Violence in Schools - Bolton, Laura (2017)
This rapid literature review sets out to identify evidence on approaches to measuring the prevalence of violence in schools across low and middle income countries and the data available based on these measurement approaches. The review includes a list of key sources of evidence on measurements and a review of statistical data on the the prevalence of violence in schools for low and middle income countries globally.
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Effectivity of E-Learning through Whatsapp as a Teaching Learning Tool - Gon, Sonia; Rawekar, Alka (MVP Journal of Medical Sciences, 2017)
Introduction: WhatsApp is a free messenger application that works across multiple platform and is being widely used among undergraduate students to send multimedia messages like photos, videos, audios along with simple text messages. Aims and Objectives: To assess the affectivity of social media like WhatsApp in delivering knowledge to 4th semester MBBS students and to compare the improvement of knowledge gain through e-learning and didactic lecture. Simultaneously, perception of learners about e-learning via WhatsApp will also be collated. Material and Methods: This prospective analytical interventional study was conducted in the department of Pathology from 01.02.2015 to 31.06.2015, on 4th semester MBBS students. Two groups of students were taught the same topics by two different T-L activities i.e., through WhatsApp and via didactic lectures. Assessment of knowledge was done by giving pre and post-test questionnaire of 20 marks for each topic. Perception of e-learning through WhatsApp was done by feedback form. Observation and Results: The post test results revealed that the learners with WhatsApp as a learning tool scored in the range of 5-20 marks while those with didactic lecture scored in the range of 3-17.5 marks and had an average of 11.6 and 11.9 score respectively. The two tailed t value between the two groups is 0.635 which is not statistically significant. Technical, educational and instructional advantages of teaching learning activity via WhatsApp out pars disadvantages. Facilitator’s availability and Learning anytime anywhere were top two advantages of learning through WhatsApp with 86.72% and 86.55% students agreeing to it. Message flooding, time consuming and eye strain were the other technical disadvantages observed in the present study with 63.23%, 75.28% and 68.53 students agreeing to it. Conclusion: Constant availability of facilitator and learning anytime anywhere has made WhatsApp a new and convenient tool for teaching learning activity. Though there is no significant difference between gain of knowledge from WhatsApp or didactic lectures, advantages (technical, educational or instructional) out pars the disadvantages. A few disadvantages, like message flooding and eyestrain can be overruled by making small groups and using mobiles with bigger screen. Enabling a Wi-Fi in the college campus can make its use cost effective.
Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing; ⚠️ Invalid DOI

The Impact of School Health Programmes - Grant, Catherine (2017)
This report focuses on the impact of school health programmes. School health programmes can cover both the prevention and treatment of disease and malnutrition in a school setting (Snilstveit et al 2016). These services are designed to promote students' physical, cognitive, and social development. Effective school health programmes are broadly considered to be cost-effective. They build on existing health infrastructure and community partnerships, as well as a skilled workforce in schools (UNICEF 2000). This report focuses on four main areas of impact: enrolment (section 2); retention/dropout of students (section 3); learning outcomes (section 4), and health and nutritional benefits of students, families and communities (section 5). The report is divided into impacts at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels where this information was available, but a lot of the literature focused on schools in general. There was more evidence on school health programmes in primary schools than in secondary schools and very little literature found on the impact of health programmes in tertiary education.
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Delivering school health programmes - Tull, Kerina (2017)
This report is a general overview of lessons learned about delivery mechanisms from school health programmes. Results are ordered by type of educational institution (primary, secondary, tertiary i.e. representing different age groups and needs), where available. Evidence on school health programmes is stronger for developed/higher income countries than low and middle income/developing countries. Limited information for tertiary school health programmes was available. The findings are ‘gender-blind’, but are separated by gender, where available. From the review of local, national and international school health programmes undertaken for this report, it is clear there is not a “one recommendation fits all” regarding delivery.
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Open education and critical pedagogy - Farrow, Robert (Learning, Media and Technology, 2017)
This paper argues for a revaluation of the potential of open education to support more critical forms of pedagogy. Section 1 examines contemporary discourses around open education, offering a commentary on the perception of openness as both a disruptive force in education, and a potential solution to contemporary challenges. Section 2 examines the implications of the lack of consensus around what it means to be open, focusing on the example of commercial and proprietary claims to openness commonly known as ‘openwashing’. Section 3 uses Raymond's influential essay on open source software ‘The Cathedral and the Bazaar’ as a framework for thinking through these issues, and about alternative power structures in open education. In Section 4, an explicit link is drawn between more equal and democratic power structures and the possibility for developing pedagogies which are critical and reflexive, providing examples which show how certain interpretations of openness can raise opportunities to support critical approaches to pedagogy.
Keywords: Final_citation; MOOC; OER; cited; critical pedagogy; critical theory; critique; discourse analysis; evidence; existing; open education; openwashing

