Why do entrepreneurial mHealth ventures in the developing world fail to scale? - Sundin, Phillip; Callan, Jonathan; Mehta, Khanjan (Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology, 2016)
Telemedicine is an increasingly common approach to improve healthcare access in developing countries with fledgling healthcare systems. Despite the strong financial, logistical and clinical support from non-governmental organisations (NGOs), government ministries and private actors alike, the majority of telemedicine projects do not survive beyond the initial pilot phase and achieve their full potential. Based on a review of 35 entrepreneurial telemedicine and mHealth ventures, and 17 reports that analyse their operations and challenges, this article provides a narrative review of recurring failure modes, i.e. factors that lead to failure of such venture pilots. Real-world examples of successful and failed ventures are examined for key take-away messages and practical strategies for creating commercial viable telemedicine operations. A better understanding of these failure modes can inform the design of sustainable and scalable telemedicine systems that effectively address the growing healthcare disparities in developing countries.
Keywords: Telemedicine; business models; community health workers; failure modes; global health; mHealth

Basic Education and Employment - Grant, Catherine (2016)
This review provides a summary of existing research on: What are the different employment outcomes and cost effectiveness differences between public vs. private basic education (primary and lower secondary) in low and middle income countries and what accounts for any difference (disaggregated by gender as appropriate)? Do either private or public education systems focus more greatly on providing students with foundation skills (literacy and numeracy skills) and does this have an impact on employment outcomes? What is the relative value for money of basic child education (primary and lower secondary) vs. programmes focusing on providing foundation skills e.g. to out of school youth, if the main benefit measure is higher skilled/waged employment? This report is not a systematic review, but aims to capture a substantial portion of the literature offering evidence on this topic, including the most important and useful papers to guide policy-making. It provides an annotated bibliography of the literature, followed by an evidence summary table assessing the literature according to DFID’s ‘strength of evidence’ guidelines
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

From Proof of Concept to Scalable Policies: Challenges and Solutions, with an Application - Banerjee, Abhijit; Banerji, Rukmini; Berry, James; Duflo, Esther; Kannan, Harini; Mukherji, Shobhini; Shotland, Marc; Walton, Michael (National Bureau of Economic Research, 2016)
The promise of randomized controlled trials is that evidence gathered through the evaluation of a specific program helps us—possibly after several rounds of fine-tuning and multiple replications in different contexts—to inform policy. However, critics have pointed out that a potential constraint in this agenda is that results from small “proof-of-concept” studies run by nongovernment organizations may not apply to policies that can be implemented by governments on a large scale. After discussing the potential issues, this paper describes the journey from the original concept to the design and evaluation of scalable policy. We do so by evaluating a series of strategies that aim to integrate the nongovernment organization Pratham’s “Teaching at the Right Level” methodology into elementary schools in India. The methodology consists of re-organizing instruction based on children’s actual learning levels, rather than on a prescribed syllabus, and has previously been shown to be very effective when properly implemented. We present evidence from randomized controlled trials on the designs that failed to produce impacts within the regular schooling system but helped shape subsequent versions of the program. As a result of this process, two versions of the programs were developed that successfully raised children’s learning levels using scalable models in government schools. We use this example to draw general lessons about using randomized control trials to design scalable policies.
Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing

Open Educational Resources Guide for Colleges of Education - Haßler, Björn (T-TEL Professional Development Programme, 2016)
Keywords: Author:Haßler; Author:OpenDevEd; _r:ImportedToMyEducationEvidence

Theme 6: Leadership for Learning (Coordinators) - Swaffield, Sue; MacBeath, J. (T-TEL Professional Development Programme (Handbook for Professional Development Coordinators), 2016)
Keywords: Author:Haßler; Author:OpenDevEd; _r:ImportedToMyEducationEvidence

Theme 6: Leadership for Learning (Tutors) - Swaffield, Sue; MacBeath, J. (T-TEL Professional Development Programme (Professional Development Guide for Tutors), 2016)
Keywords: Author:Haßler; Author:OpenDevEd; _C:Chad TCD; _C:Ghana GHA; _C:Greece GRC; _C:United Kingdom GBR; _C:Uruguay URY; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1; _r:ImportedToMyEducationEvidence

A computational literature review of the technology acceptance model - Mortenson, Michael J.; Vidgen, Richard (International Journal of Information Management, 2016)
A literature review is a central part of any research project, allowing the existing research to be mapped and new research questions to be posited. However, due to the limitations of human data processing, the literature review can suffer from an inability to handle large volumes of research articles. The computational literature review (CLR) is proposed here as a complementary part of a wider literature review process. The CLR automates some of the analysis of research articles with analyses of impact (citations), structure (co-authorship networks) and content (topic modeling of abstracts). A contribution of the paper is to demonstrate how the content of abstracts can be analyzed automatically to provide a set of research topics within a literature corpus. The CLR software can be used to support three use cases: (1) analysis of the literature for a research area, (2) analysis and ranking of journals, and (3) analysis and ranking of individual scholars and research teams. The working of the CLR software is illustrated through application to the technology acceptance model (TAM) using a set of 3,386 articles. The CLR is an open source offering, developed in the statistical programming language R, and made freely available to researchers to use and develop further.
Keywords: Citation analysis; Co-authorship analysis; Computational literature review; Journal ranking; Lda; Literature review; Social network analysis; Technology acceptance model; Topic models

Learning in One-to-One Laptop Environments: A Meta-Analysis and Research Synthesis - Zheng, Binbin; Warschauer, Mark; Lin, Chin-Hsi; Chang, Chi (Review of Educational Research, 2016)
Over the past decade, the number of one-to-one laptop programs in schools has steadily increased. Despite the growth of such programs, there is little consensus about whether they contribute to improved educational outcomes. This article reviews 65 journal articles and 31 doctoral dissertations published from January 2001 to May 2015 to examine the effect of one-to-one laptop programs on teaching and learning in K–12 schools. A meta-analysis of 10 studies examines the impact of laptop programs on students’ academic achievement, finding significantly positive average effect sizes in English, writing, mathematics, and science. In addition, the article summarizes the impact of laptop programs on more general teaching and learning processes and perceptions as reported in these studies, again noting generally positive findings.

Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design: Choosing Among Five Approaches - Creswell, John W.; Poth, Cheryl N. (SAGE Publications, 2016)
In the revised Fourth Edition of the best-selling text, John W. Creswell and new co-author Cheryl N. Poth explore the philosophical underpinnings, history, and key elements of five qualitative inquiry approaches: narrative research, phenomenology, grounded theory, ethnography, and case study. Preserving Creswell's signature writing style, the authors compare the approaches and relate research designs to each of the traditions of inquiry in a highly accessible manner. Featuring new content, articles, pedagogy, references, and expanded coverage of ethics throughout, the Fourth Edition is an ideal introduction to the theories, strategies, and practices of qualitative inquiry.
Keywords: Reference / Research; Social Science / Methodology

The cascade model of teachers’ continuing professional development in Kenya: A time for change? - Bett, Harry Kipkemoi (Cogent Education, 2016)
Kenya is one of the countries whose teachers the UNESCO (2015) report cited as lacking curriculum support in the classroom. As is the case in many African countries, a large portion of teachers in Kenya enter the teaching profession when inadequately prepared, while those already in the field receive insufficient support in their professional lives. The cascade model has often been utilized in the country whenever need for teachers’ continuing professional development (TCPD) has arisen, especially on a large scale. The preference for the model is due to, among others, its cost effectiveness and ability to reach out to many teachers within a short period of time. Many researchers have however cast aspersions with this model for its glaring shortcomings. On the contrary, TCPD programmes that are collaborative in nature and based on teachers’ contexts have been found to be more effective than those that are not. This paper briefly examines cases of the cascade model in Kenya, the challenges associated with this model and proposes the adoption of collaborative and institution-based models to mitigate these challenges. The education sectors in many nations in Africa, and those in the developing world will find the discussions here relevant.

Executive Secretary's Office (2017)

National Frequency Allocation Table 2017_1622727105.pdf (2017)

Roll Call: Getting Children Into School (Policy Bulletin, 2017)
Individual Evaluations Cited Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (JPAL)

Teacher Management: Emerging Issues in Kenya (European Journal of Educational Sciences, 2017)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

The application of machine learning for evaluating anthropogenic versus natural climate change - Abbot, John; Marohasy, Jennifer (GeoResJ, 2017)

Lessons Learned from World Bank Education Management Information System Operations - Abdul-Hamid, Husein; Saraogi, Namrata; Mintz, Sarah (2017)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

AEWG Accelerated Education 10 principles for effective practice - Accelerated Education Working Group (2017)

Land and the “Gradient Forces” of Religion and Urbanism: The Gospel Town - Ajadi, S.B. (IFRA-Nigeria, 2017)

Alternative Productivity Estimates Using Physical Activity - Akogun, Oladele B; Dillon, Andrew; Friedman, Jed; Prasann, Ashesh; Serneels, Pieter (2017)

Factors influencing female undergraduate students' acceptance of, and motivation to, use tablet computers for learning - Alomary, Azza (University of Southampton, 2017)
Keywords: _C:Australia AUS; _C:Belgium BEL; _C:Botswana BWA; _C:Brazil BRA; _C:Canada CAN; _C:China CHN; _C:Cuba CUB; _C:Ecuador ECU; _C:Egypt EGY; _C:Finland FIN; _C:France FRA; _C:Germany DEU; _C:Ghana GHA; _C:India IND; _C:Indonesia IDN; _C:Iran IRN; _C:Japan JPN; _C:Jordan JOR; _C:Korea, Republic KOR; _C:Lebanon LBN; _C:Libya LBY; _C:Malaysia MYS; _C:Netherlands NLD; _C:New Zealand NZL; _C:Nigeria NGA; _C:Pakistan PAK; _C:Philippines PHL; _C:Saudi Arabia SAU; _C:Singapore SGP; _C:South Africa ZAF; _C:Spain ESP; _C:Turkey TUR; _C:United Arab Emirates ARE; _C:United Kingdom GBR; _C:United States USA; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1

Report Cards: The Impact of Providing School and Child Test Scores on Educational Markets. - Andrabi, Tahir; Das, Jishnu; Khwaja, Asim Ijaz (American Economic Review, 2017)

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.

Big data, big insights? Advancing service innovation and design with machine learning - Antons, D; Breidbach, CF (Journal of Service Research, 2017)
Keywords: _Added-ailr-2024

Design-based online teacher professional development to introduce integration of STEM in Pakistan - Anwar, Tasneem (University of Minnesota, 2017)
In today's global society where innovations spread rapidly, the escalating focus on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) has quickly intensified in the United States, East Asia and much of Western Europe. Our ever-changing, increasingly global society faces many multidisciplinary problems, and many of the solutions require the integration of multiple science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) concepts. Thus, there is a critical need to explore the integration of STEM subjects in international education contexts. This dissertation study examined the exploration of integration of STEM in the unique context of Pakistan. This study used three-phase design-based methodological framework derived from McKenney and Reeves (2012) to explore the development of a STEM focused online teacher professional development (oTPD-STEM) and to identify the design features that facilitate teacher learning. The oTPD-STEM program was designed to facilitate eight Pakistani elementary school teachers' exploration of the new idea of STEM integration through both practical and theoretical considerations. This design-based study employed inductive analysis (Strauss and Corbin, 1998) to analyze multiple data sources of interviews, STEM perception responses, reflective learning team conversations, pre-post surveys and artifacts produced in oTPD-STEM. Findings of this study are presented as: (1) design-based decisions for oTPD-STEM, and (2) evolution in understanding of STEM by sharing participant teachers' STEM model for Pakistani context. This study advocates for the potential of school-wide oTPD for interdisciplinary collaboration through support for learner-centered practices. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
Keywords: 0530:Teacher education; 0714:Science education; Attitude Measures; Community of practice; Design; Design-based research; ERIC, Resources in Education (RIE); Education; Educational Technology; Elementary Education; Elementary School Teachers; Faculty Development; Foreign Countries; Interdisciplinary Approach; Interviews; Models; Online Courses; Online teacher professional development; Pakistan; Reflective practices; STEM Education; Science education; Stem integration; Student Centered Learning; Teacher Attitudes; Teacher education; Technology Uses in Education; __:import:01; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2096054; __finaldtb

