Educational Innovation in Developing Countries: Case-Studies of Changemakers [Paperback]

'Because of the insights offered the book under review should be compulsory reading for Ministers of Education and educational planners as well as for students of educational reform. They would find it readable, informative and disturbing. This could well become a classic account of why innovations fail. - Keith Watson, Department of Education Studies and Management, University of Reading Educational investment is now back at the top of the development agenda. The World Conference on Education for All confirmed the commitment of national governments and donors to provide opportunities for all children to enrol in school and reach minimum levels of achievement. This book takes a new look at the problems that confront politicians, planners, curriculum developers and teachers in implementing educational innovations in developing countries. The insights into theory and practice that emerge provide the intellectual yeast for the development of effective innovation strategies for the next decade.List of Maps - List of Tables - List of Figures - Acknowledgements - Notes on the Contributors - Introduction; K.M.Lewin - Changemakers and Change Models: Educational Innovation in Developing Countries; K.M.Lewin - PART 1: CURRICULUM INNOVATIONS - Modernising the Geography Curriculum in Past-1976 China; J.L.Yat-ming - Science Education as a Development Strategy in Nigeria: a Study of Kano State Science Secondary Schools; A.U.Adamu - PART 2: TEACHER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS - Inservice Training in Malaysia for the New Primary Curriculum (KBSR); N.A.Ibrahim - Classroom Action Research in Africa: a Lesotho Case Study of Curriculum and Professional Development; J.S.Stuart - PART 3: INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXTS - Perception Gaps in Technical Assistance Projects: the Sudanese Case; F.Leach - School Climates in The Gambia; B.Sarr & K.Lewin - PART 4: SYSTEMS REFORMS - Vocationalising Secondary Education: Study of the Junior Secondary Schooling Innovation in Nigeria; F.Nwakoby & K.Lewin - thlƒ!