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Buckler, Alison
(2011).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2010.04.003
Abstract
Providing basic education for all children by 2015 is one of the world’s major educational objectives and teachers are crucial to achieving this. This article argues that not enough attention has been paid to the specific training needs of teachers in rural areas. Focusing on Sub-Saharan Africa it argues (i) that largescale statistical data should highlight rather than mask urban–rural disparities and (ii) that ethnographic studies of teachers can provide rich descriptions of specific training needs. Drawing on a study of rural teachers’ lives it suggests that a reconsideration of the evidence base for teacher education is necessary.
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- Item ORO ID
- 32448
- Item Type
- Journal Item
- ISSN
- 0738-0593
- Keywords
- teachers’ narratives; rural schools; in-service teacher education; Sub-Saharan Africa; TESSA
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Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS) > Education, Childhood, Youth and Sport > Education
Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS) > Education, Childhood, Youth and Sport
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Education
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Research into International Teaching and Education for Sustainable development (RITES) - Copyright Holders
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- Alison Buckler