Research on open educational resources for development in the Global South: Project landscape - Arinto, Patricia; Hodgkinson-Williams, Cheryl; King, Thomas; Cartmill, Tess; Willmers, Michelle (African Minds, International Development Research Centre & Research on Open …, 2017)
Keywords: _C:Afghanistan AFG; _C:Argentina ARG; _C:Australia AUS; _C:Austria AUT; _C:Bangladesh BGD; _C:Belgium BEL; _C:Bolivia BOL; _C:Brazil BRA; _C:Cambodia KHM; _C:Canada CAN; _C:Chile CHL; _C:China CHN; _C:Colombia COL; _C:Costa Rica CRI; _C:Cuba CUB; _C:Ecuador ECU; _C:El Salvador SLV; _C:Estonia EST; _C:Finland FIN; _C:France FRA; _C:Germany DEU; _C:Ghana GHA; _C:India IND; _C:Indonesia IDN; _C:Iran IRN; _C:Ireland IRL; _C:Italy ITA; _C:Japan JPN; _C:Kenya KEN; _C:Korea XKOR; _C:Korea, Republic KOR; _C:Laos LAO; _C:Malawi MWI; _C:Malaysia MYS; _C:Mauritius MUS; _C:Mexico MEX; _C:Mongolia MNG; _C:Morocco MAR; _C:Mozambique MOZ; _C:Namibia NAM; _C:Netherlands NLD; _C:New Zealand NZL; _C:Nigeria NGA; _C:North Cyprus XNCYP; _C:Oman OMN; _C:Pakistan PAK; _C:Paraguay PRY; _C:Peru PER; _C:Philippines PHL; _C:Poland POL; _C:Portugal PRT; _C:Russian Federation RUS; _C:Slovenia SVN; _C:Somalia SOM; _C:South Africa ZAF; _C:Spain ESP; _C:Sri Lanka LKA; _C:Sudan SDN; _C:Sweden SWE; _C:Switzerland CHE; _C:Tanzania TZA; _C:Thailand THA; _C:Tunisia TUN; _C:Turkey TUR; _C:Uganda UGA; _C:United Arab Emirates ARE; _C:United Kingdom GBR; _C:United States USA; _C:Uruguay URY; _C:Venezuela VEN; _C:Viet Nam VNM; _C:Zambia ZMB; _C:Zimbabwe ZWE; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1

Impact of Free Availability of Public Child Care in Brazil. - Attanasio, Orazio; de Barro, Ricardo Paes; Carneiro, Pedro; Evans, David; Lima, Lycia; Olinto, Pedro; Schady, Norbert (2017)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Zum Stand der Forschung zum Tableteinsatz in Schule und Unterricht aus nationaler und internationaler Sicht - Aufenanger, Stefan (Tablets in Schule und Unterricht, 2017)
Keywords: __C:filed:1

Linking vocational education and training (VET) progression pathways into the academic route in Tanzania: Case study in electrical and mechanical engineering programmes at Arusha technical college (ATC) - Augustine, S. Mbitila; Richard, J. Masika; Donatha, E. Mwase (International Journal of Vocational and Technical Education, 2017)
The bridging course was designed by the Vocational and Education Training Authority (VETA) in collaboration with three technical Colleges/Institutions: Arusha Technical College, Dar es Salaam Institute of Technology and Mbeya University of Science and Technology under the auspices of National Council for Technical Education (NACTE). The course was an immediate solution to the missing link between the Vocational Education and Training (VET) pathway for graduates and the Tanzanian national education model. Data were collected from a random sample of 350 students, from various parts of the country, to analyze the problem. Comparison tests of performance between students from the bridging course and from other educational routes were conducted. Results demonstrate that, the bridging course is a substantive solution to enabling VET students to progress toward further studies. Bridging courses in Technical Colleges and Institutes of Technology offer a valuable contribution to the vocational training sector if sponsored by both Government and Private sector in terms of fiscal and non-fiscal resources.
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; A:Africa; C:Tanzania; CA:AandC; CL:en; CLL:en; CLS:en; CT:A; CT:C; CT:P; CT:R; CT:T; P:electro; P:mechanic; R:case study; T:TVET; T:Training; T:vocational training centre; __C:filed:1; publicImportV1; ⛔ No DOI found

From Proof of Concept to Scalable Policies: Challenges and Solutions, With an Application. - Banerjee, Abhijit; Banerji, Rukmini; Berry, James; Duflo, Esther; Kannan, Harini; Mukerji, Shobhini; Shotland, Marc; Walton, Michael (Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2017)

“If he could speak, he would be able to point out who does those things to him”: Experiences of violence and access to child protection among children with disabilities in Uganda and Malawi - Banks, Lena Morgon; Kelly, Susan A.; Kyegombe, Nambusi; Kuper, Hannah; Devries, Karen (PloS one, 2017)

Delivering education to the underserved through a public‐private partnership program in Pakistan - Barrera‐Osorio, Felipe; Blakeslee, David S.; Hoover, Matthew; Linden, Leigh L.; Raju, Dhushyanth; Ryan, Stephen P. (World Bank Policy Research Working Paper, 2017)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Compás Millennial: La generación Y en la era de la integración 4.0 - Basco, Ana Inés; Carballo, Marita; Pernas, Mariana; Alzualde, Paula; Codoni, Soledad; Conte Grand, Ramiro; Wulff, Alejandra; Basco, Ana Inés; Carballo, Marita (Inter-American Development Bank, 2017)

Tablets zur Neubestimmung des Lernens? - Bastian, Jasmin (Tablets in Schule und Unterricht, 2017)
Keywords: __C:filed:1

Tablets in Schule und Unterricht - Bastian, Jasmin; Aufenanger, Stefan (Forschungsmethoden und-perspektiven zum Einsatz digitaler Medien, Wiesbaden, 2017)
Keywords: __C:filed:1; ⛔ No DOI found

The Generalizability Puzzle - Bates, Mary Ann; Glennerster, Rachel (Stanford Social Innovation Review, 2017)
Rigorous impact evaluations tell us a lot about the world, not just the particular contexts in which they are conducted. Open access to this article is made possible by MIT.
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Die richtigen Mitarbeiter finden: Berufsbildung und HR-Management - Bauer, Annette; Kühnrich, Heinz-Joachim (Praxishandbuch Wirtschaft in Afrika, 2017)
Qualifizierte Fachkräfte stellen einen wichtigen Faktor für die Eintrittsentscheidung in einen Markt dar. Eine der am häufigsten genannten Hemmnisse für eine Investition in Afrika, ist deren Mangel. Vor allem für deutsche Unternehmen ist es wichtig mit ausgebildetem Personal die höhere Produktivität und Lebensdauer ihrer Produkte und Maschinen zu erreichen, um den meist höheren Investitionskosten im Marktvergleich Rechnung zu tragen und einen kosten- und zeiteffizienten After Sales Service anbieten zu können. Doch in vielen Ländern Afrikas ist diese Voraussetzung von qualifizierten Fachkräften noch nicht geschaffen. Folgendes Kapitel gibt einen Überblick über den wachsenden Bedarf an Fachkräften, die aktuelle Situation in der Berufsbildung, sowie Lösungsansätze zur Reduzierung der Lücke zwischen Angebot und Nachfrage an Fachkräften aus Sicht eines deutschen Anbieters für Aus- und Weiterbildungslösungen in Afrika.
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; A:Africa; A:East Africa; A:West Africa; C:Rwanda; CA:AandC; CL:de; CL:en; CLL:de; CLS:en; CT:A; CT:C; CT:P; CT:T; P:agriculture; T:Ausbildung; T:TVET; T:in-service TVET; publicImportV1

Adaptation in dissemination and implementation science - Baumann, Ana A.; Cabassa, Leopoldo J.; Stirman, S. Wiltsey (Dissemination and implementation research in health: translating science to practice, 2017)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Instructional Scaffolding: Foundations and Evolving Definition - Belland, Brian R. (Instructional Scaffolding in STEM Education: Strategies and Efficacy Evidence, 2017)
This chapter covers the definition of instructional scaffolding, as well as its theoretical bases, and how those bases are reflected in computer-based scaffolding. Computer-based scaffolding is defined as a computer-based tool that extends and enhances student capabilities as students engage with authentic and ill-structured tasks. Despite its original atheoretical nature, scaffolding was linked to many theoretical frameworks, including activity theory, Adaptive Character of Thought-Rational (ACT-R), and knowledge integration. This variation in theoretical frameworks has led to differing scaffolding strategies (e.g., fading, adding, and fading/adding strategies) and overall scaffolding approaches. These are described in depth in this chapter.
Keywords: ACT-R; Activity theory; Adding; Computer-based scaffolding; Contingency; Design of scaffolding; Dynamic assessment; Fading; Fading/adding; Intelligent tutoring systems; Intersubjectivity; Knowledge integration; One-to-one scaffolding; Peer scaffolding

Portability, Feasibility, Collaborativeness: Teachers’ Perception Of Tablet Use For Inclusive Education - Benigno, Vincenza; Caruso, Giovanni; Epifania, Marina Ottavia; Fante, Chiara; Ravicchio, Fabrizio; Trentin, Guglielmo (ICERI2017 Proceedings, 2017)
Tablet are characterized by features such as their ease of use, portability, feasibility and they are easily employable in collaborative learning (Schuck et al., 2013). Students themselves consider them as an effective tool for reflection, since it allows them to deepen their knowledge thanks to the possibility of on-line searching (Parmigiani et al., 2015). On the other side, teachers are aware of the fact that tablets can help in making lesson more interesting and varied (Heinrich, 2012), but their use also needs a rethinking of the pedagogical approach (Culé & Gasparini, 2012) since tablets allow a more students-centred learning (Ludwig et al., 2011). Further, Information and Communication Technologies in general are also used for the inclusion of the disabled children into class activities (Ifenthaler & Schweinbenz, 2013). We argue that tablets, thanks to their abovementioned features, may be particularly helpful in fostering the inclusion of children who are not disabled, but who cannot attend school for medical reasons. The socio-educational inclusion of these children was the main aim of the TRIS project (Tecnologie per l’Inclusione Socio-educativa [Technologies for socio-educational inclusion]), and Information and Communication Technologies, combined with new pedagogical methodologies, played a key role for the pursuing of this aim. During this project, we equipped a middle school classroom with one tablet for each teacher and student. In addition, after one year several activities were planned in collaboration with teachers to evaluate the use of tablets and some specific apps in different teaching area. The activity developed for chemistry involved the use of augmented reality software, and we were investigating its effect on students’ attitudes towards the subject. The one developed for Italian language was aimed to the investigation of whether the affordance of a specific app for the creation of mental app have helped the students in their creation in respect to paper and pencil. In this paper, we report the results regarding teachers’ perception of tablet use in everyday class activities, involving both their competencies and the frequency of use. We considered the impact of the tablet after six months and after one year and a half from their introduction. Furthermore, at the end of the specific activity, the teachers were interviewed in order to understand the potentiality of the tablet for the abovementioned subjects, for the inclusion of the homebound student, and the difficulty found in the planning and managing of the activities. All the teachers involved (n= 7) sustained the utility of the tablet for classes, mentioning its capacity to foster communication in collaborative working and to gain students’ attention. They mostly used the tablet for students’ individual work, on-line research, and for collaborative activities with the homebound student. Regarding the activities carried out with the teachers, they kept sustaining the tablet capacity to motivate students and to foster their active participation, but they also expressed several concerns regarding the high amount of time needed to plan and to implement the activities using the tablet.
Keywords: _C:Italy ITA; _C:Trinidad and Tobago TTO; _C:Zambia ZMB; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1

Challenges in Educational Reform: An Experiment on Active Learning in Mathematics. - Berlinski, Samuel; Busso, Matias (Economics Letters, 2017)

(untitled) - Berlinski; Busso (2017)

Screen Time Can Be Dangerous for Kids’ Mental & Physical Health - Beurkens, Nicole (2017)
Keywords: __C:filed:1

10 Jahre Qualitätsmerkmale im Praxistest - BIBB (2017)

Reconhecimento do trabalho de cuidado: o caso do Programa Expandido de Trabalhos Públicos na África do Sul - Bilo, Charlotte; others (International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2017)
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; C:South Africa; CLL:pt; publicImportV1

