If you are interested in student-centered learning in Africa, you may be interested in this book, and it’s free if you are in Africa:
Teaching in Tension: International Pedagogies, National Policies, and Teachers’ Practices in Tanzania, edited by Frances Vavrus and Leslie Bartlett, published by Sense Publishers (2013)
Hardcover: $89.10: Paperback: $48.60. But the publisher has agreed to distribute the book for free as an e-book in “developing countries.” Anyone in Africa who is interested in the free e-book version can contact one of the editors, Frances Vavrus: [email protected]. (She says she has already distributed over 1000 free copies.)
The Amazon page for this book has a lengthy description that starts this way: “In recent years, international efforts to improve educational quality in sub-Saharan Africa have focused on promoting learner-centered pedagogy. However, it has not flourished for cultural, economic, and political reasons that often go unrecognized by development organizations and policymakers. This edited volume draws on a long-term collaboration between African and American educational researchers in addressing critical questions regarding how teachers in one African country-Tanzania-conceptualize learner-centered pedagogy and struggle to implement it under challenging material conditions.” (to read more of this: go to the Amazon.com page: http://is.gd/4MGk7L)
Mickey
