of Americans their letters and numbers, and also how to better understand and get along with people of different races, faiths, ethnicities, and temperaments. But the show has a global reach as well, with more than thirty co-productions of Sesame Street that are viewed in over 150 countries. In recent years, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has provided funding to the New York-based Sesame Workshop to create international versions of Sesame Street. Many of these programs teach children to respect diversity and tolerate others, which some hope will ultimately help to build peace in conflict-affected societies. In fact, the U.S. government has funded local versions of the show in several countries enmeshed in conflict, including Afghanistan, Kosovo, Pakistan, Jordan, and Nigeria.Can Big Bird Fight Terrorism? takes an in-depth look at the Nigerian version, Sesame Square, which began airing in 2011. In addition to teaching preschool-level academic skills, Sesame Square seeks to promote peaceful coexistence-a daunting task in Nigeria, where escalating ethno-religious tensions and terrorism threaten to fracture the nation. After a year of interviewing Sesame creators, observing their production processes, conducting episode analysis, and talking to local educators who use the program in classrooms, Naomi Moland found that this child-focused use of soft power raised complex questions about how multicultural ideals translate into different settings. In Nigeria, where segregation, state fragility, and escalating conflict raise the stakes of peacebuilding efforts, multicultural education may be ineffective at best, and possibly even divisive. This book offers rare insights into the complexities, challenges, and dilemmas inherent in soft power attempts to teach theideals of diversity and tolerance in countries suffering from internal conflicts.
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Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing

Cambridge Lower Secondary Global Perspectives Stage 9 Learner's Skills Book - Laycock, Keely (Cambridge University Press, 2020)
This series has been developed for the Cambridge Lower Secondary Global Perspectives Curriculum Framework (1129). This Stage 9 learner's skills book helps students develop key 21st century skills, including research, analysis and more. Written by experienced teacher and author, Keely Laycock, learners are encouraged to reflect on your chosen topics – such as sport and recreation or language and communication – at a personal, national and global level. This series enables students to develop skills for their future in a scaffolded and measurable way, and has been produced with feedback from teachers and students all around the world.

Cambodian Secondary School Teachers' Readiness for Online Teaching During the Covid-19 Pandemic - Chea, Phal; Chankoulika, Bo; Minami, Ryuto (2022)
This study intends to review alternative teaching methods during the Covid-19 pandemic and examine teacher readiness in adopting educational technology (edtech) for online teaching as well as factors associated with readiness in the context of secondary schools in Cambodia. To assess teacher readiness, we adopted the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK), a framework developed by Mishra and Koehler (2006). Data analysis draws on the surveys of 687 teachers at 43 secondary schools in 10 Cambodian provinces collected in November 2021. The findings show that nearly all the sampled teachers experienced teaching online during the school closure, although about a third of them had completely returned to physical in-person teaching at the time of the interview. Although a good share of teachers adopted both synchronous and asynchronous teaching approaches for their online teaching, more than half of teachers who taught online used only one approach (either synchronous or asynchronous). Cambodian secondary teachers think their pedagogical and content knowledge is relatively high at 3.92 and 3.88 respectively. However, their technological knowledge is low at 2.87. The regression analysis suggests that at the individual level, factors that influence teacher readiness include gender, age, perceived challenge and perceived effectiveness of online teaching. Experience teaching at private schools and level of student-teacher interaction are also found to be positively associated with teacher readiness, while initial pre-service and in-service training are found to have little to no influence on teacher readiness. Teachers with access to computers seem to demonstrate a higher level of readiness for online teaching. As expected, teachers in Phnom Penh are likely to be more ready for online teaching, but to our surprise, teachers at resource schools exhibit a lower level of readiness than their peers at general schools.

Cambodia teacher professional development policy options brief. Prepared for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)/Cambodia under All Children Reading – Asia (ACR–Asia), All Children Reading – Cambodia, Contract No - Piper, B.; Spratt, J. (RTI International, 2017)
Issue: 17 Pages: 00017

Call Me Educated: Evidence from a Mobile Monitoring Experiment in Niger - Aker, Jenny C; Ksoll, Christopher (2015)
In rural areas of developing countries, education programs are often implemented through community teachers. While teachers are a crucial part of the education production function, observing their effort remains a challenge for the public sector. This paper tests whether a simple monitoring system, implemented via the mobile phone, can improve student learning as part of an adult education program. Using a randomized control trial in 160 villages in Niger, we randomly assigned villages to a mobile phone monitoring component, whereby teachers, students and the village chief were called on a weekly basis. There was no incentive component to the program. The monitoring intervention dramatically affected student performance: During the first year of the program, reading and math test scores were .15-.30 s.d. higher in monitoring villages than in non-monitoring villages, with relatively stronger effects in the region where monitoring was weakest and for teachers for whom the outside option was lowest. We provide more speculative evidence on the mechanisms behind these effects, namely, teacher and student effort and motivation.
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Keywords: C:Niger

Call for solidarity with students - People's Coalition (C19 People's Coalition, 2020)
Click here to add your voice Educators, students, administrators, parents, student organisations, unions and concerned members of the public. Help us ensure that no one is excluded or left behind due to universities and other institutions’ push toward online and remote learning. The COVID-19 crisis places all in grave jeopardy. Yet, institutions of higher learning […]
Library Catalog: c19peoplescoalition.org.za KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:HKQKZFV9

Calculating the Educational Impact of COVID-19 (Part II): Using Data from Successive Grades to Estimate Learning Loss | SharEd - Cummiskey, Chris (2020)
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Keywords: _COVID_DEAA-List

