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Title: | Multigrade pedagogies: Africa's response to Education for All | Contributor(s): | Kivunja, Charles (author)![]() ![]() |
Publication Date: | 2019 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/26288 | Abstract: | In the ‘Scramble for Africa’ some 250 years ago, colonial powers trans planted their education systems to their newly acquired territories. These systems positioned ‘mono grade’ teaching as the ‘gold standard’ of instruction in schools, where one teacher instructs a class of same-age pupils. Learning theories of the time described children’s knowledge development as a sequence of age-linked steps. Grouping pupils of several ages and grade levels, to study different curricula in classes taught by a single teacher, was not considered an effective approach to teaching and learning. Today, this type of grouping is known as ‘multigrade’ or mixed-age teaching. Theories of children’s learning have evolved significantly since the African colonial period, yet there is still a widespread perception that monograde teaching is superior to multigrade teaching. In this chapter, the authors use findings from their research in Uganda and Zambia, together with existing literature, to argue that multigrade pedagogy is the only way African nations can meet the challenges of Education for All children. | Publication Type: | Book Chapter | Source of Publication: | Learning and Teaching Around the World: Comparative and International Studies in Primary Education, p. 28-36 | Publisher: | Routledge | Place of Publication: | London, United Kingdom | ISBN: | 9781138485211 9781138485204 9780429491498 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 130105 Primary Education (excl. Maori) 130205 Humanities and Social Sciences Curriculum and Pedagogy (excl. Economics, Business and Management) 130202 Curriculum and Pedagogy Theory and Development |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 390107 Humanities and social sciences curriculum and pedagogy (excl. economics, business and management) 390102 Curriculum and pedagogy theory and development 390304 Primary education |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 930103 Learner Development 930101 Learner and Learning Achievement 930102 Learner and Learning Processes |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 160302 Pedagogy | HERDC Category Description: | B1 Chapter in a Scholarly Book | Publisher/associated links: | http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1046070268 www.routledge.com/education |
Editor: | Editor(s): Kimberly Safford and Liz Chamberlain |
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Appears in Collections: | Book Chapter School of Education |
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