Reforming teacher deployment in Indonesia - Heyward, Mark; Hadiwijaya, Aos Santosa; Mahargianto; Priyono, Edy (Journal of Development Effectiveness, 2017)
This paper reports on a mixed-method, multiple-site study of teacher deployment in Indonesian primary schools. Results from a sample of 23 districts were analysed at district and national level. Substantial disparities in teacher distribution were found in all districts, between schools, between sub-districts and between specialist subjects. Two main issues emerged: uneven teacher distribution and small schools. The study found that a policy research approach which addresses political and cultural, as well as technical, dimensions at sub-national level can succeed in improving teacher deployment where previous efforts have failed.
Keywords: Comparative education; _C:Australia AUS; _C:India IND; _C:Indonesia IDN; _C:Pakistan PAK; _C:Republic of Moldova MDA; _C:United States USA; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1; decentralization; educational administration; educational policy; teacher management

Implementation in Education - Findings from a Scoping Review - Albers, Bianca; Pattuwage, Loyal (2017)

A review on windcatcher for passive cooling and natural ventilation in buildings, Part 1: Indoor air quality and thermal comfort assessment - Jomehzadeh, Fatemeh; Nejat, Payam; Calautit, John Kaiser; Yusof, Mohd Badruddin Mohd; Zaki, Sheikh Ahmad; Hughes, Ben Richard; Yazid, Muhammad Noor Afiq Witri Muhammad (Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2017)
The most prominent challenge in 21th century is global warming which seriously threats the mankind. Building sector with 40% of global energy consumption and GHG emission play a key role in this threat. In this regard, the impact of cooling systems cannot be ignored where along with ventilation and heating systems totally account for 60% of energy consumed in buildings. Passive cooling systems can be a promising alternative to reduce energy consumption. One of the oldest passive cooling system that is still being used today is windcatcher. By manipulating pressure differences and the buoyancy effect, an adequate level of ventilation in buildings can be provided by windcatchers. Since most of the previous windcatcher studies assessed the design characteristics, the current investigation focused on the indoor air quality (IAQ) and thermal comfort aspects. The review details and compares the different theoretical and experimental methods employed by researchers in different case studies to assess the IAQ and thermal comfort. It was found that most IAQ studies were conducted in the UK using CFD and experimental techniques. Previous studies assessed IAQ based on several parameters such as air flow rate, air change rate, CO2 concentration, air change effectiveness and mean age of air. The findings of the studies revealed that satisfactory IAQ were generally achieved using the windcatcher. On the other hand, thermal comfort studies of windcatchers were mainly conducted in hot climates such as in the Middle East. In addition to night ventilation, the review also looked into the different types of cooling methods incorporated with windcatchers such as evaporative cooling, earth to air heat exchangers (EAHE) and heat transfer devices (HTD). Night ventilation was found to be effective in temperate and cold conditions while additional cooling using evaporative cooling, EAHE and HTD were found to be necessary in hot climates.
Keywords: Badgir; Indoor air quality (IAQ); Natural ventilation; Passive cooling; Thermal comfort; Wind tower; Windcatcher