Ações de telessaúde no continente africano: uma revisão sistemática - Bittencourt, Hítalo Kassios (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Escola de Enfermagem. Curso de Saúde Coletiva: Bacharelado., 2017)
A África, em especial a região subsaariana, passa por uma crise de saúde-pública. Apesar do aumento de investimentos para tratamento de doenças contagiosas a região africana apresenta alarmantes índices de mortalidade infantil e doenças contagiosas como a AIDS. Tendo em vista este estado alarmante as ações de Telessaúde, por meio das Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação (TIC), vem para diminuir lacunas, agilizando e qualificando a tomada de decisão clinica dos profissionais da saúde. O presente trabalho de conclusão de curso apresenta os resultados parciais de uma revisão sistemática feita nos Bancos de Dados (BD) Web Of Science (WoS), PubMed, Scopus e Embase sobre ações exitosas ou não de Telessaúde no continente Africano, analisando o perfil epidemiológico, história e conceito de Telessaúde, bem como apresentando suas análises bibliométricas.
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; CLL:pt; publicImportV1

Early Childhood Development Coming of Age: Science through the Life Course. - Black, Maureen M.; Walker, Susan P.; Fernald, Lia C.H.; Andersen, Christopher T.; DiGirolamo, Ann M.; Lu, Chunling; C, Dana (McCoy et al, 2017)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Save the Children Sierra Leone - Boisvert, Kayla (UNHCR Accelerated Education Working Group, 2017)
Keywords: _Added to LR; _C:Sierra Leone SLE; _T:reviewed

Enrollment without learning: Teacher effort, knowledge, and skill in primary schools in Africa - Bold, Tessa; Filmer, Deon; Martin, Gayle; Molina, Ezequiel; Stacy, Brian; Rockmore, Christophe; Svensson, Jakob; Wane, Waly (Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2017)

"Ending Child Marriage: Reproductive Health Outcomes and Delaying Marriage and Childbearing for Adolescent Girls " In - Botea, Ioana; Chakravarty, Shubha; Haddock, Sarah; Wodon, Quentin (2017)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

El meta-análisis: una metodología para la investigación en educación - Botella, Juan; Zamora, Ángela (Educación XXI: revista de la Facultad de Educación, 2017)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Teaching Equivalent Fractions to Secondary Students With Disabilities via the Virtual–Representational–Abstract Instructional Sequence - Bouck, Emily C.; Bassette, Laura; Shurr, Jordan; Park, Jiyoon; Kerr, Jackie; Whorley, Abbie (Journal of Special Education Technology, 2017)
Keywords: __C:filed:1

Evidence-based answers to questions about trigger warnings for clinically-based distress: A review for teachers - Boysen, Guy A. (Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology, 2017)
According to the popular press, students have been increasingly demanding warnings before being exposed to potentially distressing classroom material. The validity of these types of trigger warnings has been a topic of vigorous debate. Based on a review of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) research and closely related topics, this article answers questions that teachers might ask about the validity of the scientific assumptions behind trigger warnings and their use in the classroom. External stimuli causing distress is a feature common to many mental disorders, and trauma-based triggers of distress are an essential feature of PTSD. However, development of PTSD after a traumatic experience is relatively rare. Environmental triggers are often difficult to predict, but warnings may reduce distress among people with PTSD by allowing exposure to be controlled. To the extent that trigger warnings allow avoidance of hyperarousal when trying to learn, they should increase students’ classroom performance. However, avoidance of trauma reminders contributes to the persistence of PTSD symptoms. Although clinical research generally supports the notion of trigger warnings as an accommodation for individual students diagnosed with PTSD, the effectiveness of trigger warnings in the classroom is unknown. In addition, trigger warnings may be a legitimate accommodation for students with psychiatric disabilities, but this does not mean that they are relevant to nonclinical issues. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2017 APA, all rights reserved)
Keywords: Classroom Management; Distress; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Student Attitudes; Teachers; Teaching; Trauma; Warnings

Optimal database combinations for literature searches in systematic reviews: a prospective exploratory study - Bramer, Wichor M.; Rethlefsen, Melissa L.; Kleijnen, Jos; Franco, Oscar H. (Systematic Reviews, 2017)
Background: Within systematic reviews, when searching for relevant references, it is advisable to use multiple databases. However, searching databases is laborious and time-consuming, as syntax of search strategies are database specific. We aimed to determine the optimal combination of databases needed to conduct efficient searches in systematic reviews and whether the current practice in published reviews is appropriate. While previous studies determined the coverage of databases, we analyzed the actual retrieval from the original searches for systematic reviews. Methods: Since May 2013, the first author prospectively recorded results from systematic review searches that he performed at his institution. PubMed was used to identify systematic reviews published using our search strategy results. For each published systematic review, we extracted the references of the included studies. Using the prospectively recorded results and the studies included in the publications, we calculated recall, precision, and number needed to read for single databases and databases in combination. We assessed the frequency at which databases and combinations would achieve varying levels of recall (i.e., 95%). For a sample of 200 recently published systematic reviews, we calculated how many had used enough databases to ensure 95% recall. Results: A total of 58 published systematic reviews were included, totaling 1746 relevant references identified by our database searches, while 84 included references had been retrieved by other search methods. Sixteen percent of the included references (291 articles) were only found in a single database; Embase produced the most unique references (n = 132). The combination of Embase, MEDLINE, Web of Science Core Collection, and Google Scholar performed best, achieving an overall recall of 98.3 and 100% recall in 72% of systematic reviews. We estimate that 60% of published systematic reviews do not retrieve 95% of all available relevant references as many fail to search important databases. Other specialized databases, such as CINAHL or PsycINFO, add unique references to some reviews where the topic of the review is related to the focus of the database. Conclusions: Optimal searches in systematic reviews should search at least Embase, MEDLINE, Web of Science, and Google Scholar as a minimum requirement to guarantee adequate and efficient coverage.

Technology usage in mathematics education research – A systematic review of recent trends - Bray, Aibhín; Tangney, Brendan (Computers & Education, 2017)

A critical review of frameworks for digital literacy: Beyond the flashy, flimsy and faddish–Part 1 - Brown, Mark (ASCILITE ℡all blog, 2017)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Challenges and Solutions of Higher Education in the Eastern Caribbean States. - Browne, Raffie A.; Shen, Hong (International Journal of Higher Education, 2017)
Keywords: __C:filed:1

Surveillance training for ebola preparedness in Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, and Mali - Cáceres, Victor M.; Sidibe, Sekou; Andre, McKenzie; Traicoff, Denise; Lambert, Stephanie; King, Melanie E.; Kazambu, Ditu; Lopez, Augusto; Pedalino, Biagio; Herrera Guibert, Dionisio J.; Wasswa, Peter; Cardoso, Placido; et al. (Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017)
© 2017, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). All rights reserved. The 2014–2015 epidemic of Ebola virus disease in West Africa primarily affected Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Several countries, including Mali, Nigeria, and Senegal, experienced Ebola importations. Realizing the importance of a trained field epidemiology workforce in neighboring countries to respond to Ebola importations, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Field Epidemiology Training Program unit implemented the Surveillance Training for Ebola Preparedness (STEP) initiative. STEP was a mentored, competency-based initiative to rapidly build up surveillance capacity along the borders of the at-risk neighboring countries Côte d’Ivoire, Mali, Senegal, and Guinea-Bissau. The target audience was district surveillance officers. STEP was delivered to 185 participants from 72 health units (districts or regions). Timeliness of reporting and the quality of surveillance analyses improved 3 months after training. STEP demonstrated that mentored, competency-based training, where learners attain competencies while delivering essential public health services, can be successfully implemented in an emergency response setting.
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:M:final; -missingHU; A:West Africa; C:Guinea; C:Guinea-Bissau; C:Liberia; C:Mali; C:Nigeria; C:Senegal; C:Sierra Leone; CA:AandC; CL:de; CL:en; CLL:en; CLS:en; CT:A; CT:C; CT:P; CT:R; CT:T; P:health; P:services; R:survey; T:Training; T:competency-based training; T:trainee; _C:Sierra Leone SLE; publicImportV1

Emergent practices and material conditions in tablet-mediated collaborative learning and teaching - Cerratto-Pargman, Teresa; Jahnke, Isa; Damsa, Crina; Nussbaum, Miguel; Säljö, Roger (Making a Difference: Prioritizing Equity and Access in CSCL, 2017)
Keywords: __C:filed:1; ⛔ No DOI found

Mobile Technologies and Digital Resources for Learning - Churchill, Daniel (Digital Resources for Learning, 2017)
Keywords: __C:filed:1

Action research - Cohen, Louis; Manion, Lawrence; Morrison, Keith (Research methods in education, 2017)

The Status of ICT in Education in Saint Lucia - Commonwealth of Learning (2017)

Identifying effective education interventions in sub-Saharan Africa: A meta-analysis of impact evaluations - Conn, K.M. (Review of Educational Research, 2017)
In this article, I identify educational interventions with an impact on student learning in Sub-Saharan Africa. After a systematic literature search, I conducted a meta-analysis synthesizing 56 articles containing 66 separate experiments and quasi-experiments and 83 treatment arms. I evaluated 12 types of education interventions such as the provision of school supplies, the use of teacher incentives, and school-based management programs. I examine each intervention type, present analytics on relative effectiveness, and explore why certain interventions seem to be more effective. A key finding is that programs that alter teacher pedagogy or classroom instructional techniques had an effect size approximately 0.30 standard deviations greater than all other types of programs combined. Limited evidence further suggests that pedagogical programs that employed adaptive instruction or teacher coaching were particularly effective. Given that the literature in the field is still nascent overall, these results advocate for further research into these pedagogical interventions.

Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches - Creswell, John W.; Creswell, J. David (Sage publications, 2017)
Keywords: CitedIn:eCubed; Done:ReferenceFixed; TPD@Scale_1; eCubed

It takes a village to raise a teacher: the Learning Assistant programme in Sierra Leone - Crisp, Martin; Safford, Kimberly; Wolfenden, Freda (The Open University and Plan International, 2017)
Keywords: _C:Sierra Leone SLE

It takes avillage to raise a teacher: The Learning assistant programme in Sierra Leone - Crisp, Martin; Safford, Kimberly; Wolfenden, Freda (2017)

Do Tests Applied to Teachers Predict Their Effectiveness? - Cruz-Aguayo, Yyannú; Ibarrarán, Pablo; Schady, Norbert (Economics Letters, 2017)

Developing an emergency nursing short course in Tanzania - Cunningham, C.; Brysiewicz, P.; Sepeku, A.; White, L.; Murray, B.; Lobue, N.; Sawe, H. (African Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2017)
Abstract Nurses are the largest group of healthcare workers in Africa. By adequately equipping nurses to identify, intervene and care for emergency conditions, emergency healthcare systems can be strengthened. To address this need, a nursing working group was formed within the African Federation for Emergency Medicine (AFEM). The aim of this international emergency nursing group was to develop a guiding document to help improve emergency nursing skills within Africa. Using this guiding document, a group of Tanzanian clinical nurse trainers was selected to develop a context specific short course. They used this guiding document as a foundation to improve skill development. The pilot course was well received and has since expanded to training in five regions within the United Republic of Tanzania. The clinical nurse trainers leading the course, are supported by a mentorship programme with competent educators within a global emergency nursing infrastructure. This course, a combination of local knowledge, formal mentorship programs, and international nursing support, demonstrates that investing in the improvement of emergency nursing skills can have high impact results with low-cost. This will ultimately improve emergency care on the continent.
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; A:Africa; C:Tanzania; CA:AandC; CL:en; CLL:en; CLS:en; CT:A; CT:C; CT:F; CT:P; CT:R; CT:T; F:Improvement; P:health; P:media; P:nurse; R:impact; T:Training; T:trainee; publicImportV1

Effective teacher professional development - Darling-Hammond, Linda; Hyler, Maria E.; Gardner, Madelyn (Learning Policy Institute, 2017)
Keywords: ___working_potential_duplicate

Data for development: What’s next? Concepts, trends and recommendations for German development cooperation - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH (2017)
Keywords: Final_citation

Eckpunktepapier: Wirtschaftliche Entwicklung Afrikas – Herausforderungen und Optionen - Die Bundesregierung (2017)
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -GeneralCitations; -missingHU; publicImportV1

Cognitive Science in the Field: A Preschool Intervention Durably Enhances Intuitive But Not Formal Mathematics. - Dillon, Moira R.; Kannan, Harina; Dean, Joshua T.; Spelke, Elizabeth S.; Duflo, Esther (2017)

