Curricula, examinations, and assessment in secondary education in Sub-Saharan Africa

Curricula, examinations, and assessment in secondary education in Sub-Saharan Africa / [Ramon Leyendecker, Wout Ottevanger, Jan van den Akker].

Curriculum reforms first and foremost should focus on improving the current teaching and learning processes. As a systemic challenge, these changes need to include re-orientation from secondary education as pre-academic tertiary education to a wider range of options, including vocational education a...

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Main Author: Leyendecker, Ramon
Other Authors: Ottevanger, Wout, Akker, J. J. H. van den, 1950-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, ©2008.
Series:World Bank working paper ; no. 128.
Africa Region human development series.
Subjects:
Education, Secondary > Curricula > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Educational tests and measurements > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
EDUCATION > Secondary.
Education, Secondary > Curricula
Educational tests and measurements
Gymansieskolan > Afrika söder om Sahara.
Betygsättning > Afrika söder om Sahara.
Sub-Saharan Africa
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Executive Summary
  • Résumé analytique
  • 1 Introduction
  • The CASASE Study
  • Methodology of the Study
  • Definitions
  • Advance Organizer
  • 2 Context of the Sub-Saharan African Secondary Education
  • Enrollment in Secondary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Primary Completion Rates, Transfer Rates, and Gross Enrollment Ratios
  • Teachers and Student Teacher Ratios
  • Differences Across Sub-Saharan African Countries
  • Social Perceptions of Education and Vocational Education
  • 3 Access, Equity, Quality, and Curriculum
  • Access
  • Equity
  • Quality
  • Tensions Between Quality and Access
  • Quality and Curriculum Reform
  • 4 Formal Curriculum and Curriculum Structures in Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Lengths of Educational Cycles Across Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Curriculum Structures in the Five Countries Visited
  • Position of Technical and Vocational Education
  • Exit Skills
  • Issues in Secondary Education Curriculum
  • Literacy and Language of Instruction
  • Junior Secondary Education as Part of Basic Education
  • Subjects and Learning Areas in Junior Secondary Education
  • Curriculum Extensions at Both Junior and Secondary Level
  • General Senior Secondary Education Curriculum Structure
  • Vocationalized Education
  • 5 Technical and Vocational Education and Training.
  • Starting Points for TVET
  • Unification of TVET
  • Qualification Frameworks and Integration
  • Implications of Frameworks
  • 6 Operational Curriculum: Current Trends in Instructional Methodology
  • The Need to Move Toward More Active Teaching and Learning Approaches
  • Active Learning and Learner-centered Education
  • The Reality of Classroom Instruction and Learner-centered Education
  • The Implementation of LCE
  • Equity and Physical Resources
  • Further Curriculum Issues Influencing Instructional Quality
  • Curriculum, Teacher and Learner Support Materials
  • Textbooks
  • 7 Attained Curriculum: Assessment and Assessment Practices in Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Assessment, Examination, and the Wider Picture
  • Examinations, Assessment, and the Curriculum
  • Examination Results: Junior Secondary Level, and Results of the TIMSS study
  • Examination Results Senior Secondary Level
  • Standard Setting and Quality Assurance of Secondary Education Examinations
  • Alignment Between Curriculum and Assessment
  • Assessment Items and Examination Practices
  • Continuous Assessment and Assessment Instruments
  • Summary and Practical Suggestions for Examination and Assessment
  • 8 Curriculum Development Processes
  • Policy Framework
  • Addressing the Gap Between Plan and Achievement
  • Considerations About Curriculum Implementation
  • 9 Capacity Building
  • The Need for Capacity Building in Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Teacher Professional Development
  • Implementing In-service Education
  • Other Factors Influencing Implementation Education Reforms
  • Pre-service Teacher Education
  • 10 Conclusions and Recommendations
  • Reform Potential and Focal Points
  • Complexity of Curriculum Reform
  • Curriculum Reform and Wider Educational Reform
  • The Importance of the Implementation Process, and the Technicalities of Curriculum Design
  • The Need for Capacity Development at All Levels
  • References
  • Table 1. Enro.

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