Forefronts in Research
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- Description
- Contents
Research in Education in Africa, The Caribbean, and The Middle East, the Book Series provides a comprehensive view of current and emerging educational knowledge, research, strategies, and policy in these regions. Submissions from all disciplines, as well interdisciplinary perspectives are welcome if manuscripts conform to basic book series goals. The Series goals are: 1). Provide a forum for the dissemination of research on education in the region, 2). Disseminate ideas that enhance both the practical and theoretical aspects of education in the region, 3). Further knowledge and understanding of emerging trends and movements in education in the region and 4). Foster debate about issues such as indigenizing education, women's education, or disability education in the region.
Chapter 1. Forefronts in Research on Education in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Middle East; Cynthia Szymanski Sunal and Kagendo Mutua
- Part I. Research on Education in Africa
- Chapter 2. Development of a Questionnaire for Monitoring the Success of Outcomes-Based Learning Environments in Rural Classrooms in South Africa; Jill M. Aldridge, Rüdiger C. Laugksch, Barry J. Fraser, and Mampone A. Seopa
- Chapter 3. Instructional Materials Revision: A Multiple Comparison Study at the Sudan; Ahmed Y. Abdelraheem
- Chapter 4. Teaching Mathematics in the Spirit of Education Reform: A Namibian Perspective; Thea K. Dunn
- Chapter 5. Student Councils in Ghana and the Formation of the Liberal Democratic Citizen; John Perry, Joseph Ghartey Ampiah, Nicholas Kutor, and Kankam Boadu
- Chapter 6. South African Students’ Anchoring Strategies in Geometrical Reflections; Stephen Sproule
- Chapter 7. The Quality Dilemma: An Ethnographic Study of Rural Education in Northern Ghana; Leslie Casely-Hayford
- Part II. Research on Education in the Caribbean
- Chapter 8. Environmental Education in Cuba: The Potential of a Third World Country; Constantina Skanavis and Evelina Sarri
- Chapter 9. Problems Faced by Jamaican Schools; Alvin C. Proffit
- Part III. Research on Education in the Middle East
- Chapter 10. Cognitive Abilities of United Arab Emirates Female Education Students; Donald K. Sharpes, Kenneth Carr, Thomas Davies, and Elaine Jarchow
- Chapter 11. The Challenge of Educational Reform in the New Regime States: A Study of Bahrain and Jordan; Eric Hilgendorf and Kenneth Wong
- Chapter 12. Dance as a Medium Within Traumatized Palestinian Communities in the West Bank and Gaza; Nicholas Rowe
- Chapter 13. Reflections on Policy and Practice of School Management in the Republic of Cyprus; Panayiotis Angelides
- Chapter 14. Epilogue; Mohammed Kabiru Farouk
- About the Authors.