The Impact of Teacher Effectiveness on Student Learning in Africa - Buhl-Wiggers, Julie; Kerwin, Jason; Smith, Jeffrey; Thornton, Rebecca (Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE), 2017)
Teaching quality is known to be critical for students’ education and life prospects in developed countries. However, little is known about how teacher quality affects student learning in Africa. This paper presents the first estimates of teacher value-added from an African country, using data from a school-based RCT in northern Uganda. Exploiting the random assignment of students to classrooms within schools, we estimate a lower bound on teacher effects. A 1-SD increase in teacher quality leads to at least a 0.14 SD improvement in student performance on a reading test at the end of the year. Shifting teachers from the 10th to the 90th percentile of quality increases performance by 0.36 SDs –comparable to the most effective education interventions conducted in Africa. Our results also suggest that an increase in teacher quality can make other education interventions more efficient.
Keywords: C:Uganda; NULP; _C:Ecuador ECU; _C:India IND; _C:Kenya KEN; _C:Pakistan PAK; _C:Tanzania TZA; _C:Uganda UGA; _C:United States USA; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1; _genre:PR-primary_research; interesting

GraphoGame Teacher Training Service: evaluation report - School-to-School International (STS) (Agora Center, University of Jyväskylä, Finland, 2017)
Keywords: __:import:01; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2425917; ___working_potential_duplicate; __finaldtb

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

What are the elements that need to go into the design of OER that enable them to have the potential for teacher professional development? - Haßler, Björn (Teachers Upfront, 2017)
Keywords: Author:Haßler; Author:OpenDevEd; _r:ImportedToMyEducationEvidence

Funding of Anti-Modern Slavery Interventions - Idris, Iffat (2017)
This review looks at the availability of funds to tackle modern slavery1 and human trafficking2, and the availability of data in this regard. It seeks to move beyond the findings of Martina Ucnikova’s 2014 paper, OECD and Modern Slavery: How much aid money is spent to tackle the issue?, and identify updated (post-2013) data on funding by governments as well as private sector and philanthropic organisations. The review found a very limited peer-reviewed academic literature in this regard and drew largely on reports by development organisations and think tanks (though these too were limited). The query called for a specific focus on LMICs, in particular 12 identified countries. However, most anti-modern slavery funding is directed globally and/or data is not disaggregated by country. This and time constraints meant it was not possible to address this aspect of the query.
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Gender Norms in the Western Balkans - Browne, Evie (2017)
The Western Balkans remains a region dominated by patriarchal gender norms. The biggest challenge for improving gender equality is changing the mentality of women and men towards traditional gender roles (Petričević, 2012). The literature consistently identifies social attitudes as a barrier to increasing gender equality. Many people are not aware of women’s rights or gender non-discrimination laws (Petričević, 2012). In several areas of gender equality, legal provisions are adequate and conform to UN and international norms. However, these are not always implemented or adhered to in practice, due to lack of capacity, knowledge, resources or social barriers. Standard indicators of gender equality include: female/male school enrolment; literacy rate; unemployment; maternal mortality; life expectancy; adolescent fertility rate; proportion of women in parliament1. Others include violence against women and girls; gender equality policy and legislation. Much of the literature recognises the need to include men and raise men’s awareness about gender issues. Most of the literature on the Western Balkans looks at interpersonal and household gender norms, such as girls’ access to school, women’s work and household decision making. There is also a strong literature on women’s political participation and violence against women and girls. This report provides a brief summary of the main gender issues in the region, as reported in the literature. It is not a comprehensive literature review, but a collection of resources which highlight the key points to consider on gender. Each country has a large selection of resources on its specific gendered issues, which can provide more detail. There is a companion piece to this report which focuses on the relationship between gender and conflict in the Western Balkans2. This report sketches the main parameters of gender in the region.
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Vocational education and training in Sub-Saharan Africa: current situation and development - Eicker, F; Haseloff, G; Lennartz, B (Vocational Education and Development Symposium, 2017)
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; A:Africa; A:East Africa; A:Sub-Saharan Africa; C:Namibia; CA:AandC; CL:de; CL:en; CLL:en; CLS:en; CT:A; CT:C; CT:F; CT:P; CT:Q; CT:T; F:learning; P:economy; P:teachers; Q:higher education; T:Educação profissionalizante; T:TVET; T:in-service TVET; publicImportV1

