scholarly journals Educating Dropouts in Rural Areas: Capacity Building of Teacher Trainers

2021 ◽  
Vol VI (IV) ◽  
pp. 64-72
Author(s):  
Rukhsana Durrani ◽  
Humaira Akram Akram ◽  
Shamsa Kanwal
Keyword(s):  
Capacity Building ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
Elementary Level ◽  
Mixed Method Research ◽  
Subject Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Enhancement ◽  
Effectiveness Of Training ◽  
And Mathematics

This study was designed to explore the effectiveness of training, which was arranged for the capacity building of trainers of teachers. These trainers were further responsible for the training of teachers who were teaching dropped out girls in the rural areas of Pakistan. This capacity-building training consisted of the trainers' professional development and subject knowledge enhancement. The training sessions were monitoring and evaluation, communication skills, Gender and protection, adult psychology, and teaching techniques of language, science, and mathematics of elementary level of education of dropped out learners. All 125 trainers were selected for obtaining the responses. It was mixed-method research, and data were collected through questionnaires and interviews. The data results revealed that the training workshop sessions remained very fruitful for trainers, and it increased their learning about the teaching profession and teaching to dropped out students in marginalized areas

scholarly journals Number sense of final year pre-service primary school teachers

Pythagoras ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Magret Courtney-Clarke ◽  
Helena Wessels
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Number Sense ◽  
Poor Performance ◽  
Mixed Method Research ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Subject Knowledge ◽  
Learner Performance ◽  
Teacher Understanding ◽  
Assessment Tests ◽  
And Mathematics

Number sense studies have indicated that the development of number sense should be the focus of primary school mathematics education. The literature review revealed that learner performance is linked to teacher subject knowledge and that teachers’ confidence in doing and teaching mathematics influences the way they teach and their willingness to learn mathematics. This study was motivated by the poor performance of Namibian primary school learners in both national and international standardised assessment tests and explored the number sense of 47 final-year primary school pre-service teachers (PSTs) in Namibia. The data in this mixed method research design were obtained from a number sense questionnaire, a written computations questionnaire, a mental calculations questionnaire and the McAnallen confidence in mathematics and mathematics teaching survey (MCMMTS). Six PSTs, randomly selected from the 47 participants, were interviewed to determine their use of number-sensible strategies. The overall results of this investigation revealed that the final year primary school PSTs demonstrated limited number sense and possessed very few of the indicators of number sense. Unexpectedly, the confidence survey showed that they were confident in their ability to do and to teach mathematics. This study exposed one reason for the low standards of performance of Namibian learners in mathematics and the lack of improvement over the last few decades. It indicates a need for teacher training institutions to identify the mathematics that teachers should know and the ways in which teacher understanding of subject content has to be transformed to enable them to develop the number sense of primary school learners.

scholarly journals Effect of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Faculty Development Training Programme on Technical Teachers

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 1762-1764
Keyword(s):  
Faculty Development ◽  
Air Conditioning ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
Technical Institute ◽  
Subject Knowledge ◽  
Pedagogical Training ◽  
Knowledge Enhancement ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Training Programmes

Teacher Training is needed for teachers those teaching technical subjects. Pedagogical training programmes and subject knowledge enhancing training programmes are necessary for technical teachers. Nowadays, skill oriented training programmes are essential for polytechnic, engineering and other technical institute teachers. In teaching profession, faculty development training programmes are important for career development and content updating. In this paper, the content updating training programme in Refrigeration and Air conditioning was taken and discussed the knowledge enhancement of the teachers by conducted the evaluation tests before and after the training programme. The knowledge of the teachers in refrigeration and air conditioning areas were improved due to this faculty development programme.

iREACH

2010 ◽  
pp. 302-328
Author(s):  
Helena Grunfeld ◽  
Seán Ó Siochrú ◽  
Brian Unger ◽  
Sarun Im
Keyword(s):  
Capacity Building ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Capacity Building ◽  
Participatory Monitoring ◽  
Challenging Environment ◽  
Additional Support ◽  
Evaluation Approaches ◽  
Ict Policy