Supporting Parenting through Differentiated and Personalized Text-Messaging: Testing Effects on Learning During Kindergarten - Doss, Christopher; Fahle, Erin; Loeb, Susanna; York, Ben (2017)

The Use of Tablets in Secondary Schools and Its Relationship with Computer Literacy - Drossel, Kerstin; Eickelmann, Birgit (Springer, 2017)
Keywords: __C:filed:1

(untitled) - Duflo (2017)
Keywords: auto_merged

The impact of free secondary education: Experimental evidence from Ghana - Duflo, Esther; Dupas, Pascaline; Kremer, Michael (Massachusetts Institute of Technology Working Paper, 2017)

A pilot of the use of short message service (SMS) as a training tool for anaesthesia nurses - Duys, R.; Duma, S.; Dyer, R. (Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia, 2017)
© 2017 The Author(s). Background: Anaesthesia nurses form a critical part of the team providing perioperative care to patients, but no accredited training exists for them in South Africa. In this setting, short in-service training interventions are a pragmatic attempt at improving nurse performance and patient outcomes. Traditional didactic teaching formats have limitations, and mLearning (the use of mobile telephones to facilitate education) has proved equivalent or superior to traditional teaching methods in several settings. Despite very high levels of mobile phone ownership amongst healthcare workers in Africa, this form of educational delivery has not been tested in the hospital-based nursing population. Methods: A telephonic true/false pre-test was performed with 12 nurses of varying levels of training, to assess their preexisting knowledge of anaesthesia. A pre-learning package was then delivered to them in the form of daily SMSs for a month, covering relevant anaesthesia content. A telephonic post-intervention test was performed to assess whether anaesthesia theory knowledge had improved. Results: Median test scores out of 30 were compared using a Wilcoxon signed rank test and were statistically higher in the postintervention test: 25 (IQR 20-26) vs. 21 (IQR 20-21.25) (p = 0.018). Conclusions: The results demonstrate an association between a cheap and widely available educational vehicle, and an increase in nurse knowledge scores. The use of mobile telephones in medical education in limited-resource settings should be explored further.
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; A:Africa; C:South Africa; CA:AandC; CL:en; CL:fr; CLL:en; CLS:en; CT:A; CT:C; CT:F; CT:P; CT:Q; CT:T; F:outcomes; F:pedagogy; F:teaching; F:teaching method; P:health; P:media; P:nurse; P:service industry; P:services; Q:e-learning; T:Ausbildung; T:Training; T:work-based learning; Z:Anaesthesia nurse; Z:Nurse education; Z:Short Message Service (SMS); Z:eLearning; Z:mLearning; _C:Australia AUS; _C:Iran IRN; _C:Ireland IRL; _C:Kenya KEN; _C:South Africa ZAF; _C:United Kingdom GBR; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1; publicImportV1

Fundamentals of the development of Vocational Education and Further Education of VET pedagogues in Sub-Saharan Africa - Eicker, Friedhelm (2017)
For many years, the University of Rostock/Technical Education has supported three universities from Mozambique, Ethiopia and South Africa in their effort to establish a modern educational and further educational programme for VET pedagogues. A Further Education network was established in the first steps. If more German universities support it, this network can expand to various other Sub-Saharan African countries. This still poses the essential question which scientific approach will be the basic position. Furthermore the question is how the Further Education network of universities, vocational schools and other VET institutions should be developed locally in Sub-Saharan Africa. A constructivist approach, which is positioned between academic discipline and vocational science, will be proposed here. In the first place, university lecturers and selected teachers will be able to acquire shaping competence. A “Train the Trainer Further Education System” will be proposed.
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; A:Africa; A:Sub-Saharan Africa; C:Ethiopia; C:Mozambique; C:South Africa; CA:AandC; CL:en; CLL:en; CLS:en; CT:A; CT:C; CT:F; CT:P; CT:T; F:pedagogy; T:TVET; T:in-service TVET; publicImportV1; ⛔ No DOI found

Networked shaping–a perspective for international vocational education and further education of vocational educators - Eicker, Friedhelm; Fiedler, Kai-Arne; Haseloff, Gesine (2017)
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; CLL:en; publicImportV1; ⛔ No DOI found

Mobile Learning for English Language Acquisition: Taxonomy, Challenges, and Recommendations - Elaish, Monther M.; Shuib, Liyana; Ghani, Norjihan Abdul; Yadegaridehkordi, Elaheh; Alaa, Musaab (IEEE Access, 2017)
Keywords: __C:filed:1

Integrating scientific research: Theory and design of discovering similar constructs - Endicott, J.; Larsen, K.; Lukyanenko, R. (2017)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Education Technology: An Evidence-Based Review - Escueta, Maya; Quan, Vincent; Nickow, Andre Joshua; Oreopoulos, Philip (National Bureau of Economic Research, 2017)
In recent years, there has been widespread excitement around the potential for technology to transform learning. As investments in education technology continue to grow, students, parents, and teachers face a seemingly endless array of education technologies from which to choose—from digital personalized learning platforms to educational games to online courses. Amidst the excitement, it is important to step back and understand how technology can help—or in some cases hinder—how students learn. This review paper synthesizes and discusses experimental evidence on the effectiveness of technology-based approaches in education and outlines areas for future inquiry. In particular, we examine RCTs across the following categories of education technology: (1) access to technology, (2) computer-assisted learning, (3) technology-enabled behavioral interventions in education, and (4) online learning. While this review focuses on literature from developed countries, it also draws upon extensive research from developing countries. We hope this literature review will advance the knowledge base of how technology can be used to support education, outline key areas for new experimental research, and help drive improvements to the policies, programs, and structures that contribute to successful teaching and learning.
Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing

Education Technology: An Evidence-Based Review. - Escueta, Maya; Quan, Vincent; Nickow, Andre Joshua; Oreopoulos, Philip (NBER Working Paper, 2017)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Education Technology: An Evidence-Based Review - Escueta, Maya; Quan, Vincent; Nickow, Andre Joshua; Oreopoulos, Philip (National Bureau of Economic Research, 2017)
In recent years, there has been widespread excitement around the potential for technology to transform learning. As investments in education technology continue to grow, students, parents, and teachers face a seemingly endless array of education technologies from which to choose—from digital personalized learning platforms to educational games to online courses. Amidst the excitement, it is important to step back and understand how technology can help—or in some cases hinder—how students learn. This review paper synthesizes and discusses experimental evidence on the effectiveness of technology-based approaches in education and outlines areas for future inquiry. In particular, we examine RCTs across the following categories of education technology: (1) access to technology, (2) computer-assisted learning, (3) technology-enabled behavioral interventions in education, and (4) online learning. While this review focuses on literature from developed countries, it also draws upon extensive research from developing countries. We hope this literature review will advance the knowledge base of how technology can be used to support education, outline key areas for new experimental research, and help drive improvements to the policies, programs, and structures that contribute to successful teaching and learning.

Paradigms for Networking Universities and Vocational Education and Training (VET) Institutions on Competency-Based Further Education in Sub-Saharan Africa - Ezekoye, Benadeth N (2017)
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; A:Africa; CLL:en; publicImportV1; ⛔ No DOI found

Is Standardization the Answer to Personalization? - France, P.E. (Educational Leadership, 2017)
Keywords: Final_citation; anystyle; existing; ⛔ No DOI found

NMC/CoSN horizon report: 2017 K - Freeman, Alex; Becker, Samantha Adams; Cummins, Michele (The New Media Consortium, 2017)
Keywords: Final_citation

Tusome external evaluation—Midline report. Prepared for the Ministry of Education of Kenya, USAID/Kenya, and the UK Department for International Development under Contract No. AID-615-TO-1600012 - Freudenberger, E.; Davis, J. (Management Sciences International (MSI), a Tetra Tech company, 2017)

The production of human capital in developed countries: Evidence from 196 randomized field experiments - Fryer, Jr, R.G. (Handbook of Economic Field Experiments, 2017)

Entrepreneurship Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: Results of a Case Study in Senegal - Garcia-Rodriguez, Francisco J; Gil-Soto, Esperanza; Ruiz-Rosa, Ines; Sene, Papa Mamour (2017)
The number of entrepreneurship education programs has grown worldwide in the last two decades. This has helped consolidate a fruitful line of research focusing on measuring the impact that these programs have on participating students' entrepreneurship potential. However, to date, these programs have almost exclusively centered on more developed countries. The present work, on the contrary, analyses the impact of an entrepreneurship promotion program carried out for a period of three years in the socioeconomic and cultural context of a less developed country: Senegal. Specifically, the program was aimed at students on different degree programs at the University of Gaston Berger. Theoretical approaches of effectuation and bricolage were applied and students' enterprise potential was tested ex ante and ex post. The results show that students had a significant improvement in their entrepreneurial potential, thus reflecting the effectiveness of entrepreneurship education in these contexts.
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; A:Sub-Saharan Africa; C:Senegal; CA:AandC; CL:en; CLL:en; CLS:en; CT:A; CT:C; CT:D; CT:F; CT:P; CT:Q; CT:R; CT:T; D:developing country; D:less developed country; F:Improvement; F:attitude; P:culture; Q:degree; R:case study; R:impact; T:entrepreneurship education; Z:Attitudes; Z:Developing countries--LDCs; Z:Entrepreneurs; Z:Students; publicImportV1; ⛔ No DOI found

Sparking a Reading Revolution: Results of Early Literacy Interventions in Egypt and Jordan - Gove, Amber; Brombacher, Arnout; Ward-Brent, Michelle (New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2017)
This article examines the effects of two early grade reading interventions in two Arabic-speaking contexts (Egypt and Jordan), developed in partnership with ministries of education. The interventions relied on similar research bases for improving reading instruction in Arabic. In Egypt, the results of a 166-school pilot led to the national scale-up of the Early Grade Reading Program for more than 4 million children in grades 13. Informed by Egypt's experience, a demonstration effort in 43 schools led to a national rollout in Jordan's 2,651 public primary schools and the creation of a remediation program. We reflect on the conditions that influenced the pilot and scale-up outcomes given the commitments made to "inclusive and equitable quality education and lifelong learning opportunities for all" under the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Keywords: _Added to LR; _T:reviewed

Designing for Scale: Reflections on Rolling Out Reading Improvement in Kenya and Liberia - Gove, Amber; Korda Poole, Medina; Piper, Benjamin (New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2017)
Since 2008, the Ministries of Education in Liberia and Kenya have undertaken transitions from small-scale pilot programs to improve reading outcomes among primary learners to the large-scale implementation of reading interventions. The effects of the pilots on learning outcomes were significant, but questions remained regarding whether such large gains could be sustained at scale. In this article, the authors dissect the Liberian and Kenyan experiences with implementing large-scale reading programs, documenting the critical components and conditions of the program designs that affected the likelihood of successfully transitioning from pilot to scale. They also review the design, deployment, and effectiveness of each pilot program and the scale, design, duration, enabling conditions, and initial effectiveness results of the scaled programs in each country. The implications of these results for the design of both pilot and large-scale reading programs are discussed in light of the experiences of both the Liberian and Kenyan programs.
Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing

Digest of TVET institutions statistics in Nigeria 2014-15 - Government of Nigeria (2017)
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -GeneralCitations; publicImportV1

Directory of Accredited Programmes Offered in Polytechnics, Technical and Vocational Institutions - Government of Nigeria (2017)
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -GeneralCitations; CC:Nigeria; TVET Provider; publicImportV1

SECT: The standardized early childhood development costing tool - Gustafsson‐Wright, Emily; Boggild‐Jones, Izzy; Gardiner, Sophie (2017)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Teachers’ Use of Information and Communications Technology in Education: Cameroon Secondary Schools Perspectives - Haji, abdoulai; Moluayonge, Gracemary Eloheneke; Park, Innwoo (TOJET : The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology; Adapazari, 2017)
Keywords: :C:Cameroon; Cited; Communications technology; Data acquisition; Developing nations; Education; Education--Teaching Methods And Curriculum; Information technology; Learning; RRQ1:High; RRQ2:Medium; Rural areas; Secondary schools; Statistical tests; Teachers; Teaching; Training; ⛔ No DOI found

