Educational aims of the programme The programme will enable students to: expand their critical understanding in the area of educational leadership, through learning based on critical engagement with current education theory, research, policy and practice; develop their critical educational practice through analysis of, reflection on, and engagement with this knowledge and understanding in their professional settings; develop professionally and personally through learning programmes at Level 7; conduct research relevant to their educational setting around an aspect of leadership in education; achieve their full academic potential at Level 7 through study, encouraging self-motivation, self-awareness and application of initiative; develop their leadership…
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This study is aimed at establishing a suitable measure of educational attainment in the process of validating the Zambia Neurobehavioural Test Battery. We explore the function of education in three different contexts: reading ability which from literature presented, has proved to be a better measure; literacy as measured by how often people engage in tasks such as reading and writing; and quality of education measured by access to books. The components conducted under methods and results include, neuropsychological tests administered for each cognitive domain, and hierarchical regression analysis for effects of age, education and reading level on neuropsychological tests.
While educational policy research in Africa in general and Liberia in particular has seemingly concentrated on policy challenges and remedies, this paper explores policy barriers and failures. From a policy analysis perspective, it attempts to explain what has deterred Liberia’s education policies from the effective realisation of equitable access to quality and relevant education, and lifelong learning as policy objectives that underpin the country’s educational system. To analyse the educational policy barriers and failures, 25 policy documents were reviewed, 125 respondents surveyed using a questionnaire, and 10 key informants interviewed. Findings showed that the country faces social, economic, political, institutional,…
This research focused on Children’s enrolment and gender inequality in primary schools in a post-conflict situation in Yambio County. Generally, some researchers have reported low enrolment of boys and girls in primary schools in South Sudan (Berenger et al., 2015; Ministry of General Education and Instruction, Juba, Republic of South Sudan, 2017; Clugston, 2018; Ajak, 2019; UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 2015). Therefore, this study is aimed to understand the reasons for the low enrolment of children in schools, gender inequality in enrolment and its effects on livelihood and female teachers’ representation in primary schools, especially in rural areas, and establish…
Education is seen by most people as a necessary economic strategy for any nation and is crucial for human survival (Awgichew & Ademe, 2022; Halili, 2019). Therefore, to develop and sustain this reality leaders worldwide have sought innovative ways to provide more options for education (Focacci & Perez, 2022; Kang, 2021). Unreservedly, this will require an exploration of the integration of information and communications technology (ICT) tools that may provide options for learners to access instructional programs (Muller & Mildenberger, 2021; Panigrahi et al., 2018). Hence, the study used a mixed-methods research approach and a concurrent nested research design…
An upsurge in the quest for quality higher education caused many countries to establish external quality assurance (EQA) bodies globally. This move gave birth to multiple EQA bodies in Namibia viz. the Namibia Qualifications Authority (NQA) and National Council for Higher Education (NCHE), including numerous professional bodies. All these bodies were mandated to assure the quality of Namibia’s higher education system. The latter resulted in a perception that the functions of these bodies overlap, especially regarding programme accreditation. Hence, the purpose of this study was to investigate the seemingly overlapping programme accreditation functions of the NQA, NCHE, Health Professions Council…
La diversité dans l’éducation englobe les différences de culture, d’origine, d’ethnicité, de capacités et de perspectives entre les étudiants, les éducateurs et les institutions. La prise en compte de cette diversité présente de nombreux avantages, mais aussi des défis. Cet article vise à examiner les avantages et les défis de la diversité dans l’éducation et à souligner le rôle d’Unicaf et de l’université Unicaf dans la promotion de l’inclusion dans le paysage éducatif. Les avantages de la diversité dans l’éducation L’enrichissement culturel et la perspective globale : la diversité dans l’éducation expose les individus à des cultures, des…