Where have all the textbooks gone? : toward sustainable provision of teaching and learning materials in Sub-Saharan Africa / Tony Read.
This World Bank report is a rich compilation of information on teaching learning materials (TLM) in Africa based on the extensive and multi-faceted experience of the author's work in the education sector in Africa. The study examines a wide range of issues around TLM provision including curricu...
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World Bank Group,
2015.
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| Series: | Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Human development.
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Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Overview; Tables; Table O.1 The Links in the TLM Chain; Conclusions Related to Unit Textbook Costs; Table O.2 Potential Impact of Print Run Fractionalization on Unit Textbook Costs (4 Colors); Conclusions Related to TLM System Costs; Conclusions Related to Textbook and TLM Availability in Schools; Conclusions Related to Textbook Cost Reduction Possibilities; Table O.3 Implications of Moving Text from Textbooks to Teachers' Guides and Readers; Conclusions Related to the Main Causes of High System Cost and Low Availability.
- Conclusions Related to School TLM Management and UsageConclusions Related to TLM Reform Policy Options; Notes; References; Part 1 The Current Situation; Chapter 1 Textbooks, Teaching and Learning Materials, and Learning Achievement; The Impact of Textbooks on the Quality of Education; Issues in Donor-Funded Textbook Projects; The Cost Effectiveness of Textbook Provision; Impact Evaluations of Textbook Provision in Kenya; Textbook Effectiveness and Classroom Usage; Factors Affecting School Effectiveness and Student Achievement; Textbook Content Research; Recent Research; Reading Books.
- A Summary of Key IssuesNote; References; Chapter 2 Current Trends in National Teaching and Learning Materials Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa; Trends in National Teaching and Learning Materials Provision; The Transition to Private Sector Involvement in Textbook Provision; The Growth in African Publishing; Competing Alternative Textbooks and the Introduction of Textbook Evaluation Systems; Centralized versus Decentralized Funding and Selection; Enrollment Growth; Comparisons between Anglophone and Francophone Approaches; The Growth in Learner-Centered and Outcomes-Based Curricula.
- Table 2.1 Textbook Provision Systems in Francophone and Anglophone Africa-A ComparisonA Summary of Key Issues; Notes; References; Chapter 3 Current Textbook (and Other Teaching and Learning Materials) Availability, Costs, and Financing in Sub-Saharan Africa; Textbook Unit Costs at Primary and Secondary Levels in 11 Sub-Saharan African Countries; Table 3.1 Textbook Costs for Grade 1; Table 3.2 Textbook Costs for Grade 6; Table 3.3 Textbook Costs for Grade 8; Table 3.4 Textbook Costs for Grade 11; Table 3.5 Median, Maximum, and Minimum Unit Textbook Costs.
- Table 3.6 Average Annual Amortized Maximum and Minimum Costs of provisionTable 3.7 Median Amortized Costs per Student of TLM Provision; Sources of Textbooks for Primary and Secondary Levels; Sources of Textbook Financing for Primary and Secondary Levels; Table 3.8 Sources of Authorship, Publishing, Manufacturing, and Raw Materials for Grades 1, 6, 8, and 11; Types of Supply; Table 3.9 Types of Textbook Funding; Table 3.10 Adequacy, Regularity, and Predictability of Government TLM Budgets; Textbook Availability; Table 3.11 Types of Textbook Supply.