Calculating the Educational Impact of COVID-19: Closed Schools, Lost learning, Unequal Impact | SharEd - DeStefano, Joe (2020)
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Cadre stratégique pour l'alphabétisation numérique des citoyens en Afrique - Smart Africa Alliance (Smart Africa Alliance, 2024)
An output of the Open Development & Education, https://opendeved.net/
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bwallace/abstrackr-web - wallace, byron (2023)
web-based citation screening tool
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Burkina Faso: Why some West African architects are choosing mud over concrete (National Geographic) (Barza Wire, 2021)
A group of architects in West Africa are pushing to use mud over concrete to build houses. In countries such as Burkina Faso, as people have become wealthier, they have transitioned to using …
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Building State Capability: Evidence, Analysis, Action - Andrews, Matt; Pritchett, Lant; Woolcock, Michael (Oxford University Press, 2017)
Governments play a major role in the development process, and constantly introduce reforms and policies to achieve developmental objectives. Many of these interventions have limited impact, however; schools get built but children don't learn, IT systems are introduced but not used, plans are written but not implemented. These achievement deficiencies reveal gaps in capabilities, and weaknesses in the process of building state capability. 00This book addresses these weaknesses and gaps. It starts by providing evidence of the capability shortfalls that currently exist in many countries, showing that many governments lack basic capacities even after decades of reforms and capacity building efforts. The book then analyses this evidence, identifying capability traps that hold many governments back - particularly related to isomorphic mimicry (where governments copy best practice solutions from other countries that make them look more capable even if they are not more capable) and premature load bearing (where governments adopt new mechanisms that they cannot actually make work, given weak extant capacities). The book then describes a process that governments can use to escape these capability traps.
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Building resilience in education to the impact of climate change - Anderson, Allison (Brookings, 2019)
The Bahamas and other countries can learn from work in Nepal to keep learners safe by reducing disaster risk to natural and manmade disasters.
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Building Quality in Summer Learning Programs: Approaches and Recommendations - McLaughlin, Brenda; Pitcock, Sarah (The Wallace Foundation, 2009)
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Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Building on Solid Foundations: Prioritizing Universal, Early, Conceptual and Procedural Mastery of Foundational Skills - Belafi, Carmen; Hwa, Yue-Yi; Kaffenberger, MIchelle (Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE), 2020)
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Building mental health workforce capacity through training and retention of psychiatrists in Zimbabwe - Abas, Melanie A.; Nhiwatiwa, Sekai M.; Mangezi, Walter; Jack, Helen; Piette, Angharad; Cowan, Frances M.; Barley, Elizabeth; Chingono, Alfred; Iversen, Amy; Chibanda, Dixon; Barley, Elizabeth; Barley, Elizabeth; et al. (International Review of Psychiatry, 2014)
Despite the need to improve the quantity and quality of psychiatry training in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), very little is known about the experiences of psychiatric trainees in the region. This is the first study examining psychiatric trainees in a low-income country in SSA. It was carried out as part of the needs assessment for a unique Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI) programme to find African solutions for medical shortages in Africa. We approached all doctors who had trained in post-graduate psychiatry in Zimbabwe in 2010 and conducted in-depth qualitative interviews with all except one (n = 6). We analysed the data using constant comparison and thematic analysis. Trainees described the apprenticeship model as the programme's primary strength, through providing clinical exposure and role models. Programme weaknesses included shortages in information sources, trainee salaries, trainers, public health education, and in the mental health service. Most respondents were, however, eager to continue practising psychiatry in Zimbabwe, motivated by family ties, national commitment and helping vulnerable, stigmatized individuals. Respondents called for sub-speciality training and for infrastructure and training to do research. Resources need to be made available for psychiatric trainees in more SSA settings to develop public health competencies. However, investment in psychiatry training programmes must balance service provision with trainees' educational needs. Directing investment towards needs identified by trainees may be a cost-effective, context-sensitive way to increase retention and learning outcomes. © 2014 Institute of Psychiatry.
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Building effective COVID-19 Education Response Plans: Insights from Africa and Asia - Kimenyi, Eric; Otieno, Jennifer; Kaye, Tom (2020)
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Keywords: COV:COVID and reopening of schools; F: Helpdesk response; LP: English; _C:Afghanistan AFG; _C:Bhutan BTN; _C:Gambia GMB; _C:Ghana GHA; _C:Malawi MWI; _C:Nepal NPL; _C:Nigeria NGA; _C:Pakistan PAK; _C:Rwanda RWA; _C:Somalia SOM; _C:South Sudan SSD; _C:Sudan SDN; _C:Uganda UGA; _C:Zambia ZMB; _C:Zimbabwe ZWE; _EdTechHub_Output; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1; _cover:v1; _r:ImportedToMyEducationEvidence; _zenodoETH; docs.opendeved.net; dode_eth-src-eth; dode_eth-trf2-dode

Building Educational Foundations through Innovation & Technology (BEFIT) Malawi Scale-Up Program Overview - Imagine WorldWide, Hon Agnes (2022)
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Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing

Building capacity of teachers and trainers in technical and vocational education and training (TVET) in Sudan (Case of Khartoum State University). - Ahmed, Hashim (Technische Universität Dresden, 2011)
The purpose of this research was to do applied study to investigate TVET teacher education in Sudan in a bid to rebuild and raise the capacity of the teachers and trainers who are working in the technical schools and vocational training centers in Khartoum state, and to generalize the overall results throughout the Sudan. Specifically, many research questions were addressed to target the main purpose of the study: To what extent the practical components of curriculum are applied in and outside TVET institutions? To what extent the in-service training’s programs meet the professional development of teachers and trainers? Is the private sector contributes to the training programs? Which approaches could be implemented to improve the teacher training? To what extent the integration of ICTs in learning and teaching process improves competence of TVET teachers? Is there re-training program for old teachers? Is there need to train teacher in private sector workshop? Moreover: the following concepts are relevant to raising the capacity building of teachers are studied: teacher professional development, capacity building, integration of suitable level of information and communication technology (ICT) to teacher education and the connectivity of training process to world of work. In order to collect convenient information, the study used the questionnaire and interview as instruments to achieve the objectives of the research. The main population of the study is teachers, trainers, administrators and employers. With respect to data analysis, the study used the SPSS program and the Chi-square to test some hypotheses. The results of the study showed that essential innovations and reforms on the initial and in service training programs should be done especially, respect to practical components of the initial and in-service training to reach the professional development for teachers. Since most of interviewees confirmed old curricula of the initial education of teacher and there was no retraining program for the teacher on the job: the linkage of the training to world of work is needed to keep the teacher up-to date. Integration of ICT into learning/teaching process is very important factor because it’s one of the modernization requirements; hence if we do not do this now it should be urgent necessity at the near future. Major result of the study the proposed training approach for TVET teachers in Sudan, whereas implementation of this approach depends on three levels: macro- level the political commitment by undertaking ii clear national policy and conceptual framework for technical and vocational education and improving the image of teachers, their work conditions and media involvement. Meso level:(public and private sector): since a moral contribution towards training of TVET teachers should be realized, by providing real opportunity to make a success to this new training approach by means of offering technical support, technical consultation, advanced knowledge, specialized seminars and contributing of all training policies especially the financial cost. Micro-level (TVET institutions): there is vital role of administrators to play to attract best candidates not only students of low grades to TVET domain. For example, integrate simple level technology into curricula. Improve initial and in-service training programs based on training needs assessment. Create good internship, and improving the work environment and incentives for teachers
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Building capacity for professional development: the development of teachers as facilitators in Ghana - Perry, Emily; Bevins, Stuart (Professional Development in Education, 2018)
In low- and middle-income countries, cascade models of teacher professional development are often used as routes to educational reform. In these models, external agents deliver professional development, which is then disseminated by in-country facilitators. However, little is known about how to support facilitators of professional development, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. In this study, we report on a model of capacity building for professional development in Ghana. In the context of a large-scale programme of science teacher professional development, a group of Ghanaian teachers gradually assumed responsibility for professional development facilitation, working alongside experienced facilitators from the UK. Using interviews focussed on a storyline technique, we explore the experiences of the Ghanaian teachers as they reflected on their roles. We found the teachers’ epistemological beliefs about teaching were coherent with those of the programme and suggest that this may be an important factor in the success of cascade models of professional development. The teachers gained self-confidence and improved their knowledge and skills of teaching and of professional development facilitation. We propose that this is useful learning for all facilitators and that the model described here is one which is potentially useful for capacity building in other contexts.
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Keywords: CPD; Ghana; Professional development; _C:Benin BEN; _C:Ghana GHA; _C:India IND; _C:Kenya KEN; _C:Lesotho LSO; _C:Netherlands NLD; _C:Nigeria NGA; _C:Singapore SGP; _C:Somalia SOM; _C:Somaliland XSMLD; _C:Tanzania TZA; _C:Uganda UGA; _C:United Kingdom GBR; _C:United States USA; _C:Zambia ZMB; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1; capacity building; facilitation; professional learning; science education

