Contextualising teaching and learning in rural primary schools: Using agricultural experience - Volume 2 - Education Research Paper No. 20, 1997, 130 p.

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EDUCATION RESEARCH

VOLUME 2

Abigail Mulhall and Peter Taylor

in association with

George A Malekela
Padmini Ranaweera
C Seshadri
Berhanu Dibaba

May 1997

Serial No. 20
ISBN: 1 86192 050 4

Department for International Development

DEPARTMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

EDUCATION PAPERS

This is one of a series of Education Papers issued from time to time by the Education Division of the Department for International Development. Each paper represents a study or piece of commissioned research on some aspect of education and training in developing countries. Most of the studies were undertaken in order to provide informed judgements from which policy decisions could be drawn, but in each case it has become apparent that the material produced would be of interest to a wider audience, particularly but not exclusively those whose work focuses on developing countries.

Each paper is numbered serially, and further copies can be obtained through the DFID's Education Division, 94 Victoria Street, London SW1E 5JL, subject to availability. A fall list appears overleaf.

Although these papers are issued by the DFID, the views expressed in them are entirely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the DFID's own policies or views. Any discussion of their content should therefore be addressed to the authors and not to the DFID.

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List of DFID education papers available

Acknowledgements

List of acronyms

1 Introduction

2 Methodology

2.1 Design of the methodology
2.2 Country selection
2.3 Sample size
2.4 Case studies

3 Country Case Studies

Tanzania

1 Education in Tanzania

1.1 The strategy for education after independence
1.2 The current primary school system in Tanzania
1.3 Effectiveness of primary schooling in Tanzania

2 The schools

2.1 Selecting the schools
2.2 Location of the schools - Arumeru district
2.3 An 'innovative' school - School A
2.4 An 'average' school - School B

3 Findings from the country study

Sri Lanka

1 Education in Sri Lanka

1.1 The education system - Past and present

2 The schools

2.1 Selecting the schools
2.2 An 'innovative' school - School A
2.3 An 'average' school - School B

3 Findings from the country study

India

1 Education in India

1.1 Elementary education
1.2 Karnataka state
1.3 Education in Mysore district

2 The schools

2.1 Selecting the schools
2.2 An 'innovative' school - School A
2.3 An 'average' school - School B

3 Findings from the country study

Ethiopia

1 Education in Ethiopia

1.1 Background to the country
1.2 Recent educational policy changes
1.3 Education in Oromia region

2 The schools

2.1 Selecting the schools
2.2 An 'innovative' school - School A
2.3 An 'average' school - School B

3 Findings from the country study

4 References for the country studies

Tanzania
Sri Lanka
India
Ethiopia