Teaching with IRA in the Mwanza Region of Tanzania

Autor/in	McDermott, Peter
Titel	Teaching with IRA in the Mwanza Region of Tanzania
Quelle	In: Language and Literacy Spectrum, 20 (2010), S.69-82 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Teacher Educators; Teacher Attitudes; Constructivism (Learning); Questionnaires; Educational Change; Classroom Environment; Likert Scales; Literacy Education; Barriers; Futures (of Society); Teaching Experience; Reading Programs; Faculty Development; Program Descriptions; National Curriculum; Curriculum Development; Team Teaching; Collegiality; Elementary School Students; Learning Motivation; Reading Comprehension; Workshops; African Culture; Sex Role; Tanzania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Teacher education; Education; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Lehrerverhalten; Fragebogen; Bildungsreform; Klassenklima; Unterrichtsklima; Likert-Skala; Future; Society; Zukunft; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Teamteaching; Kollegialität; Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Leseverstehen; Lernwerkstatt; Schulung; Africa; Culture; Afrika; Kultur; Geschlechterrolle; Tansania
Abstract	This is a descriptive self-study of my experience participating in IRA's Diagnostic Teaching Project in Tanzania. The paper describes the teacher educators with whom I worked, their responses to IRA's curriculum, and what I learned about Tanzanian people, culture and education. Data are derived from a Likert survey, an open-item questionnaire, and my own observations in teaching a curriculum based on constructivist theory and classroom-based assessment. I found participants to be very receptive about the literacies theories and practices presented, and I describe some of the cultural challenges I faced while teaching there. Although there are enormous obstacles to educational reform in this beautiful country, with such motivated people as those I met in IRA's project, there is much hope for a better future. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	New York State Reading Association. PO Box 874, Albany, NY 12201. Tel: 518-434-4748; e-mail: tlalspectrum@mville.edu; Web site: http://www.nysreading.org/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01