Building back better to avert a learning catastrophe: Estimating learning loss from COVID-19 school shutdowns in Africa and facilitating short-term and long-term learning recovery - Angrist, Noam; de Barros, Andreas; Bhula, Radhika; Chakera, Shiraz; Cummiskey, Chris; DeStefano, Joseph; Floretta, John; Kaffenberger, Michelle; Piper, Benjamin; Stern, Jonathan (International Journal of Educational Development, 2021)
We model learning losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the potential for cost-effective strategies to build back better. Data from Early Grade Reading Assessments in Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia, Tanzania, and Uganda suggest half to over a year’s worth of learning loss. In modeling losses over time, we found that learning deficits for a child in grade 3 could lead to 2.8 years of lost learning by grade 10. While COVID-19 has stymied learning, bold, learning-focused reform consistent with the literature reviewed in this paper—specifically reform on targeted instruction and structured pedagogy—could improve learning even beyond pre-COVID-19 levels.
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Keywords: COVID-19; Education; Foundational skills; Learning loss; Recovery

Building and Sustaining National ICT Education Agencies : Lessons from International Experiences - Trucano, Michael; Dykes, Gavin (World Bank Education, 2016)
National ICT/education agencies (and their functional equivalents) play important roles in the implementation and oversight of large scale initiatives related to the use of information and communication technologies in education in many countries. That said, little is known at a global level about the way these organizations operate, how they are structured, and how they typically evolve over time. Through an examination of lessons from the development and history of a set of representative ICT/education agencies in East Asia, and, to better understand East Asian experience, other countries around the work, this paper seeks to identify common challenges and issues and potential relevance to leaders of such institutions.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:DF372KBZ

Building and Sustaining National Educational Technology Agencies : Lessons, Models and Case Studies from Around the World - Trucano, Michael; Dykes, Gavin (World Bank Education, 2017)
National ICT/education agencies (and their functional equivalents) play important roles in the implementation and oversight of large scale initiatives related to the use of information and communication technologies in education in many countries. That said, little is known at a global level about the way these organizations operate, how they are structured, and how they typically evolve over time. Through an examination of lessons from the development and history of a set of representative ICT/education agencies in East Asia, and, to better understand East Asian experience, other countries around the work, this paper seeks to identify common challenges and issues and potential relevance to leaders of such institutions.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:Z7S8UJIY

Building and Strengthening National Systems for Early Childhood Development - Vargas-Barón, Emily (Handbook of early childhood development research and its impact on global policy, 2014)

Building and indoor environmental quality assessment of Nigerian primary schools: A pilot study - Toyinbo, Oluyemi; Phipatanakul, Wanda; Shaughnessy, Richard; Haverinen-Shaughnessy, Ulla (Indoor Air, 2019)
A total of 15 classrooms went through on-site assessments/inspections, including measurements of temperature (T), and concentrations of carbon monoxide (CO) and carbon dioxide (CO2). In addition, the level of surface biocontamination/cleaning effectiveness was assessed by measuring adenosine triphosphate (ATP) levels on students' desks. Based on the data, the quality of facilities in the buildings was low. Classroom occupancy exceeded ASHRAE 50 person/100 m2 standard in all cases indicating overcrowding. However, concentrations of CO2 remained below 1000 ppm in most classrooms. On the other hand, indoor T was above the recommended levels for thermal comfort in all classrooms. Maximum indoor CO was 6 ppm. Median ATP concentrations on the desk tops were moderately high in all schools. The use of open incinerators and power generator sets near classrooms, which was suspected to be the main source of CO, should be discouraged. Improved hygiene could be achieved by providing the students access to functioning bathroom facilities and cafeteria, and by effective cleaning of high contact surfaces such as desks. Although ventilation seems adequate based on CO2 concentrations, thermal comfort was not attained especially in the afternoon during extreme sunlight. Therefore, installing passive and/or mechanical cooling systems should be considered in this regard.
_eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/ina.12547 openalex: W2949016276 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1111/ina.12547 2129771:RJFYRRCV 4874017:2RMVCHT5 5072953:46EITHZ2 5072953:76FPBVHZ 5072953:8DCBZHRW
Keywords: C:Nigeria; _z:class:countries; _z:class:themes; cleaning; educational buildings; indoor environmental quality; natural ventilation; openalex:n:1; openalex:yes; school classrooms; thermal acceptability

Building an online community: student teachers' perceptions on the advantages of using social networking services in a teacher education program - Habibi, Akhmad; Mukinin, Amirul; Riyanto, Yatim; Prasohjo, Lantip Diat; Sulistiyo, Urip; Sofwan, Muhammad; Saudagar, Ferdiaz (Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2018)
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Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing

Building an online community: student teachers' perceptions on the advantages of using social networking services in a teacher education program - Habibi, Akhmad; Mukinin, Amirul; Riyanto, Yatim; Prasohjo, Lantip Diat; Sulistiyo, Urip; Sofwan, Muhammad; Saudagar, Ferdiaz (Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2018)
This inquiry examined student teachers' perceptions on the advantages of using Social Networking Services (SNS) in an English teacher education program at a public university in Jambi, Indonesia to ease the communication, supervision, discussion, and report submissions between supervisors and student teachers. The networking types included in the program are Whatsapp, Telegram, Email, and Google Form. The method of the research was qualitative through using focus group discussions as the technique of collecting data involving forty-two student teachers. We organized our analysis and discussion around their perceptions and the contexts in which the advantages they perceived emerge. The analyses of the texts revealed that two salient themes with their sub-themes related to the advantages of using Social Networking Services (SNS) in a teacher education program were social interaction (peer discussion and platform to interact with supervisors or lecturers) and learning motivation and experience supports (self-directed learning, promotes critical thinking, content engagement). Some pedagogical and social implications are also discussed.
Publisher: Anadolu University, Office of the Rector, Eskisehir, 26470, Turkey Cam URL: https://ezp.lib.cam.ac.uk/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/2013525781?accountid=9851 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.17718/tojde.382663 2405685:J6BE7A45 2534378:E9ZSB7L9 2534378:MCTX9ZFS
Keywords: Case Studies; College Students; Computer Mediated Communication; Critical Thinking; Data Analysis; ERIC; Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE); Educational Benefits; Focus Groups; Foreign Countries; Group Discussion; Higher Education; Independent Study; Indonesia; Interpersonal Communication; Learner Engagement; Learning Motivation; Practicums; Preservice Teacher Education; Qualitative Research; Social Networks; Student Teacher Attitudes; Teacher Education Programs; __:import:01; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2097353; __finaldtb

Building a More Sustainable Future in Uganda: One Brick at a Time - Nambatya, Margret Mauricia (2022)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Building a high-quality teaching profession: lessons from around the world - Schleicher, Andreas (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2011)
This report presents the best current evidence about what can make teacher-oriented reforms effective and points to examples of reforms that have produced specific results, show promise or illustrate imaginative ways of implementing change. Its four chapters cover recruitment and initial preparation of teachers; teacher development, support, careers and employment conditions; teacher evaluation and compensation; and teacher engagement in education reform.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1787/9789264113046-en 2129771:F7RQQF5A 2405685:KHTXBDEZ 2534378:I7ZW5U83 261495:82GKVA9F

Building a Better Mousetrap: How Design-Based Research was Used to Improve Homemade PowerPoint Games - Siko, Jason; Barbour, Michael (TechTrends, 2016)
This paper is a review of a three-cycle, design-based research study that explored the relationship between the pedagogical research and the actual implementation of a game design project using Microsoft PowerPoint. Much of the initial literature on using homemade PowerPoint games showed no significant improvement in test scores when students created these low-tech games, despite the fact that the game project was grounded in sound pedagogical strategies. After each iteration changes were made to better reflect the recommendations from the literature, and at the end of the study, students creating games were performing statistically higher on tests than their counterparts who did not create games. Limitations of the study are discussed, as well as ideas for future research in the area of student-generated games as an instructional approach. Retrieved from http://rdcu.be/ne9S
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1007/s11528-016-0092-x 2129771:NZMEAM3P 4426965:N4CI79XH

Build Back Better: our plan for growth - Great Britain; Treasury (2021)
OCLC: 1246508765

BTVET Act - Business, Technical, Vocational Education Act and Training Act - Government of Uganda (2008)
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Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -GeneralCitations; CC:Uganda; publicImportV1

Broadening borders to build better schools: Virtual professional learning communities - Carpenter, Daniel; Munshower, Paul (International Journal of Educational Management, 2019)
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how rural teachers provided a PLC by leveraging virtual technologies to connect educators of like subject disciplines from several schools, foreign and domestic. Design/methodology/approach A phenomenological case study-based approach was leveraged to investigate established vPLCs at schools (Creswell, 2013; Stake, 2010). Qualitative data were collected from multiple sources to obtain rural teacher perceptions on the impact vPLCs had on their practice (Creswell, 2013). Findings Teacher collaborative teams build relationships comparable to teams that met face to face as part of a similar PLC and PD experience. Participant reflections in this investigation showed that rural educators favored face-to-face meetings; however, vPLCs provided similar teacher experiences to that of the face-to-face PBL model. Results indicated that educators recognized virtual collaboration just as valuable a tool for enabling PLCs than face-to-face collaborations while still offering similarities to improved teacher practice. Research limitations/implications The research was limited to teachers in rural settings in the USA (Texas) and in the Dominican Republic. The research was limited to teacher perceptions of change, and observed changes as part of their participation in a research-based virtual PLC model. The research was limited to the school setting over an academic year. Practical implications The findings from this study have practical implications for rural teachers and school implementation of a professional learning community model. Originality/value The promise provided by this study is that vPLCs may provide opportunity for rural schools to provide a job-embedded professional development model (Croft et al., 2010) for otherwise isolated teachers (Barrett et al., 2015).
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1108/IJEM-09-2018-0296 2129771:JGK5NAFN 2405685:BXCJZXC3 2534378:9DM4HQE9 2534378:BDJAHBNX 2534378:EEJ2GZ6E
Keywords: Collaboration; Communities of Practice; Computer Mediated Communication; ERIC; Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE); Education; Educational technology; Faculty Development; Learning; Meetings; Preferences; Professional development; Professional learning communities; Rural Schools; Rural schools; School districts; Teacher Attitudes; Teacher Collaboration; Teacher collaboration; Teachers; Teaching; Virtual professional learning communities; __:import:01; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2095794; __finaldtb

Broadening artificial intelligence education in K-12: where to start? - Wong, Gary K. W.; Ma, Xiaojuan; Dillenbourg, Pierre; Huan, John (ACM Inroads, 2020)

Broadening access to science events by using the internet - Haßler, Björn (Geophysical Research Abstracts, 2006)
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Keywords: Author:Haßler; Author:OpenDevEd; _r:ImportedToMyEducationEvidence; ⛔ No DOI found

Broadcasting education: The long-term effects of Mexico’s telesecundarias - Fabregas, Raissa (Working Paper, 2019)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 4804264:JXAANUTX
Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing

Bringing Out the Best of Leaders, Teachers, and Students in the midst of COVID-19: Lessons Learned from Russell County, Alabama - Kilcrease, Adam (Teaching/Writing: The Journal of Writing Teacher Education, 2020)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:YJLCF2BW
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Bringing Learning to Light: The Role of Citizen-Led Assessments in Shifting the Education Agenda - Plaut, Daniel; Jamieson Eberhardt, Molly (Results for Development, 2015)
"Are children learning?" is a question that should inform all education policymaking. Yet in many countries, the answer to this question has remained
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:7XH66MAB 2405685:8N72DLST 2486141:CI7HN7EF

Bringing Human Rights Education to US Classrooms: Exemplary Models from Elementary Grades to University - Katz, Susan Roberta (Palgrave, 2015)
Bringing Human Rights Education to US Classrooms presents ten research-based human rights projects powerfully implemented in a range of U.S. classrooms, from elementary school through community college and university. In these classrooms, the students-pri

Bringing Education to Afghan Girls: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Village-Based Schools. - Burde, D.; Linden, L. (American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2013)
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Bring your own device? - Hynes, Paul; Younie, Sarah (Debates in Computing and ICT Education, 2017)
00000 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.4324/9781315709505-11 10/gf62hd 2129771:FUQLVRKQ 2129771:XRN4EG85
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Bright and Early: How financing pre-primary education gives every child a fair start in life - Zubairi, Asma; Rose, Pauline (University of Cambridge, 2017)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

BRIEF Implementation Science and Practice in the Education Sector - Lyon, Aaron R (2017)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:BAABT2DP 2129771:QN4UWSL2 2486141:HF3IQP5I 4869029:GM9C33Q5
Keywords: education; ⛔ No DOI found

Bridging the Human Rights Implementation Gap: A Commonwealth Survey - Secretariat, Commonwealth (Commonwealth iLibrary, 2023)
In January 2022, the Commonwealth Secretariat launched a survey of national frameworks for the implementation of international human rights obligations in Commonwealth member states. The primary objectives of the survey were to: a. Contribute to the body of knowledge, such as studies conducted by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and other organisations, on the role and effectiveness of National Mechanisms for Implementation, Reporting and Follow-up (NMIRFs). Recent OHCHR studies have shown that NMIRFs are vital for improved implementation and reporting on human rights. They have identified several essential ‘capacities’ for enhanced performance, including engagement, co-ordination, consultation and information management. b. Map existing national systems for implementation, reporting and follow-up to understand how they implement their mandates, and thereby facilitate an exchange of good practice and lessons learnt. c. Understand specific needs for further technical assistance for Commonwealth member states to establish and/or strengthen NMIRFs. d. Provide information to be used in advocacy for formulating common guiding principles on NMIRFs.

Bridging the gap between research and practice: Implementation science - Olswang, Lesley B.; Prelock, Patricia A. (Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2015)
Publisher: ASHA KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1044/2015_JSLHR-L-14-0305 2129771:FW2KSCLN

Bridging the Digital Divide: Rethinking Open Learning for a Global Audience - Haßler, Björn (2007)
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Keywords: Author:Haßler; Author:OpenDevEd; _r:ImportedToMyEducationEvidence; ⛔ No DOI found

Bridging the chasm - study of the realities of edtech use among trainee teachers - Atherton, Pete (Teacher Education Advancement Network Journal, 2019)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:MRVB3J27 4426965:V3B64NC7
Keywords: Stefanie; ⛔ No DOI found

Bridging the Bandwidth Gap: Open Educational Resources and the Digital Divide - Haßler, Björn; Jackson, Alan McNeil (IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 2010)
http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/TLT.2010.8
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Keywords: Author:Haßler; Author:OpenDevEd; Björn-CV-OECS; _C:Brazil BRA; _C:Guatemala GTM; _C:Mexico MEX; _C:Pakistan PAK; _C:Rwanda RWA; _C:Sudan SDN; _C:United States USA; _C:Zambia ZMB; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1; _bjoern_cv; _r:ImportedToMyEducationEvidence

Bridging research and practice: models for dissemination and implementation research - Tabak, Rachel G.; Khoong, Elaine C.; Chambers, David A.; Brownson, Ross C. (American journal of preventive medicine, 2012)
Publisher: Elsevier KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1016/j.amepre.2012.05.024 2129771:NDYZHH4V 4869029:DYQ8LWAH

Bridge or Barrier – Does generative AI contribute to more culturally inclusive higher education and research? - Atanasova, Dimitrinka (Bridge or Barrier – Does generative AI contribute to more culturally inclusive higher education and research?, 2023)
Whilst the ability of generative AI to produce text in English has been widely covered, the implications of its ability to translate and act as a cultural broker into English have received less att…
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:758BHNAF 2405685:6SRCZ3LI 2486141:TJRDQHQD

Breaking Through Limitations: Enhanced Systematic Literature Reviews With Large Language Models - Reason, Tim; Langham, Julia; Gimblett, Andy; Malcolm, Bill; Klijn, Sven (Population, 2023)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 5440726:6HH3L69H
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Breaking Through Limitations: Enhanced Systematic Literature Reviews With Large Language Models - Reason, Tim; Langham, Julia; Gimblett, Andy; Malcolm, Bill; Klijn, Sven (Population, 2023)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:PJB6DTDA 2405685:CBPEMXNV 2486141:ELIALEJV
Keywords: _Added-ailr-2024; ⛔ No DOI found

Breaking Open: Ethics, Epistemology, Equity, and Power - Bali, Maha; Adam, Taskeen; Cronin, Catherine; Friedrich, Christian; Walji, Sukaina; Hendricks, Christina (Open at the Margins, 2020)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:LPRUMBAD 2129771:Y3EEKT75
Keywords: Author:OpenDevEd; _r:ImportedToMyEducationEvidence

Breaking old habits and adopting new ones: how to change teaching practice when change is hard - World Bank (2021)
The types of skills an effective educator hasare: being skilled in developing safe and supportive learning environments, checking for student understanding, adjusting instruction according to needs, developing socio- and emotional competences in their learners, among others.