Extracting business objects and activities from labels of German process models - Hake, P.; Fettke, P.; Neumann, G. (2017)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Gestaltungsorientierung als Entwicklungsstrategie zur Beförderung der beruflichen Fortbildung – dargestellt und untersucht am Beispiel des Projektes VET-Net - Haseloff, Gesine (2017)
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -GeneralCitations; C:Mozambique; C:South Africa; publicImportV1; ⛔ No DOI found

The Train the Trainer-System ؊ Results of a research and development project for and with VET pedagogues in Sub-Saharan Africa - Haseloff, Gesine (2017)
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; A:Africa; CLL:en; publicImportV1; ⛔ No DOI found

The Availability of Electronic Courses Using ICT Infrastructure in Teaching and Learning among Teachers in Nigeria's TVET Institutions. - Hashim, MHM; Abubakar, B (2017)
Abstract: As information and communication technology becomes a regular feature of the educational environment, it may be difficult for teaching and learning activities especially in TVET institutions to remain unchallenged. However, ICT application as a pedagogical tool in Nigerian TVET institutions is not a common practice and it also remains unclear how utilisation of ICT enhances pedagogy. This study is interested in the availability of electronic courses using ICT infrastructure in teaching and learning. Using activity theory as a guide, multiple case studies are conducted. The Qualitative Case Study Methodology is used in this research. Five TVET institutions and 20 participants are selected using maximum variation and homogeneous purposive sampling strategies, respectively. During the visits to the institutions, classroom observation is carried out, documents such as the curriculum and teacher's lecture materials are reviewed for triangulation. Semi-structured interviews are conducted with 20 selected participants as the primary data collection method. At the data analysis stage, the inductive and deductive methods are used to analyse the data and two strategies of grounded theory as open and axial coding are employed. The coding process is achieved through the use of an inherent feature of NViVOlO. The findings show that four themes: availability of infrastructure, computer specifications, educational software and connectivity.
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; A:Sub-Saharan Africa; C:Nigeria; CA:AandC; CL:en; CLL:en; CLS:en; CT:A; CT:C; CT:F; CT:P; CT:Q; CT:T; F:learning; F:teaching; P:electro; P:teachers; Q:ICT; Q:educational technology; T:TVET; publicImportV1; ⛔ No DOI found

An Atlas of The Forty Colleges of Education in Ghana - Haßler, Björn; Akunor, J. T.; Nyamador, E. S. (2017)
Keywords: Author:Haßler; Author:OpenDevEd; _C:Ghana GHA; _C:Mexico MEX; _C:Zambia ZMB; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1; _bjoern_cv; _r:ImportedToMyEducationEvidence

Effective teaching and learning of large cohorts in institutions of higher learning in Zambia: Challenges and opportunities - Haßler, Björn; Shemi, Alice (2017)
Keywords: Author:Haßler; Author:OpenDevEd; Björn-CV-OECS; _bjoern_cv; _comingsoon; _r:AddedByMyEducationEvidence

Measuring teacher classroom management skills: a comparative analysis of distance trained and conventional trained teachers - Henaku, Christina Bampo; Pobbi, Michael Asamani (Journal of Education and Practice, 2017)
Many researchers and educationist remain skeptical about the effectiveness of distance learning program and have termed it as second to the conventional training method. This perception is largely due to several challenges which exist within the management of distance learning program across the country. The general aim of the study is compare the classroom management skills exhibited by distance trained teachers to that of conventional trained teachers in their field of work. Teacher classroom management was classified into two multidimensional constructs consisting of effective behavior management skills and instructional learning format skills. A quantitative design strategy was adapted for the study. Primary data was collected using a questionnaire from 500 teachers-consisting of 250 conventional and 250 distance trained teachers--and 60 head teachers selected from basic schools across 10 regions in Ghana. Head teachers assessment of teachers served as a means of triangulating results obtained. Data obtained during survey was coded and entered into a SPSS statistical software and subsequently analysed using both descriptive and inferential methods. Results from the study reveal that there were no significant differences in all nineteen (19) items used in measuring teacher classroom control mechanism. Recommendations were made based on the findings of the study.
Keywords: Behavior Change; Classroom Techniques; Comparative Analysis; Conventional Instruction; Distance Education; ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE); Elementary Education; Elementary School Teachers; Foreign Countries; Ghana; Intermode Differences; Multidimensional Scaling; Questionnaires; Statistical Analysis; Teacher Surveys; Teaching Skills; Training Methods; __:import:01; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2096069; __finaldtb; ⛔ No DOI found

Improving Mathematics in Key Stages 2 and 3 - Henderson, P; Hodgen, J; Foster, C; Kuchemann, D (2017)
Eight recommendations to improve outcomes in maths for 7-14 year olds

International Experiences with Intergrating Interactive Whiteboards: Policy, Practice, Pedagogy and Professional Development - Hennessy, Sara (Life in schools and classrooms, 2017)
Keywords: __C:filed:1

Features of iPad language applications for speech-language therapy with children - Heyman, Nikki (2017)
Keywords: _C:Australia AUS; _C:Austria AUT; _C:Canada CAN; _C:India IND; _C:Japan JPN; _C:New Zealand NZL; _C:Portugal PRT; _C:Singapore SGP; _C:South Africa ZAF; _C:Spain ESP; _C:Switzerland CHE; _C:United Kingdom GBR; _C:United States USA; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1

Barriers to and facilitators of the inclusion of learners with special education needs: An appraisal of the education systems of the islands of the Eastern Caribbean - Hodge, Carel Eulena; Bennett, Cary; Harrington, Ingrid; Zafarullah, Habib M. (2017)
Keywords: _Added to LR; _G:reviewed; ⛔ No DOI found

Professional development in clinical leadership: Evaluation of the chief residents clinical leadership and management programme - Hofmann, Riikka; Vermunt, Jan D. (Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge Working Paper, 2017)
Keywords: __C:filed:1; ⛔ No DOI found

EdTech Decision-making in Higher Education - Hollands, Fiona M.; Escueta, Maya (2017)
Keywords: Stefanie

Chapter 12: Considerations in Costing ODL and ICTs in TVET - Hoosen, S; Butcher, N (Using ICTs and Blended Learning in Transforming TVET, 2017)
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; A:Sub-Saharan Africa; C:Botswana; C:Namibia; C:South Africa; C:Zambia; CA:AandC; CL:en; CLL:en; CLS:en; CT:A; CT:C; CT:Q; CT:T; Q:OER; T:TVET; publicImportV1

Bring your own device? - Hynes, Paul; Younie, Sarah (Debates in Computing and ICT Education, 2017)
Keywords: __C:filed:1

World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends for Women 2017 - I.L.O. (Essays on the Economics of Education'. International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie). 2016. "Impact Evaluation Repository." In. Islam, Asad. 2019. 'Parent–teacher meetings and student outcomes: Evidence from a developing country, 2017)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Chapter 9: INVEST Africa - Isaacs, Shafika (Using ICTs and Blended Learning in Transforming TVET, 2017)
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; A:Sub-Saharan Africa; C:Kenya; C:Zambia; CA:AandC; CLL:en; publicImportV1

Roll Call: Getting Children into School - J-PAL (2017)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Tablets im Schulunterricht in Skandinavien - Jahnke, Isa (Tablets in Schule und Unterricht, 2017)
Keywords: __C:filed:1

Open Government Case Study: Costing Sierra Leone’s Open Data Program - Joswiak, Naomi (Results for Development, 2017)
Keywords: _C:Sierra Leone SLE; ___working_potential_duplicate

Improving literacy instruction in Kenya through teacher professional development and text messages support: a cluster randomized trial - Jukes, Matthew CH; Turner, Elizabeth L.; Dubeck, Margaret M.; Halliday, Katherine E.; Inyega, Hellen N.; Wolf, Sharon; Zuilkowski, Stephanie Simmons; Brooker, Simon J. (Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2017)
Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing

Developing inclusive pre-service and in-service teacher education : Insights from Zanzibar primary school teachers - Juma, Said; Lehtomäki, Elina; Naukkarinen, Aimo (International Journal of Whole Schooling, 2017)
Developing inclusive teacher education to improve learning and schooling for all children is attracting increasing interest worldwide. This study examined teachers’ insights into the development of inclusive teacher education by drawing on collaborative action research conducted by 20 primary school teachers in Zanzibar, Tanzania. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews and self-reflective journals kept by the teachers and the first author. The qualitative thematic content analysis revealed: (1) the need to embed inclusive education and action research into pre-service and in-service teacher education curricula and (2) both school-based organisational learning and school–community and school–university collaborations may foster collaborative school cultures and inclusive inservice teacher education. The study discusses the role of teachers’ voices in informing teacher education development for educational equity and inclusion.
Keywords: _C:Australia AUS; _C:Canada CAN; _C:Central African Republic CAF; _C:Finland FIN; _C:India IND; _C:Japan JPN; _C:Namibia NAM; _C:North Macedonia MKD; _C:Pakistan PAK; _C:South Africa ZAF; _C:Tanzania TZA; _C:Thailand THA; _C:United Kingdom GBR; _C:United States USA; _C:Zambia ZMB; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1; ⛔ No DOI found

Social Dimension and Participation in Vocational Education and Training - Kaiser, Franz; Krugmann, Susann (Social Dimension and Participation in Vocational Education and Training, 2017)
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; C:Egypt; CLL:en; publicImportV1; ⛔ No DOI found

An Observational Study of Classroom Acoustical Design and Repetitive Behaviors in Children With Autism - Kanakri, Shireen M.; Shepley, Mardelle; Tassinary, Louis G.; Varni, James W.; Fawaz, Haitham M. (Environment and Behavior, 2017)
The objective of the present study is to explore the impact of acoustical design on children with autism in school classrooms. Empirical research on this topic will provide information on how interior space features and spatial environment characteristics can be used to support the learning and developmental needs of children with autism. Specifically, the connection between repetitive behaviors and ambient noise levels in school classroom environments was observed in four classrooms. The occurrence of repetitive motor movements, repetitive speech, ear covering, hitting, loud vocalizations, blinking, and verbally complaining in relation to decibel levels were analyzed using Noldus Observer XT software. As hypothesized, a correlation between noise levels and frequency of target behaviors was found; that is, as decibel levels increased, several of the observed behaviors occurred with greater frequency. Further empirical testing is necessary to test a causal relationship between increased ambient noise levels and autism-related behaviors, and sensory discomfort as a mediator of that relationship. Findings are applied to the development of classroom design guidelines.

A guide for Accelerated Education Programme designers, implementers, evaluators and agencies - Kayla Boisvert; Jennifer Flemming; Ritesh Shah (2017)

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

The impact of teachers’ perspectives on the development of computing as a subject - Kennewell, Steve; Barnes, Jan (Debates in Computing and ICT Education, 2017)
Keywords: __C:filed:1

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.
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

Investigating teachers’ pedagogical experiences with tablet integration in Korean rural schools - Kim, Hye Jeong; Kim, Hyeoncheol (The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2017)
Keywords: __C:filed:1

A development and application of the teaching and learning model of artificial intelligence education for elementary students - Kim, Kapsu; Park, Youngki (Journal of The Korean Association of Information Education, 2017)
Keywords: ❓ Multiple DOI

Landscape report on early grade literacy - Kim, Y.-S.G.; Boyle, H.; Zuilkowski, S.S.; Nakamura, P. (USAID, 2017)

Darpa Is Funding Projects that Will Try to Open up AI’s Black Boxes - Knight, W. (MIT Technology Review, 2017)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Text mining in organizational research - Kobayashi, V.B.; Mol, S.T.; Berkers, H.A. (Organizational Research Methods, 2017)
Keywords: _Added-ailr-2024

Empfehlung zur Beruflichen Orientierung an Schulen - Kultusministerkonferenz (2017)