Cambodia is for various reasons a challenging environment for ICT development. This did not deter IDRC (Canada) from funding an ambitious and ground-breaking project designed ultimately to influence ICT policy in Cambodia but initially to establish two pilot community-owned networks in poor rural areas. Each comprises both a cluster of local telecentres (10 in each area), and a mini telecoms enterprise run by the communities. Begun in May 2006, with initial funding of USD1.3 million the project runs to May 2010 when the question of sustainability comes to the fore. Additional support is likely to be needed. iREACH‘ experiences are being fully documented and lessons are emerging around community capacity building and empowerment; technical challenges in a rural environment; developing relevant and appropriate services; creating a community based enterprise; deploying a range of participatory monitoring and evaluation approaches; and working within a centralised and fluid political context

Students graduate of the degree course in Natural Sciences and Mathematics and the exercise of teaching profession: findings and implications for basic education

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
A. C. R. Trevisan ◽  
E. P. Trevisan
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Teaching Career ◽  
Professional Performance ◽  
Current Scenario ◽  
And Mathematics

In the article we seek to address questions regarding the interest of graduates of a degree course in Natural Sciences and Mathematics in relation to the teaching career in basic education. The course enables its graduates to work in the subjects Science and Mathematics in the final years of elementary school and Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry in high school. Our intention is to identify and reflect on the perceptions of these graduates about teaching, highlighting with this inherent aspects to the exercise of this profession in basic education. From the application of questionnaires to graduates of this course, we produced data regarding their performance in basic education, which enabled us to reflect on the national scenario in relation to the exercise of this profession. We could observe that the majority of the students participating in the research are not working in basic education and that the current scenario of devaluation of the teaching career exerts a significant influence in the decision making process of choosing or not the teacher profession for professional performance after graduation.

scholarly journals Eliminating Neglected Tropical Diseases in Urban Areas: A Review of Challenges, Strategies and Research Directions for Successful Mass Drug Administration

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alayne Adams ◽  
Myriam Vuckovic ◽  
Eleanor Birch ◽  
Tara Brant ◽  
Stephanie Bialek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drug Administration ◽  
Mass Drug Administration ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Neglected Tropical Diseases ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Population Heterogeneity ◽  
Tropical Diseases ◽  
Urban Settings ◽  
Context Specific

Since 1950, the global urban population grew from 746 million to almost 4 billion and is expected to reach 6.4 billion by mid-century. Almost 90% of this increase will take place in Asia and Africa and disproportionately in urban slums. In this context, concerns about the amplification of several neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are warranted and efforts towards achieving effective mass drug administration (MDA) coverage become even more important. This narrative review considers the published literature on MDA implementation for specific NTDs and in-country experiences under the ENVISION and END in Africa projects to surface features of urban settings that challenge delivery strategies known to work in rural areas. Discussed under the thematics of governance, population heterogeneity, mobility and community trust in MDA, these features include weak public health infrastructure and programs, challenges related to engaging diverse and dynamic populations and the limited accessibility of certain urban settings such as slums. Although the core components of MDA programs for NTDs in urban settings are similar to those in rural areas, their delivery may need adjustment. Effective coverage of MDA in diverse urban populations can be supported by tailored approaches informed by mapping studies, research that identifies context-specific methods to increase MDA coverage and rigorous monitoring and evaluation.

scholarly journals The economic conditions for the utilisation of the land fund in the Czech Republic after its accession to the European Union

2012 ◽  
Vol 51 (No. 10) ◽  
pp. 452-454
Author(s):  
M. Hrabánková
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Environment Friendly ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Public Benefit