Breaking: DFID merged with FCO - Worley, William (Devex, 2020)
Opponents say the announcement marks the culmination of a slow-drain on DFID's influence, and worry about what it means for the future direction of U.K. aid.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:LCCJCHG9

Brazil : The SOL-ution for Smart Community Procurement (World Bank, 2022)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1596/37687 4804264:47T8S2JH
Keywords: Final_citation

Brainwash: a data system for feature engineering - Anderson, M.R.; Antenucci, D.; Bittorf, V. (Proceedings of the biennial conference on innovative data systems research, 2013, 2013)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:BW9GI8BJ 2486141:PJIYNAS2
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

BQA Act - Botswana Qualifications Authority Act Nº 24 - Government of Botswana (2013)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:7Y8WZPDB 2317526:6ISIESAH
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -GeneralCitations; CC:Botswana; publicImportV1

Boycott e-learning until all students are brought on board - Sascoc - Mokhoali, Veronica (2020)
The move to migrate to learning online has been met with a backlash from student organisations; with many accusing institutions of side-lining those from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Library Catalog: ewn.co.za KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:V82TUXBC

'Boy', The writers' block magazine - Ajadi, S.B. (The Press, 2012)
Edition: p.50 Fall Place: New York

Bouncing forward: a resilience approach to dealing with COVID-19 and future systemic shocks - Hynes, William; Trump, Benjamin; Love, Patrick; Linkov, Igor (Environment Systems and Decisions, 2020)
Policy questions are often framed in popular discussion as situations where pulling the right levers will get the economy and society back on track after shocks and crises. This approach ignores how systems interact and how their systemic properties shape socioeconomic outcomes, leading to an over-emphasis on a limited set of characteristics, notably efficiency. We argue that this emphasis on efficiency in the operation, management and outcomes of various economic and social systems is not a conscious collective choice, but rather the response of the whole system to the incentives that individual components face. This has brought much of the world to rely upon complex, nested, and interconnected systems to deliver goods and services around the globe. While this approach has many benefits, the Covid-19 crisis shows how it has also reduced the resilience of key systems to shocks, and allowed failures to cascade from one system to others. This paper reviews the impact of COVID-19 on socioeconomic systems, discusses the notion of resilience, and provides specific recommendations on both integrating resilience analytics for recovery from the current crisis as well as on building resilient infrastructure to address future systemic challenges.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1007/s10669-020-09776-x 2129771:2AE8KJYB
Keywords: __C:filed:1

Book Review: Transforming Universities with Digital Distance Education: The Future of Formal Learning - Olcott, D. J. (Journal of Learning for Development, 2020)
Number: 3 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:MKGNAL87
Keywords: Ddigital distance education; ⛔ No DOI found

Book Review: McNaught & Gravett, Eds., Embedding Social Justice in Teacher Education and Development in South Africa - Gentles, Carol Hordatt (Journal of Learning for Development, 2022)
Number: 1
Keywords: Book Review; ⛔ No DOI found

Book Review: Dede & Richards, Eds., The 60-Year Curriculum: New Models for Lifelong Learning in the Digital Economy - Jr, Don Olcott (Journal of Learning for Development, 2022)
Number: 1
Keywords: digital economy; lifelong learning; ⛔ No DOI found

BNVQF - Botswana National Vocational Qualifications Framework - Government of Botswana (2005)
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Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -GeneralCitations; CC:Botswana; Qualification Framework; publicImportV1

Blueprint for Inclusive Research & Development in Education: A Data-Driven Approach to Organize and Articulate Research Data Needs for Equitable Evaluation - Pratihast, Susmita; Mote, Erin (2022)
In the field of education, there is a gap between research and practice. Lack of data standardization and collection inhibits comparability and generalizability of findings in the context of population heterogeneity. Mapping of education research inquiries to local heterogeneous data representations from different repositories is expensive and creates barriers for content comprehensiveness in research. The paper focuses on design and usability of the Blueprint, an organizing data framework that summarizes key elements to represent education data needs to improve articulation of data needs and allow practitioners to be part of an inclusive research and development process in collaboration with the research community. The design process included an exhaustive landscape analysis of established data standards, conceptual frameworks in education domains as well as publicly available databases and indicators. This was supported by the analysis of current evidence and research base with the use of natural language processing techniques and topic modeling approaches. This methodology was used to validate and inform the inclusion of different elements in the Blueprint. A large stakeholder review process was adopted to further enhance and refine the Blueprint. With a generalizability score of 77% across multiple pilot studies, the paper focuses on the results of the pilot studies and demonstrates the real-world use cases for widespread applicability and scalability in the sector.
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Blogging as critical praxis: becoming a critical teacher educator in the age of participatory culture - Pascarella, John (McGill University, 2009)
This self-study of becoming a critical teacher educator extends the research on blogs as a vehicle of critical self-reflection in teaching and teacher education. While the primary focus of this thesis is a self-study of the process of becoming a teacher educator, the author presents findings based on discursive data collected from blogs produced by teacher candidates in two case studies, which inform this process of becoming. The case studies are represented as two “strands”: one carried out in Montréal, Quebec, Canada, at McGill University, and the other carried out near Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Like prior studies involving the use of blogs in teacher preparation, this study examines pre-service teachers’ critical engagement with topics and issues endemic to their current field experiences and future careers in K-12 classrooms. The instructional techniques deployed in the case studies adhered to principles of modeling technology integration in order to transform teaching and learning activities by facilitating a learning environment for pre-service teacher candidates informed by the tenets of critical pedagogy. In this vein, this study examines the implementation of a particular instructional strategy, problem-posing pedagogy, as a practice that integrates the use of blogs to aid the achievement of pre-service teacher candidates’ “critical self-engagement” as well as contribute to the author’s development as a critical teacher educator.
ISBN: 978-0-494-61838-7 Publication Title: ProQuest Dissertations and Theses NR61838 Loc in Archive 305106950 Cam URL: https://ezp.lib.cam.ac.uk/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/305106950?accountid=9851 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2405685:3MNATQZE 2534378:IZK6PKSA 2534378:L3NWKKA3
Keywords: 0530:Teacher education; 0710:Educational technology; Blogging; Critical praxis; Culture; Education; Educational technology; Participatory culture; Teacher education; Teacher educator; __:import:01; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2097704; __finaldtb