Implementing the flipped classroom in teacher education: evidence from Turkey - Kurt, Gökçe (Journal of Educational Technology & Society, 2017)
The flipped classroom, a form of blended learning, is an emerging instructional strategy reversing a traditional lecture-based teaching model to improve the quality and efficiency of the teaching and learning process. The present article reports a study that focused on the implementation of the flipped approach in a higher education institution in Turkey. For this pretest-posttest quasi-experimental study, a classroom management course in a pre-service English teacher education program was flipped and its effectiveness was measured against a traditionally taught class. Quantitative and qualitative data came from 62 pre-service teachers (PTs) in two intact classes randomly assigned as the experimental and the control groups. Findings revealed a higher level of self-efficacy beliefs and better learning outcomes for the experimental group PTs in the flipped classroom compared to the control group PTs in the traditional classroom. PTs' perceptions of the flipped classroom were also positive.
Keywords: Blended Learning; Blended learning; Classroom Techniques; Classroom management; Classrooms; Control Groups; Conventional Instruction; ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE); Education; Education--Teaching Methods And Curriculum; Educational Technology; English (Second Language); Experimental Groups; Flipped classroom; Focus Groups; Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Homework; Language Teachers; Learning; Postsecondary Education; Pre-service teachers of English; Preservice Teacher Education; Pretests Posttests; Program Effectiveness; Qualitative analysis; Quasiexperimental Design; Reversing; Scores; Second Language Instruction; Self Efficacy; Statistical Analysis; Teacher education; Teachers; Teaching Methods; Teaching methods; Technology Uses in Education; Tests; Turkey; Video Technology; __:import:01; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2097427; __finaldtb; ⛔ No DOI found

The Concept of Competence Based Assessment in Vocational Education and Training - Kyobe, Ethel (2017)
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; CLL:en; publicImportV1; ⛔ No DOI found

Education ICT assemblage: encounters of discourses, emotions, affects, subjects, and their productive forces - Lameu, Paula Cristina (University of Birmingham, 2017)
Keywords: _C:Australia AUS; _C:Brazil BRA; _C:Canada CAN; _C:China CHN; _C:Korea, Republic KOR; _C:New Zealand NZL; _C:South Africa ZAF; _C:Spain ESP; _C:Sudan SDN; _C:Turkey TUR; _C:United Kingdom GBR; _C:United States USA; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1

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.
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; A:Sub-Saharan Africa; CA:AandC; CLL:en; publicImportV1

Chapter 14: Conclusions and Recommendations - Latchem, Colin (Using ICTs and Blended Learning in Transforming TVET, 2017)
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; publicImportV1

Using ICTs and Blended Learning in Transforming TVET - Latchem, Colin (UNESCO; COL, 2017)
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -GeneralCitations; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; HDR25; publicImportV1

The Future of Jobs and Jobs Training - Lee, Rainee; Anderson, Janna (Pew Research Center, 2017)
As robots, automation and artificial intelligence perform more tasks and there is massive disruption of jobs, experts say a wider array of education and skills-building programs will be created to meet new demands. There are two uncertainties: Will well-prepared workers be able to keep up in the race with AI tools? And will market capitalism survive?

Learning to teach in higher education in South Africa - Leibowitz, Brenda; Bozalek, Vivienne; Garraway, James; Herman, Nicoline; Jawitz, Jeff; Muhuro, Patricia; Ndebele, Clever; Quinn, Lynn; Van Schalkwyk, Susan; Vorster, Jo-Anne (2017)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

THE USE OF MOBILE PLATFORMS IN SCIENCE LEARNING: A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN PORTUGAL AND THE UK - Leitão, Rui; Turner, Sarah; Maguire, Martin (2017)
Keywords: _C:Portugal PRT; _C:Spain ESP; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1

Design-based implementation research - LeMahieu, Paul G.; Nordstrum, Lee E.; Potvin, Ashley Seidel (Quality Assurance in Education, 2017)

Apprentissages scolaires et technologies numériques: une revue critique des méta-analyses - Leroux, Gabrielle; Monteil, Jean-Marc; Huguet, Pascal (L’Année psychologique, 2017)
Keywords: __C:filed:1; literature / systematic review

Generalizing about Public Health Interventions: A Mixed-Methods Approach to External Validity - Leviton, Laura C. (Annual Review of Public Health, 2017)
Public health researchers and practitioners are calling for greater focus on external validity, the ability to generalize findings of evidence-based interventions (EBIs) beyond the limited number of studies testing effectiveness. For public health, the goal is applicability: to translate, disseminate, and implement EBIs for an impact on population health. This article is a review of methods and how they might be combined to better assess external validity. The methods include (a) better description of EBIs and their contexts; (b) combining of statistical tools and logic to draw inferences about study samples; (c) sharper definition of the theory behind the intervention and core intervention components; and (d) more systematic consultation of practitioners. For population impact, studies should focus on context features that are likely to be both important (based on program theory) and frequently encountered by practitioners. Mixed-method programs of research will allow public health to expand causal generalizations.

Effect van een Robot op het aanleren van Productieve Woordenschat in een Tweede Taal bij Kleuters - Limpens, Lisa GA (2017)
Keywords: _C:Chile CHL; _C:Netherlands NLD; _C:United States USA; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1

Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Sub-Saharan Africa: the missing middle in post-school education - Lolwana, Peliwe (2017)
The structure of education systems in Sub-Saharan countries is characterised by Basic Education; Technical and Vocational Education (TVET) as well as University Education. Whilst the basic education system has grown to be a large system that accommodates almost all children, the size of post-basic education options available to young people in these countries is still very small and weak. There is a social crisis of large numbers of young people who are not in education, employment and work in the context of skills shortages in the labour market. There are, in other words, both supply and demand issues to which the present form of post-school is unable to respond adequately. There is a challenge of the ‘missing middle’ in the Sub-Saharan education and training systems and young people who simply disappear to thin air after leaving school.
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; A:Africa; CLL:en; publicImportV1; ⛔ No DOI found

Introduction Keynotes - Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Sub-Saharan Africa: the missing middle in post-school education - Lolwana, Peliwe; Oketch, Moses O. (Vocational Education and Training in Sub-Saharan Africa, 2017)
The structure of education systems in Sub-Saharan countries is characterised by Basic Education; Technical and Vocational Education (TVET) as well as University Education. Whilst the basic education system has grown to be a large system that accommodates almost all children, the size of post-basic education options available to young people in these countries is still very small and weak. There is a social crisis of large numbers of young people who are not in education, employment and work in the context of skills shortages in the labour market. There are, in other words, both supply and demand issues to which the present form of post-school is unable to respond adequately. There is a challenge of the ‘missing middle’ in the Sub-Saharan education and training systems and young people who simply disappear to thin air after leaving school.
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; AA:SSA; CLL:en; Comparative Analysis; publicImportV1

Geo-spatial analyses in education research: the critical challenge and methodological possibilities - Lubienski, Christopher; Lee, Jin (Geographical Research, 2017)
The usefulness of spatial perspectives in education research is well known, particularly in fields such as school choice that are operationalised in multiple institutional, demographic, and local geographies. But the modes of spatial inquiry, even as they can potentially lend themselves to integrated research strategies, tend to be fragmented and isolated, failing to take into account multiple dimensions of contextual factors. Our purpose is to provide critical deliberations on geo-spatial methods in school choice research and suggest an integrative approach to enhance research on school choice from a geographic perspective. This paper first demonstrates the linkage of spatial approaches to school choice, and then surveys geo-spatial research as typically leveraged on this issue. We argue that there are inherent limitations to the typical conceptions of space in geo-spatial analyses and discuss two of the major challenges to these conceptions as provided by critical theorists and geographers. But we also point out that these challenges suggest alternatives that themselves have serious shortcomings. The concluding discussion sets out some of the possibilities of a more integrated approach to spatial inquiry in education research, and school choice more specifically.
Keywords: Lebanon_event_2021; _C:Australia AUS; _C:Canada CAN; _C:Chile CHL; _C:Georgia GEO; _C:Ireland IRL; _C:Japan JPN; _C:New Zealand NZL; _C:Sweden SWE; _C:United Kingdom GBR; _C:United States USA; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1; access; education policy; equity; school choice; spatial inquiry

The datafied child: The dataveillance of children and implications for their rights - Lupton, Deborah; Williamson, Ben (New Media & Society, 2017)

BRIEF Implementation Science and Practice in the Education Sector - Lyon, Aaron R (2017)
Keywords: education; ⛔ No DOI found

Tablet use in schools: impact, affordances and considerations - Major, Louis; Haßler, Björn; Hennessy, Sara (Handbook on Digital Learning for K-12 Schools, 2017)
Keywords: Author:Haßler; Author:OpenDevEd; Björn-CV-OECS; _C:Australia AUS; _C:New Zealand NZL; _C:Spain ESP; _C:United Kingdom GBR; _C:United States USA; _C:Zambia ZMB; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1; _r:ImportedToMyEducationEvidence

The effects of language-and literacy-focused professional development on early educators and children: A best-evidence meta-analysis - Markussen-Brown, Justin; Juhl, Carsten B.; Piasta, Shayne B.; Bleses, Dorthe; Højen, Anders; Justice, Laura M. (Early childhood research quarterly, 2017)

El uso de las tabletas y su impacto en el aprendizaje. Una investigación nacional en centros de Educación Primaria1 The use of tablets and their impact on learning. A national research in Primary Education schools - Martí, Mar Camacho; Mon, Francesc Marc Esteve (Revista de educación, 2017)
Keywords: _C:Dominican Republic DOM; _C:Finland FIN; _C:France FRA; _C:India IND; _C:Iran IRN; _C:Lebanon LBN; _C:Malaysia MYS; _C:Netherlands NLD; _C:Spain ESP; _C:Thailand THA; _C:Turkey TUR; _C:United Kingdom GBR; _C:United States USA; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1; ⛔ No DOI found

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)

Preschool and Child Development Under Extreme Poverty: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Rural Mozambique. - Martinez, Sebastian; Naudeau, Sophie; Pereira, Vitor (World Bank, 2017)

The Integration of Tablet Computers in Preparing Students for the Grade Four Literacy Test: Perception Versus Reality - McGhie-Sinclair, Tracy-Ann S. (Temple University, 2017)
Keywords: __C:filed:1

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

Strengthening Teacher Professional Development: Local and global communities of practice in Kakuma Refugee Camp - Mendenhall, Mary (Columbia University, 2017)
Keywords: C:Kenya; _C:Burundi BDI; _C:Congo XCO; _C:Ethiopia ETH; _C:France FRA; _C:Kenya KEN; _C:Pakistan PAK; _C:Somalia SOM; _C:South Sudan SSD; _C:Sudan SDN; _C:Tanzania TZA; _C:Uganda UGA; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1

Lernprozesse mit digitalen Werkzeugen unterstützen–Perspektiven aus der Didaktik naturwissenschaftlicher Fächer - Meßinger-Koppelt, Jenny; Schanze, S.; Groß, Jorge (Joachim Herz Stiftung Verlag, Hamburg, 2017)
Keywords: _C:United States USA; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1; ⛔ No DOI found

An experimental study of the performance of prospective teachers of flipped classroom and non-flipped classroom - Minaz, Maksal; Tabassum, Rabia; Idris, Muhammad (Pakistan Journal of Education, 2017)
Video-recording of lectures and creating of podcasts for playback on the computer and other portable devices which accommodate the new formats of self-developed learning are identified as flipped classroom. The study was focused on the objective to Investigate performance of prospective teachers of flipped classroom and non-flipped classroom with respect to flipped classroom strategy. Therefore, null hypotheses were formulated; there is no significant difference between the mean scores of flipped classroom and non-flipped classroom of prospective teachers before and after treatment; Pretest posttest equivalent group experimental research design was taken for the study. A paired random sampling technique was employed to select the sample on the basis of pretest scores from the subjects.. Experimental group was named flipped classroom and control group was named non-flipped classroom. Treatment of flipped classroom strategy provided to the flipped classroom and the non-flipped classroom was thought through lecture demonstration method. Posttest was administered to collect data from both groups without delay after treatment of six academic weeks. Results of the study illustrated that there was significant difference between the performance of flipped and non-flipped classrooms prospective teachers. It was recommended that flipped classroom may be an integral part of curriculum of professional development courses in Pakistan.
Keywords: Education; Educational technology; Learning; Pedagogy; Podcasts; Professional development; Teacher attitudes; __:import:01; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2096864; __finaldtb; ⛔ No DOI found

What does the African Education Research Database tell us about research in West Africa? - Mitchell, R.; Rose, P. (ADEA. Available at: http://www. adeanet. org/en/blogs/what-does-the-african-education-research-database-tell-us-about-research-in-west-africa (Accessed 05/03/18), 2017)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

The economy of hope - Miyazaki, Hirokazu; Swedberg, Richard (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2017)
Keywords: Hope

Education Sector Plan (2018-2020) - MOEST (2017)

