A Common Wealth of Learning : Millennium Development Goals Revisited

A Common Wealth Of Learning Takes A Look At The Millennium Development Goals That Were Set Out At The Start Of The Century. Utilising A Far Reaching Set Of Case Studies From A Large Percentage Of Commonwealth Countries, This Book Looks At What The Colonial Legacy Has Left Us With; And What We Can Do To Progress. Chapters Discuss; Partnerships For Leadership And Learning Quality Education And The Millennium Development Goals Revisited: Reflections, Reality And Future Directions. Assessing The Impact Of Education Sector Policy Reform In Low-income Countries: Developing A Comprehensive, Intervention-focused Research Programme Education Of Quality For All: Myth Or Reality! Bridging The Gap Between Research, Policy And Practice In Africa Transformative Models Of Practice And Professional Development Of Teachers Partnerships For Leading And Learning: The Contribution Of The Centre For Commonwealth Education This Thoroughly Researched And Comprehensive Text Will Be Of Great Interest And Use To Anyone Involved In Education, Higher Education, Education Policy And Research. Cover -- A Common Wealth Of Learning: Millennium Development Goals Revisited -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1 Beyond The Colonial Legacy -- Section I Partnerships For Leadership And Learning -- Section I Synopsis: Sustaining Partnerships To Support Leadership, Learning And Schooling -- 2 Pedagogy And Leadership In A Tanzanian Primary School: A 'whole School' Approach Exploring Classroom Realities In An Urban Setting -- 3 Using Digital Technology And School-based Professional Development To Leverage Interactive Classroom Teaching In Zambia -- 4 Building Leadership Capacity, Enhancing Learning And Teaching In Ghanaian Basic Schools -- 5 Factors Influencing Retention In Kenya And Uganda -- 6 Learning About Hiv/aids Education For Children Through Consultation And Dialogue With School Stakeholders -- Section Ii A Common Wealth Of Voices -- Section Ii Synopsis: Culture, Gender, Race And Educational Inequalities: The Possibility Of Teachers Achieving The Impossible Dream? -- 7 Leading The Second Generation In The Wake Of Apartheid: An Indirect Commentary On The Problem Of Knowledge In The Mdg/efa Discourses On Access -- 8 The Interface Between Monitoring Performance And How Data Are Used: Striving To Enhance The Quality Of Education In Schools -- 9 Fighting The Wrong War?: Gender, Poverty And Achievement In The Caribbean -- 10 Multicultural Education In Primary Vernacular Schools: The Predicament Of The Vision School Policy In Malaysia -- 11 Gender Equity, School Leadership And National Development In The Commonwealth Contexts -- 12 Gurukulams As Residential Schools: Equity And Excellence In Educating Scheduled Tribes In India -- Section Iii Millennium Development Goals Revisited: Perspectives From International Agencies. Section Iii Synopsis: Quality Education And The Millennium Development Goals Revisited: Reflections, Reality And Future Directions -- 13 Assessing The Impact Of Education Sector Policy Reform In Low-income Countries: Developing A Comprehensive, Intervention-focused Research Program -- Annex A: The Global Policy Reform Model For Basic Education -- 14 Education Of Quality For All: Myth Or Reality! -- 15 Off The Beaten Track: Bridging The Gap Between Research, Policy And Practice In Africa -- 16 Transformative Models Of Practice And Professional Development Of Teachers -- Section Iv Conclusion -- 17 Partnerships For Leading And Learning: The Contribution Of The Centre For Commonwealth Education -- Index.