Quality Improvement Approaches: Implementation Science (Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 2017)
The implementation science approach to improvement in education centers on how to accommodate local school variables and other contextual factors that can impede successful implementation

The Contribution of Education to Economic Growth - Grant, Catherine (2017)
There are many reasons why education is important, this report focuses on its contribution to economic growth and outcomes. Education ‘can be defined as the stock of skills, competencies, and other productivity-enhancing characteristics’ (WEF 2016). In general, education—as a critical component of a country’s human capital—increases the efficiency of each individual worker and helps economies to move up the value chain beyond manual tasks or simple production processes (WEF 2016). Human capital has long been considered the most distinctive feature of the economic system and further work has proven the impact of education on productivity growth empirically. The World Economic Forum 2016 suggested three channels through which education affects a country’s productivity. First, it increases the collective ability of the workforce to carry out existing tasks more quickly. Second, secondary and tertiary education especially facilitate the transfer of knowledge about new information, products, and technologies created by others (Barro and Lee 2010). Finally, by increasing creativity it boosts a country’s own capacity to create new knowledge, products, and technologies. There is a wealth of literature on this topic, showing the long held expectation that human capital formation (a population’s education and health status) plays a significant role in a country’s economic development. Better education leads not only to higher individual income but is also a necessary (although not always sufficient) precondition for long-term economic growth (IIASA 2008). Woessmann 2015 surveys the most recent empirical evidence stating that it shows the crucial role of education for individual and societal prosperity. Education is a leading determinant of economic growth, employment, and earnings. Ignoring the economic dimension of education would endanger the prosperity of future generations, with widespread repercussions for poverty, social exclusion, and sustainability of social security systems (Woessman 2015). For every US$1 spent on education, as much as US$10 to US$15 can be generated in economic growth (UNESCO 2012). If 75% more 15-year-olds in forty-six of the world’s poorest countries were to reach the lowest OECD benchmark for mathematics, economic growth could improve by 2.1% from its baseline and 104 million people could be lifted out of extreme poverty (UNESCO 2012).
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Availability of digital object identifiers in publications archived by PubMed - Boudry, Christophe; Chartron, Ghislaine (Scientometrics, 2017)
Digital object identifiers (DOIs) were launched in 1997 to facilitate the long-term access and identification of objects in digital environments. The objective of the present investigation is to assess the DOI availability of articles in biomedical journals indexed in the PubMed database and to complete this investigation with a geographical analysis of journals by the country of publisher. Articles were randomly selected from PubMed using their PubMed identifier and were downloaded from and processed through developed Hypertext Preprocessor language scripts. The first part of the analysis focuses on the period 1966–2015 (50 years). Of the 496,665 articles studied over this period, 201,055 have DOIs (40.48%). Results showed that the percentage of articles with DOIs began to increase for articles published in the 2000s, with spectacular growth in the years 2002–2003, then reached a peak in 2015. Data on countries showed that some countries gradually implemented DOIs over the period 1966 to 2015 (the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands), while some did not (Russia, the Czech Republic, and Romania). The second part of the analysis focuses on the year 2015 and includes 268,790 articles published in 2015, randomly selected to evaluate the current implementation of DOIs. In 2015, 86.42% of articles had DOIs. The geographical analysis of countries of publishers showed that some countries (Russia, Thailand, and Ukraine) still assigned few DOIs to articles in 2015. Thus, if the scientific community aims to increase the number and the usefulness of services rendered by DOIs, efforts must be made to generalize their use by all persons involved in scientific publication, particularly publishers.