Sierra Leone Ethics and Scientific Review Committee – APPLICATION GUIDELINES - MoHS (Ministry of Health and Sanitation, 2017)
Keywords: _C:Sierra Leone SLE

‘The best app is the teacher’Introducing classroom scripts in technology-enhanced education - Montrieux, Hannelore; Raes, Annelies; Schellens, Tammy (Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2017)
Keywords: _C:Belgium BEL; _C:Canada CAN; _C:China CHN; _C:Greece GRC; _C:United Kingdom GBR; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1

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.
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

The strategic action field framework for policy implementation research - Moulton, Stephanie; Sandfort, Jodi R. (Policy Studies Journal, 2017)

Analysis of factors affecting pupil performance in Malawi’s primary schools based on SACMEQ survey results - Mulera, David Mc W.J.; Ndala, Ken Kaziputa; Nyirongo, Richard (International Journal of Educational Development, 2017)
The paper employs techniques of multilevel modelling and geographical information systems (GIS) on Malawi’s SACMEQ1 I, II and III data to identify factors aﬀecting pupil performance in primary education of Malawi. The study reveals that in some districts pupils performed much better than others. Whilst in majority of cases the achievement levels of pupils were closely associated with the levels of inputs and services, there were some districts that did not demonstrate a positive correlation. The analysis further shows that pupils’ low socioeconomic status, high pupil-teacher ratios and the more time head teachers spent in teaching other than on school management were more signiﬁcant factors that negatively aﬀected pupil performance.
Keywords: _C:Botswana BWA; _C:Colombia COL; _C:Kenya KEN; _C:Laos LAO; _C:Malawi MWI; _C:Mozambique MOZ; _C:Namibia NAM; _C:South Africa ZAF; _C:Thailand THA; _C:Uganda UGA; _C:Zimbabwe ZWE; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1

Cycling to School: Increasing Secondary School Enrollment for Girls in India - Muralidharan, Karthik; Prakash, Nishith (American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2017)
We study the impact of an innovative program in the Indian state of Bihar that aimed to reduce the gender gap in secondary school enrollment by providing girls who continued to secondary school with a bicycle that would improve access to school. Using data from a large representative household survey, we employ a triple difference approach (using boys and the neighboring state of Jharkhand as comparison groups) and find that being in a cohort that was exposed to the Cycle program increased girls’ age-appropriate enrollment in secondary school by 32 percent and reduced the corresponding gender gap by 40 percent. We also find an 18 percent increase in the number of girls who appear for the high-stakes secondary school certificate exam, and a 12 percent increase in the number of girls who pass it. Parametric and non-parametric decompositions of the triple-difference estimate as a function of distance to the nearest secondary school show that the increases in enrollment mostly took place in villages that were further away from a secondary school, suggesting that the mechanism of impact was the reduction in the time and safety cost of school attendance made possible by the bicycle. We also find that the Cycle program was much more cost effective at increasing girls’ secondary school enrollment than comparable conditional cash transfer programs in South Asia.
Keywords: _genre:PR-primary_research; interesting

The need of developing a self-critical experimental attitude – intentions, concepts and consequences for vocational teacher education - Naeve-Stoß, Nicole (2017)
The central aim of teacher education is to develop a profound scientific professionalism, which enables teachers to reflect upon their educational actions in a complex and non-standardized pedagogical environment. In this sense, study programs in teacher education for vocational schools should foster the development of both a self-critical experimental attitude and an inquiry-based disposition, as well as the willingness to engage in self-reflection. The development of such attitudes is enabled by the concepts of reflexive and research-based learning, which will be outlined in this paper.
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; publicImportV1; ⛔ No DOI found

Whatsapp auto responder using natural language processing and AI - Nagender, Y.; Patil, Kiran H. (Int. J. Comput. Eng. Technol, 2017)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) - Napier, Alison; Simister, Nigel (INTRAC for Civil Society, 2017)

Community Information Policing Booklet - National Police Service (2017)

Promoting effective Work Integrated Learning (WIL) and Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) practices in the TVET sector through research - Nduna, Nothemba Joyce (2017)
There is a growing interest in increasing research capacity in South African public Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in general and in Universities of Technology (UoTs) and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Colleges in particular. As part of its strategy to increase research capacity, the Education, Training and Development Practices Ϫ Sector Education and Training Authority (ETDP SETA) has established six Research Chairs in six public HEIs. This article introduces the work of the Research Chair for Work Integrated Learning (WIL) and Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) that was established by the ETDP SETA in August 2015. The purpose of introducing the work of the Research Chair is to explore possibilities for research collaborations and partnerships with a variety of stakeholders at local, national and international levels. The article is divided into five sections. The first section is an introduction which provides the context, focus and purpose of the Research Chair. This section also highlights the need for research into WIL current practices and WIL staff development needs and advocates for the development of WIL related HEQSF qualifications in the TVET sector. The second section provides an overview of literature on WIL and RPL and relates the work of the Research Chair to the 2013 Policy on Professional Qualifications for lecturers in TVET and the 2015 Draft RPL Policy for the Higher Education Qualifications Sub-Framework (HEQSF). The third section deals with the research methodology that covers the research questions, intended outcomes and data collection processes that were involved. The fourth section discusses the research findings and enabling factors for the Research Chair. The final section provides a summary of the findings and calls for research collaborations.
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; CLL:en; publicImportV1; ⛔ No DOI found

Medien im naturwissenschaftlichen Unterricht - Nerdel, Claudia (Grundlagen der Naturwissenschaftsdidaktik, 2017)
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Implications of the University of South Africa's (UNISA) shift to open distance e-learning on teacher education - Ngubane-Mokiwa, Sindile A. (Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2017)
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Blended learning vid lärares professionella lärande - Nilsson, Malin (2017)
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

Cross-country comparison of TVET systems, practices and policies, and employability of youth in sub-Saharan Africa - Oketch, M. O. (In: Eicker, F and Haseloff, G and Lennartz, B, (eds.) Vocational Education and Training in sub-Saharan Africa: Current situation and development. (pp. 25-38). W.Bertelsmann Verlag: Bielefeld, Germany. (2017), 2017)
In recent years, organisations such as the African Development Bank (AfDB), and several African governments have conceded that TVET may have a positive impact on harnessing the youth dividend. There has been some progress in some countries, but there is still insufficient understanding of the place of TVET and youth skills development. The criticisms of TVET in the past, and attitudes toward it, coupled with a period of neglect by governments and donors have all resulted in insufficient understanding of the positive effects TVET can have on the youth and on economic development compared to other regions of the world that have had clearly developed agenda for youth skills development through further colleges, community colleges, or apprenticeships. Nevertheless, there are signs of renewed interest and possible progress, and some countries have started to put in place innovative policies to strengthen Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) systems. But this progress is limited and hasn‘t been well researched and understood in comparison with other regions of the world. This is partly due to the past attitudes toward TVET, but may also result from limited understanding of the present positive role that TVET can play to harness youth dividend in the region. This paper aims to add to better and more research evidence on the role of TVET in youth skills development and employment in Africa using key economic and education highlights and the cases of Kenya, Ghana and Botswana by examining the policies and practices that characterize the TVET landscape across these Sub-Saharan African countries from a political economy approach.

Cross-country comparison of TVET systems, practices and policies, and employability of youth in Sub-Saharan Africa - Oketch, Moses (2017)
In recent years, organisations such as the African Development Bank (AfDB), and several African governments have conceded that TVET may have a positive impact on harnessing the youth dividend. There has been some progress in some countries, but there is still insufficient understanding of the place of TVET and youth skills development. The criticisms of TVET in the past, and attitudes toward it, coupled with a period of neglect by governments and donors have all resulted in insufficient understanding of the positive effects TVET can have on the youth and on economic development compared to other regions of the world that have had clearly developed agenda for youth skills development through further colleges, community colleges, or apprenticeships.
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; A:Africa; C:Botswana; C:Kenya; CLL:en; _C:Ghana GHA; publicImportV1; ⛔ No DOI found

Towards in-service training needs of secondary school agriculture teachers in a paradigm shift to outcome-based education in Uganda - Okiror, J.J.; Hayward, Geoff; Winterbottom, M (The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2017)
This paper examines the in-service teacher training needs of secondary school agriculture teachers in Uganda as the country moves towards an ‘outcome-based’ education by removal of subjects and instead, uses learning areas, presenting a need for new pedagogical skills among teachers. Design/methodology/approach: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Uganda between June and September 2016 to assess the teaching methods and teacher training needs for secondary school agriculture curriculum. Data were collected from 80 agriculture teachers and 57 administrators from 60 secondary schools, randomly drawn from 25 districts in Uganda. The data were analysed with descriptive statistics. Findings: The findings show that there about 10 key competences required by the teachers to thrive in their profession. These range from traditional classroom teaching to community outreach and linkages with agribusinesses which is in tandem with outcome-based education beyond the classroom walls. Respondents highlight lack of practical agriculture skills and exposure to the modern farming practices. Theoretical implications: This paper examines role of formal in-service teacher training based on theory of change and proposes using professional learning communities for school-level improvements. Practical implication: The results were not significant enough to warrant strong recommendations. However, they suffice to highlight a growing need for in-service teacher support mechanism for a dynamic subject like agriculture using communities of practice at school and district levels. Originality/value: In the current context of growing concern for unemployment in Africa, secondary schools will require competent teachers to engage students into transferable learning, given that it is the terminal level of education for majority. © 2017 Wageningen University.
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; A:Africa; CA:AandC; CL:de; CL:en; CL:pt; CLL:en; CLS:en; CT:A; CT:C; CT:F; CT:P; CT:Q; CT:R; CT:T; F:Improvement; F:curriculum; F:learning; F:outcomes; F:pedagogy; F:teaching method; P:agricultural; P:agriculture; P:measurement; P:mechanic; P:services; P:teacher education; P:teacher training; P:teachers; Q:community of practice; Q:secondary education; R:interview; R:observation; R:questionnaire; R:survey; T:Classroom teaching; T:learning community; T:work-based learning; Z:Administrator Surveys; Z:Agricultural Education; Z:Agricultural education; Z:Curriculum reform; Z:Educational Needs; Z:Employment skills; Z:Foreign Countries; Z:Inservice Teacher Education; Z:Interviews; Z:Observation; Z:Outcome Based Education; Z:Questionnaires; Z:Secondary School Teachers; Z:Secondary education; Z:Teacher Competencies; Z:Teacher Surveys; Z:Teacher capacity; Z:Teacher education; Z:Teaching Methods; Z:Teaching methods; _C:Uganda UGA; publicImportV1

Comparison of Errorless Learning and Response Cost to simple Trial and Error learning in an automated learning environment - Ólafsson, Brynjar (2017)
Keywords: _C:Iceland ISL; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1

Public Policies of Agroecology in the State of Minas Gerais: An Analysis from the perspective of dichotomic paradigms of agrarian development - Oliveira, Andre Correa de (Anais do Encontro Nacional de Ensino e Pesquisa do Campo de Públicas, 2017)
Keywords: Author:OpenDevEd

Google Scholar as a source for scholarly evaluation: a bibliographic review of database errors - Orduña Malea, Enrique; Martín-Martín, Alberto; Delgado-López-Cózar, Emilio (Revista española de documentación científica, 2017)
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Do ResearchGate Scores create ghost academic reputations? - Orduna-Malea, Enrique; Martín-Martín, Alberto; Thelwall, Mike; López-Cózar, Emilio Delgado (Scientometrics, 2017)

Effectiveness of an iPad Intervention to Support Development of Maths Skills in Foundation Year Children - Outhwaite, Laura (2017)