The important part of the increase of regional potential is the farming of the land fund. The economic conditions for its utilisation have been already prepared. They are based especially on the drawing of funds of the European Union, namely for the period after the accession of the Czech Republic to the European Union and for the years 2007–2013. The measures concerning the land are included in the prepared programme documentation, especially in the Horizontal Rural Development Plan (HRDP) and in the Operational Programme “Agriculture”. The farmers will obtain the direct payment per area (SAPS) in addition to supports on foregoing measures. The requirements for environment-friendly farming of land will be increased in the future. The economic conditions for next period will concentrate on these priorities. It will concern the securing of public benefit contributing to the sustainable development of rural areas. The project assurance of these trends and their regional monitoring and evaluation will be important.

scholarly journals Job Satisfaction and Favorable Outcome on Teachers’ Work Performance: The Noblest Profession

2021 ◽  
pp. 17-28
Author(s):  
Leovigildo Lito D. Mallillin
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Work Performance ◽  
Work Relationships ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
Favorable Outcome ◽  
Mixed Method Research ◽  
Analysis Techniques

The study aims to identify the job satisfaction and favorable outcome on teachers’ work performance as the noblest profession in terms of appreciation and recognition of work, relationships with colleagues, relationships with superiors, learning career development, promotion, wages, salaries, benefits, and interest in the job. Mixed method research design is employed in the study which focuses on both quantitative and qualitative combined research approaches in identifying the data collection, viewpoints, analysis, techniques, and inferences for the purpose of broad in-depth corroboration and understanding. Purposive sampling is employed and utilized in the study and is also known as subjective, selective, and judgmental sampling. The study comprised thirty (30) respondents only. Results show that most of the respondents like their job and enjoy their teaching profession and favorable outcome on teachers’ work performance because it is their oath to mold and to shape the learning process of students. This resulted in job satisfaction among them and reveals teaching as the noblest profession and show that respondents don't feel their efforts are rewarded, though they enjoy working with their colleagues and co-teachers, respondents like their superiors because they are competent in their work, and there is a limited chance of promotion due to many requirements. Likewise, the respondents show that the benefits they received are good in the organization. However, it shows that there are many rules and procedures that make it difficult among the respondents where sometimes the rules and procedures are not clear among the respondents.    Findings show that there is a significant correlation between job satisfaction and favorable outcome on teachers’ work performance as the noblest profession as observed by the respondents.

scholarly journals How to build capacity to best use good/best practice

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
D van Dale ◽  
K Leenaars
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Capacity Building ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Product Information ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Intersectoral Collaboration ◽  
Implementation Study ◽  
Combine Process ◽  
Work Shop ◽  
Incentive Strategies

Abstract In the Netherlands the best practice portals contains approximately 325 best and good practices with different levels of recognition (well described, theoretically sound and effective). Evaluations of the portal (2013 and 2018) show that the portal is well appreciated by professionals of municipal health services and stakeholders but the uptake of best practices can be improved. An implementation study (2014) to the uptake of interventions revealed that the RIVM had to work on dissemination strategies for policymakers, capacity building implementing best practices by professionals and incentive strategies for both groups. In this presentation the focus is on the capacity building of professionals. In order to support professionals and policymakers with evidence-based decision making the RIVM developed the online Manual Healthy Municipality, Healthy School and Healthy Kindergarten. In the manuals overviews of best practices are presented per theme (e.g. smoking), target group (e.g. elderly) or setting (e.g. neighbourhood) in combination with tools and instruments for intersectoral collaboration, citizens involvement and monitoring and evaluation. These manuals are well known and combine process information (how) with product information (what: effective programs and what works overviews). The implementation study showed also that professionals would like to have more support in the form of workshops and masterclasses. In order to get this the RIVM organizes workshops how to describe an intervention for recognition and how to adapt an intervention. The assumption that a recognized can't adapted to the local contexts was one of the inhibiting factors of the implementation of best practices. To ensure that the adjustments are made properly we have developed a checklist for the adaptation of interventions which is the base of the workshop. Professionals can also ask for a tailored work shop for example how to create support for the use of best practices.

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