How Changes in Technology and Automation will Affect the Labour Market in Africa - Millington, A. Kerry (2017)
Estimates of how many jobs are vulnerable to being replaced by machine vary but it is clear that developing countries are more susceptible to automation compared to high-income countries. Traditionally, blue-collar routine jobs have been automated but with the emergence of greatly improved computing power, artificial intelligence and robotics, a much larger scope of occupations are at risk. Vulnerability to automation is now based on whether jobs or tasks are codifiable and whether they are routine or not. Highly-trained and skilled jobs can be more at risk than more varied, lesser skilled jobs. This rapid literature review found that whilst there is evidence, information and discussion of the impact of automation on the labour market in industrialised nations, there is much less on the potential impact in developing countries. The World Development Report 2016 Digital Dividends (World Bank 2016) was an excellent source of data and many of the figures presented are from this report. Whether you are a “techno-optimist” or a “techno-pessimist”, the impact of automation on the labour market will require long-term adjustment and policy changes to ensure the future of work is inclusive and sustainable and addresses increasing income inequality (Gelb and Khan December 2016) in an ever more automated and digital economy.
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Doing Reform Differently: Combining Rigor and Practicality in Implementation and Evaluation of System Reforms - Crouch, Luis; DeStefano, Joseph (2017)
This paper brings together two promising intellectual trends in development: Doing Development Differently (DDD), and whole-system reform. In addition, it provides a framework for evaluating system reforms, as rigorously as possible. Doing Development Differently proposes an approach to development in which many different things are tried, in smallish ways, involving stakeholders; in one sense it is a reaction against “blueprint” development. These approaches have much to recommend them.
Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing; ⛔ No DOI found

An Analysis of Existing Evidence Around Perceptions of the Tanzanian Education System - Mobey, Helen (2017)
This Helpdesk report has been commissioned to help understand the extent to which the education system currently meets young people’s needs and how far the school represents a safe space for young people. In line with the plan to gather insights and identify trends, themes and areas for discussion for policy meetings about the wider population’s views on the above issues, datasets were identified analysed.
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Evidence on Education as a Driver for Migration - Browne, Evie (2017)
This report synthesises two previous reports on drivers of migration, and focuses on the evidence on education’s role. The previous reports focused on education and migration in fragile and conflict-affected states (FCAS), and youth employment and education in low and middle income countries. The papers presented below reflect these original criteria, but reframe the studies to draw out the evidence on education as a driver. The report outlines the evidence on when and whether education services make a difference to people’s reasons for moving. This report includes rural-urban migration, regional and international migration, and migration away from fragile and conflict-affected states (FCAS). It does not consider migration that is primarily economic, whether regular or irregular.
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Professional Development Framework for Digital Learning (South Africa) - SchoolNet South Africa (schoolnet, 2017)

Behaviour change approaches for social norms regarding gender - Grant, Catherine (2017)
This report aims to inform a project which will set up self-help groups for young men from deprived urban areas in developing countries. The project will deliver an open-source course or set of materials using the most appropriate format for community level mobilisers to equip themselves to facilitate a series of ‘courageous conversations’ amongst young men to spur critical thinking about gender roles and social norms. It aims to equip them to lead their own groups looking at harmful masculinities and the impact this has on their behaviour. A literature search was conducted looking for examples of community level support programmes which effectively used dissemination methods to enable these programmes to be self-managed and self-led. The subject area was widened to include self-help groups with other purposes using a variety of methods. There are many different ways in which different groups equip people to lead their own development and learning with others, thus enabling peer support and development without requiring trained facilitators to be physically present. This report considers social norms to be ‘shared beliefs about what is typical and appropriate behaviour in a valued reference group.
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Teacher Involvement in Curriculum Development in Zambia: A Role Analysis of Selected Secondary School Teachers in Lusaka District, Lusaka Province, Zambia - Mwanza, Christine (University of Zambia, 2017)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

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)
Keywords: __C:filed:1

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)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

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)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

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)
Keywords: __C:filed:1

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