Closing the gap: efficacy of a tablet intervention to support the development of early mathematical skills in UK primary school children - Outhwaite, Laura A.; Gulliford, Anthea; Pitchford, Nicola J. (Computers & Education, 2017)
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Access and use of clinical informatics among medical doctors in selected teaching hospitals in Nigeria and South Africa - Owolabi, Kehinde Aboyami (University of Zululand, 2017)
Keywords: _C:Angola AGO; _C:Australia AUS; _C:Austria AUT; _C:Belgium BEL; _C:Benin BEN; _C:Bhutan BTN; _C:Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH; _C:Botswana BWA; _C:Brazil BRA; _C:Burkina Faso BFA; _C:Canada CAN; _C:China CHN; _C:Colombia COL; _C:Congo XCO; _C:Cuba CUB; _C:Denmark DNK; _C:Egypt EGY; _C:Ethiopia ETH; _C:Finland FIN; _C:France FRA; _C:Gambia GMB; _C:Germany DEU; _C:Ghana GHA; _C:Greece GRC; _C:India IND; _C:Indonesia IDN; _C:Iran IRN; _C:Ireland IRL; _C:Japan JPN; _C:Jordan JOR; _C:Kenya KEN; _C:Korea XKOR; _C:Kuwait KWT; _C:Liberia LBR; _C:Malawi MWI; _C:Malaysia MYS; _C:Mali MLI; _C:Mexico MEX; _C:Morocco MAR; _C:Namibia NAM; _C:Netherlands NLD; _C:New Zealand NZL; _C:Niger NER; _C:Nigeria NGA; _C:Norway NOR; _C:Pakistan PAK; _C:Philippines PHL; _C:Portugal PRT; _C:Qatar QAT; _C:Romania ROU; _C:Saudi Arabia SAU; _C:Senegal SEN; _C:Sierra Leone SLE; _C:South Africa ZAF; _C:Spain ESP; _C:Sweden SWE; _C:Switzerland CHE; _C:Tanzania TZA; _C:Thailand THA; _C:Togo TGO; _C:Tunisia TUN; _C:Turkey TUR; _C:Uganda UGA; _C:United Kingdom GBR; _C:United States USA; _C:Zambia ZMB; _C:Zimbabwe ZWE; _C:eSwatini SWZ; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1

MOOCs for in-service teachers: the case of Uganda and lessons for Africa - Oyo, B.; Kalema, B. M.; Byabazaire, J. (Revista Española de Pedagogía, 2017)
Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing

MOOCs for in-service teachers: the case of Uganda and lessons for Africa - Oyo, B.; Kalema, B.M.; Byabazaire, J. (Revista Española de Pedagogía, 2017)
In recent times, computers and internet have penetrated secondary schools in Africa but with greater attention to students’ computer literacy than teachers. At the same time, previous studies on digital literacy of teachers are unsustainable and mainly skewed on pre-service teachers than in-service teachers. These realities point to the need to investigate and implement effective and sustainable initiatives for improving digital literacy and online life-long learning for in-service teachers in Africa. This paper therefore presents a specialised MOOC platform known as TEP (Teachers’ E-learning Portal) for digital literacy and online life-long learning for in-service teachers in Uganda. TEP is built for environments with inadequate access to computers, internet and technical assistance. As such, TEP is accessible online or offline, managed by accredited local universities in collaboration with beneficiary secondary schools, and runs on existing resources in schools (technical personnel, computers and internet). Results from initial implementation of a computer literacy MOOC through TEP indicate that irrespective of age, when teachers are adequately supported internally by their schools and externally by a university, can improve their digital literacy and subsequently engage in online life-long learning. In addition, the results both in terms of high percentage of teacher participants’ completions (89%) and high volume of educational e-content generated, confirm TEP as an effective, attractive, and self-sustainable MOOC platform for in-service teachers’ in resource constraint environments. The paper finishes with an analysis of the relevance of TEP to Africa.
Keywords: _Source:Intuitive; _THEME: Education management; _THEME: Teacher Professional Development; __:import:03; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2426079; __finaldtb

A comparative study of TVET in 5 African Countries with a specific focus on TVET Teacher Education - Papier, Joy (2017)
This article describes a five country (Cameroun, Egypt, Ghana, South Africa, Tanzania) study of ‘TVET Teacher Education in Africa’ that was commissioned in terms of an EU-South African collaboration in 2013. While the focus was on vocational teacher education, the contextual realities of each country‘s vocational systems was studied as this would impact on every aspect of vocational teacher development, for instance, what teachers would have to teach, who the students might be, how students would be expected to learn, available funding for Vocational Education and so on. Comparisons were therefore made over a range of elements that included the systems in place for vocational training, systems of vocational teacher education, and the modalities for training of VET teachers.
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; A:Africa; CLL:en; _C:Denmark DNK; _C:Egypt EGY; _C:Finland FIN; _C:Ghana GHA; _C:Ireland IRL; _C:Netherlands NLD; _C:South Africa ZAF; _C:Sweden SWE; _C:Tanzania TZA; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1; publicImportV1; ⛔ No DOI found

Fundamentals... Session 1 - Vocational Education and Training: basics for teaching and research in Vocational Education and Training at universities - Papier, Joy; Hartmann, Martin D.; Ogwo, Benjamin A.; Ezekoye, Benadeth N.; Gessler, Michael (W. Bertelsmann Verlag, 2017)
This session highlights the basics of Vocational Education and Training (VET). Each university has its own characteristics. The contributions seek to encourage various forms of VET. Challenges for universities and other institutions are emphasised. The contributions help draw conclusions for the Further structuring of VET in Sub-Saharan Africa. Other country-specific articles from the session concentrate on the characteristics and orientation of VET systems, thereby helping create an overall picture of the status of VET in all participating countries. The participants endeavored to analyze the current situation of VET in Sub-Saharan Africa by exploring the character and individual design of the current VET systems in the participating countries. Contributions by: Duncan Ken Downing Jillian D'Oliveira Singo Brígida Papier Joy Hartmann Martin D. Ogwo Benjamin A. Ezekoye Benadeth N. Gessler Michael
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; A:Africa; A:Sub-Saharan Africa; C:Cameroon; C:Ghana; C:South Africa; C:Tanzania; CA:AandC; CL:de; CL:en; CL:fr; CLL:en; CLS:en; CT:A; CT:C; CT:F; CT:P; CT:Q; CT:T; F:access; F:pedagogy; F:policy; F:qualification; F:teaching; P:construction; P:culture; P:economy; P:teacher education; Q:ICT; Q:degree; Q:e-learning; Q:flexible; Q:masters; T:Ausbildung; T:Educação profissionalizante; T:Lehrlingsausbildung; T:TVET; T:dual TVET; T:in-service TVET; T:occupational education; T:trainee; publicImportV1; ⛔ No DOI found

Nutiseadmete kasutamise profiilid loodusainete ja matemaatika õppimise kontekstis - Pedaste, Margus; Must, Olev; Leijen, Äli; Mäeots, Mario; Siiman, Leo; Kori, Külli; Adov, Liina (Eesti Haridusteaduste Ajakiri, 2017)
Keywords: _C:Estonia EST; _C:Luxembourg LUX; _C:United Kingdom GBR; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1; ⛔ No DOI found

Creating Research Practice Partnerships in Education. - Penuel, William R.; Gallagher, Daniel J. (ERIC, 2017)
Keywords: Final_citation

Assistive technology interventions for adolescents and adults with learning disabilities: An evidence-based systematic review and meta-analysis - Perelmutter, Bogi; McGregor, Karla K.; Gordon, Katherine R. (Computers & education, 2017)
Keywords: __C:filed:1; literature / systematic review

Diferencias por Género y Contexto Socioeconómico del Impacto de la Plataforma Adaptativa de Matemática. - Perera, Marcelo; Aboal, Diego (CINVE., 2017)

Evaluación del Impacto de la Plataforma Adaptativa de Matemática en los Resultados de los Aprendizajes - Perera, Marcelo; Aboal, Diego (Centro de Investigaciones Económicas, 2017)
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Implementing large-scale instructional technology in Kenya: Changing instructional practice and developing accountability in a national education system - Piper, Benjamin; Oyanga, Arbogast; Mejia, Jessica; Pouezevara, Sarah (International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2017)
Previous large-scale education technology interventions have shown only modest impacts on student achievement. Building on results from an earlier randomized controlled trial of three different applications of information and communication technologies (ICTs) on primary education in Kenya, the Tusome Early Grade Reading Activity developed the National Tablets Program. The National Tablets Program is integrated into the Tusome activity by providing tablets to each of more than 1,200 instructional coaches in the country to use when they visit teachers. This enables a national database of classroom instructional quality, which is used by the education system to monitor overall education quality. The tools provided on the tablets are designed to help coaches increase the quality of their instructional support to teachers, and deepen the shallow accountability structures in Kenya’s education system. Using results of a national survey, we investigated the ability of the National Tablets Program to increase the number of classroom observations done by coaches and to improve student learning outcomes. Survey results showed high levels of tablet program utilization, increased accountability, and improvements in learning outcomes. We share recommendations regarding large-scale ICT interventions and literacy programs.
Keywords: C:Kenya; _C:Brazil BRA; _C:Catalan Republic XCATA; _C:Ghana GHA; _C:Guinea GIN; _C:Honduras HND; _C:India IND; _C:Kenya KEN; _C:Korea XKOR; _C:Korea, Republic KOR; _C:Malawi MWI; _C:Niger NER; _C:Peru PER; _C:Portugal PRT; _C:Tanzania TZA; _C:Turkey TUR; _C:United Kingdom GBR; _C:United States USA; _C:Uruguay URY; _C:Zambia ZMB; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1; ⛔ No DOI found

A Quasi-Experimental Study of the Classroom Practices of English Language Teachers and the English Language Proficiency of Students, in Primary and Secondary Schools in Bangladesh - Power, Tom; McCormick, Robert; Asbeek-Brusse, Elsbeth (2017)
English in Action (EIA) is an English language teacher development project based in Bangladesh that was intended to run from 2008 to 2017, but which was extended at the request of the Government of Bangladesh, with additional funding from UKAID, for a further year to 2018. By the time of the design of this study (2014-2015) EIA was drawing to the end of upscaling (phase III, 2011-2014) and entering institutionalisation and sustainability (phase IV, 2014-17, extended 2018). Successive prior studies had indicated substantial success in improving both teachers’ classroom practices and student learning outcomes, over the pre-project baseline (e.g. EIA 2011, 2012). The 2014 Annual Review of EIA recommended that in the final phase, EIA should explore whether it would be possible to carry out a study that compared a ‘counterfactual’ or control-group of teachers and students, to the ‘EIA’ or treatment schools: i.e. a Randomised Control Trial or Quasi-Experimental study. A proposal for a Quasi-Experimental study was developed in collaboration with DFID’s South Asia Research Hub (SARH), which also provided the additional funding necessary to implement such a study. The teachers and students who were the subject of this study, were the fourth cohort to participate in English in Action (together with teachers from ‘control’ schools, in the same Upazilas). This fourth EIA cohort included Schools, Teachers and Students from approximately 200 Upazilas (of approximately 500 in total) across Bangladesh, including some of the most disadvantaged areas (with reference to UNICEF deprivation index), such as Char, Hoar and Monga districts. Teachers took part in a school-based teacher development Programme, learning communicative language teaching approaches through carrying out new classroom activities, guided by teacher development videos that showed teachers, students and schools similar to those across the country. Teachers also had classroom audio resources for use with students. All digital materials were available offline, on teachers own mobile phones, so there is no dilution of the Programmes core messages about teaching and learning, by some intermediary coming between the teacher and the materials. Teachers were supported through these activities, by other teachers in their schools, by their head teachers and by local education officers. Some teachers from each area were also given additional support and guidance from divisional EIA staff, to act as Teacher Facilitators, helping teachers work through activities and share their experiences at local cluster meetings. Whereas previous cohorts of teachers had attended eight local teacher development meetings over their participation in the project, for Cohort Four, this was reduced to four meetings, with a greater emphasis being placed on support in school by head teachers, as well as support from local education officers. This change was part of the move towards institutionalisation and sustainability of project activities within and through government systems and local officers. The purpose of this study was both to provide the evaluation evidence required for the final phase of the EIA project and to contribute to the international body of research evidence on effective practices in teacher development in low-to-middle income country contexts.
Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing

Mobiles Lernen. Auch zu Hause? - Prasse, Doreen; Egger, Nives; Honegger, Beat Döbeli (Tablets in Schule und Unterricht, 2017)
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Girls’ Schooling and Women’s Literacy: Schooling targets alone won’t reach learning goals (CGD Policy Paper 104) - Pritchett, Lant; Sandefur, Justin (Washington, DC: Center for Global Development, 2017)
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Terminology for dissemination and implementation research - Rabin, Borsika A.; Brownson, Ross C. (Dissemination and implementation research in health: Translating science to practice, 2017)
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Neural sequence learning models for word sense disambiguation - Raganato, A.; Bovi, CD; Navigli, R. (2017)
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Empowering Students to Improve the World in Sixty Lessons. Version 1.0 - Reimers, Fernando (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017)