Blog-based professional development of English teachers in Mumbai: the potential of innovative practice under scrutiny - Khan, Atiya (Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2017)
The professional development of teachers in India is still, by and large, based on formal and outdated professional learning traditions, often characterised by crash courses and one-off workshops. In education, blogs have proven to be an effective means of establishing and maintaining collaborative learning networks and helping members reflect on their professional practices. Information and communications technology (ICT) enabled practices of teacher professional development is still in its infancy in India. Moreover, there is limited research in India to secure foundational understanding of how and in what ways teachers of English in India use blogs for their professional development. This study explores the use of teacher reflective practice, teacher networking, and teacher collaboration, beyond formal ICT training, through blog-based professional development of English teachers in the Mumbai region of India. Using data collected from 32 teachers from three private schools in Mumbai, through ICT interactive workshop observations, questionnaires, interviews, and blog comments, this action case study explains whether and why blogging, as a learning community, has the potential to add significant value to existing professional development of English teachers in Mumbai.
Publisher: Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education, Ascilite Secretariat, P.O. Box 44, Figtree, NSW, Australia Cam URL: https://ezp.lib.cam.ac.uk/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/1969007459?accountid=9851 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.14742/ajet.2784 2405685:EPKS7TDM 2534378:MQYLKXN6 2534378:Y6KUBK5K
Keywords: Action Research; Case Studies; Communities of Practice; Diaries; ERIC; Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE); Electronic Publishing; English (Second Language); Faculty Development; Foreign Countries; India; Language Teachers; Participant Observation; Private Schools; Qualitative Research; Questionnaires; Reflective Teaching; Second Language Instruction; Semi Structured Interviews; Teacher Collaboration; Web Sites; Workshops; __:import:01; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2096053; __finaldtb

Blended learning vid lärares professionella lärande - Nilsson, Malin (2017)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:XYDS49VP
Keywords: _C:Canada CAN; _C:Finland FIN; _C:New Zealand NZL; _C:Portugal PRT; _C:Tanzania TZA; _C:United Kingdom GBR; _C:Viet Nam VNM; _C:Zambia ZMB; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1; ⛔ No DOI found

Blended learning methods in introduction to teaching and sociology of education courses at a university of education - Ololube, Nwachukwu Prince (Advancing technology and educational development through blended learning in emerging economies, 2014)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:TFI2MYEF
Keywords: _C:Nigeria NGA; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1

Blended Learning in the Vocational Education and Training System in Tanzania: Understanding Vocational Educators' Perceptions - Machumu, HJ; Zhu, C; Sesabo, JK (International Journal of Multicultural and Multireligious Understanding, 2016)
In a constructivist world of teaching and learning, opportunities to acquire and develop the knowledge and practical skills necessary to design, establish, and deploy blended learning in vocational education and training (VET) programs delivery is a labour-market-driven. The paper examines VET educator’s pleas about the need for the design, adoption and deployment of blended learning in VET programs delivery in Tanzania. A single case study design with an in-depth interview and focus group discussion was conducted with 15 VET educators in three VET colleges in both Morogoro and Dar es Salaam regions. Snowball and purposive sampling were used to obtain sample respondents. For the data analysis, content analysis was employed to condense data obtained from interviews and focus group discussion. It was found that continuous professional development, institutional arrangements, and support should be provided online to facilitate the design, adoption and use of blended learning in VET. We recommend that locally designed blended learning should be relevant to the environment of both students and teachers. In reality, the interplay between blended learning, imparting knowledge and practical skills remain the key focus of future research.
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Blended learning implementation in secondary education for girls: case study Tatweer project Saudi Arabia - Bukhari, Eman Gasim (International Journal of Academic Research and Reflection, 2016)
Blended learning (BL) has been the subject of much research recently, and the present research adds to this growing body of knowledge as the first substantial study on BL in secondary education for girls in Saudi Arabia. Based on field work comprising interviews and questionnaires this research reports the results of an exploratory, empirical case study of a large-scale programme (Tatweer project) for the introduction of blended learning into 25 traditional secondary girls' schools in Saudi Arabia. Adopting the interpretive research paradigm the objective of the study is to gain rich insight into blended learning guided by the effect of BL on female education. The study demonstrates a number of positive effects of BL on students' engagement and self-development, however, problems with the workloads of students and the failure of teachers to integrate face-to-face learning with e-learning are also observed. Throughout the research Sharpe et al.'s (2006) 8-dimensional framework of BL is applied in a new way to assess the implementation level of BL. This results in the recommendation to extend this framework with an ethical dimension. Further recommendations of the work are to actively seek feedback from key stakeholder groups during BL implementation, to use BL for teacher training in BL, and to measure performance indicators like students' workloads during the transition of traditional schools to BL.
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Blended Learning Approach to Develop the Teachers’ TPACK - Qasem, Arwa Ahmad Abdo; Viswanathappa, Gandla (Contemporary Educational Technology, 2016)
A theoretical framework has emerged recently to guide research in the teachers’ use of ICT and it is the technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK). Early research indicates that Blended learning is increasingly being adopted at all levels of educational system. It is considered as a way to foster engaging in interactive learning experiences. The purpose of this article was to determine the levels of ICT knowledge on e-course design through blended learning approach among science teachers of secondary schools in Yemen. The study was conducted on the sample of 60 science teacher trainees in Ibb city. The ICT knowledge scale was used based on TPACK. To analyze the data t-test was used. The findings in this study indicated that TPACK has provided a valuable tool for assessing teacher knowledge in the area of technology integration, the teachers’ ICT knowledge was above average in two groups, and there is significant difference between experimental and control groups on ICT knowledge scale. Recommendations are made for future research on online collaboration activities to raise awareness of factors related to online group work and to determine the in-service training needs of teachers on ICT use to follow-up support and to ensure successful utilization of new technologies.
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Keywords: Blended Learning; Computer Assisted Instruction; Control Groups; ERIC; Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE); Experimental Groups; Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Information Technology; Instructional Design; Instructional Effectiveness; Knowledge Level; Likert Scales; Online Courses; Pedagogical Content Knowledge; Postsecondary Education; Preservice Teachers; Pretests Posttests; Quasiexperimental Design; Science Teachers; Secondary Education; Secondary School Teachers; Technological Literacy; Technology Uses in Education; Trainees; Yemen; __:import:01; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2096173; __finaldtb

