Mathematics Education in East Africa [electronic resource] : Towards Harmonization and Enhancement of Education Quality

• Tác giả: Anjum Halai, Geoff Tennant
• Ngôn ngữ: ger
• ISBN-13: 978-3319272580
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 370 Education
• Thông tin xuất bản: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016
• Mô tả vật lý: XIV, 80 p. 4 illus. in color. , online resource.
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 169868
• Chủ đề: 1. Comparative education; 2. Education and state; 3. International education ; 4. Mathematics-Study and teaching ; 5. Mathematics Education; 6. Education Policy; 7. International and Comparative Education

Tóm tắt

This book is a valuable resource for policymakers and practitioners as it brings insights mainly from developing countries where relatively less research activity takes place. It is also a valuable resource for courses in mathematics education in the teacher education colleges, and departments of education in the sub-Saharan Africa region. In the increasingly global and technological world mathematics is seen as a significant gatekeeper of opportunities for social and economic advancement and mobility. Hence, countries and development agencies in the broader sub-Saharan Africa region are looking towards increasing access to relevant and high-quality secondary education as a lever towards economic development. Policy makers and other key decision makers in education look towards improvement in mathematics teaching and learning as a key focus in education reform. In the East Africa region also a number of initiatives have been taken at the national level in the respective countries to improve the quality of mathematics education. This book provides an in-depth comparative analysis of the developments and issues in mathematics education in Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda, and advances our understanding of the state of secondary mathematics education in East Africa.