Blended and Hybrid Learning Initiatives: A curated list for El Salvador - Villavicencio, Xuzel; Coflan, Caitlin Moss (EdTech Hub, 2022)
This document was produced in response to a request from the UNICEF country office and Ministry of Education team of El Salvador that was submitted to the EdTech Hub Helpdesk in November 2021. The UNICEF team requested a curated list of global blended and hybrid initiatives with a focus on initiatives that have used a multimodal strategy, highlighting effective and ineffective practices. This report does not aim to cover every leading and innovative blended / hybrid initiative with relevance to the Salvadoran context. Rather, it presents a list of curated resources with examples of challenges, lessons learned, and teacher training approaches that can be used as a guide when designing a multimodal strategy for the education sector. Keywords: hybrid; blended; El Salvador; multimodal; teacher training; remote learning An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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Black Caribbean girls in England ‘twice as likely to be excluded from schools as white girls’ - Mohdin, Aamna (The Guardian, 2021)
Data also shows that school exclusions for girls are growing at higher rate than for boys
Keywords: Education; Exclusions; Inequality; Race; Schools; UK news; Women

bjohas/OSM-Wikipedia-Monkey - Haßler, Björn (2017)
original-date: 2017-04-30T10:17:37Z KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:DBK6YRNR
Keywords: Author:Haßler; Author:OpenDevEd; _r:ImportedToMyEducationEvidence

bjohas/kanbantool-bookmarklets - Haßler, Björn (2019)
original-date: 2019-04-13T08:57:17Z KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:4NP84ITR
Keywords: Author:Haßler; Author:OpenDevEd; AuthorFirst:Haßler; _r:ImportedToMyEducationEvidence; _yl:o

Bitcoin's growing energy problem - De Vries, Alex (Joule, 2018)
Publisher: Elsevier

Bitcoin price evolution versus energy consumption; trend analysis - Bejan, Crina Anina; Bucerzan, Dominic; Crăciun, Mihaela Daciana (Applied Economics, 2023)
Digital technology developments shape the behaviour, performances, standards of society, organizations and individuals imposing new ways of payments and new forms of money. In this environment in 2008 was developed a new type of currency, namely Bitcoin. Cryptocurrency, as this new form of money has been generically called, puts pressure on the traditional concept of money. Today, the economic value of cryptocurrencies is attested by their circulation and acceptance by user communities for trade. However, establishing this value raises debates in the literature. The research from this paper investigates and analyses if there is a strong enough connectedness between Bitcoin price evolution and energy consumption tendency (for mining), to influence Bitcoin value. Public data from January 2014 to July 2021 is used. An Artificial Neural Network (ANN) was used to study and predict the tendency of Bitcoin price and energy consumption. A comparison between the forecasting trend and the real trend (the evolution of energy consumption and Bitcoin price) was made. The conducted research starts with a quantitative one and ends with a qualitative one (trends). The obtained results show that qualitatively, there is a good correlation between monthly average values of BTC prices and electricity consumption for mining.
Publisher: Routledge _eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2022.2097194
Keywords: Artificial Neural Network (ANN); B23; C53; Cryptocurrency; E37; bitcoin; blockchain; energy consumption

Biometric applications in education - Hernandez-de-Menendez, Marcela; Morales-Menendez, Ruben; Escobar, Carlos A.; Arinez, Jorge (International Journal on Interactive Design and Manufacturing (IJIDeM), 2021)
Educational institutions are acquiring novel technologies to help make their processes more efficient and services more attractive for both students and faculty. Biometric technology is one such example that has been implemented in educational institutions with excellent results. In addition to identifying students, access control, and personal data management, it has critical applications to improve the academic domain's teaching/learning processes. Identity management system, class attendance, e-evaluation, security, student motivations, and learning analytics are areas in which biometric technology is most heavily employed. A literature review is performed to present an overview of biometric technology applications for educational purposes, challenges that must overcome to implement biometric technology, and potentially foreshadowing trends effectively. The future seems promising for biometric technology; the biometric technology market is expected to reach a value of USD 94 billion by 2025 at a compound annual growth rate of 36%. New characteristics are under development for commercial applications, such as vascular pattern recognition, ear shape recognition, facial thermography, odor sensing, gait recognition, heartbeat authentication, brain waves, and human body bioacoustics. The biggest challenge this technology must overcome is security and privacy issues, which must be addressed to fully develop the technology to its full potential. It is desirable that this literature review can provide researchers with a sound vision of the potential that biometric technology will have in education.
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Keywords: Biometrics; Educational innovation; Final_citation; Higher education; State of the art; anystyle; existing

Bioclimatic Strategies to Reduce Energy Consumption in Mixed-Used Buildings in Abuja, Nigeria - Ali, S.M.; Buhari, K.A. (at the “Second International Conference on Sustainable Built Environment in the Tropics (ICONSBET) at the Department of Architecture, 2024)
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'Big things at a small stadium' Off the coast international poetry journal - Ajadi, S.B. (Resolute Bear Press, 2011)

Big Sisters - Jakiela, Pamela; Ozier, Owen; Fernald,, Lia; Knauer, Heather (2020)
We model household investments in young children when parents and older siblings share caregiving responsibilities and when investments by older siblings contribute to young children’s human capital accumulation. To test the predictions of our model, we estimate the impact of having one older sister (as opposed to one older brother) on early childhood development in a sample of rural Kenyan households with otherwise similar family structures. Older sibling gender is not related to household structure, subsequent birth spacing, or other observable characteristics, so we treat the presence of an older girl (as opposed to an older boy) as plausibly exogenous. Having an older sister rather than an older brother improves younger siblings’ vocabulary and fine motor skills by more than 0.1 standard deviations. Viewed through the lens of our model, the empirical pattern we observe suggests that: (i) older siblings’ investments in young children contribute to their human capital accumulation, and (ii) households perceive lower returns to investing in older girls than in older boys.
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Big EdTech - Williamson, Ben (Learning, Media and Technology, 2022)
Publisher: Routledge _eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/17439884.2022.2063888 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1080/17439884.2022.2063888 4804264:97I8AQB4
Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing

Big Data in Climate: Opportunities and Challenges for Machine Learning - Karpatne, Anuj; Kumar, Vipin (Proceedings of the 23rd ACM SIGKDD International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, 2017)

Big data, big insights? Advancing service innovation and design with machine learning - Antons, D; Breidbach, CF (Journal of Service Research, 2017)
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Beyond Short-Term Learning Gains: The Impact of Outsourcing Schools in Liberia after Three Years - Sandefur, Justin; Romero, Mauricio (Center for Global Development, 2019)
After three years, outsourcing management of public schools to private providers raised test scores by 0.21 standard deviations in math and 0.16 standard deviations in English (equivalent to 4 words per minute additional reading fluency for the cohort that started in first grade). Looking beyond learning gains, the program reduced corporal punishment (by 4.6 percentage points from a base of 51%), but increased dropout (by 3.3 percentage points from a base of 15%) and failed to reduce sexual abuse. Results vary by provider: some produced uniformly positive results, while others present stark trade-offs between learning gains and other outcomes.
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Beyond sex and gender analysis: an intersectional view of the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak and response - Hankivsky, Olena; Kapilashrami, Anuj (2020)
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