Education And Development: Tradition And Innovation: Innovations In Delivering Primary Education (international Debates Series)

Education and Development: Tradition and Innovation Volume Three: Innovations in Delivering Primary Education Edited by James Lynch, Celia Modgil, Sohan Modgil CASSELL Education and Development: Tradition and Innovation Volume Three Education and Development: Tradition and Innovation Introductory Volume: A Human Rights Analysis Volume One: Concepts, Approaches and Assumptions Volume Two: Equity and Excellence in Education for Development Volume Three: Innovations in Delivering Primary Education Volume Four: Non-formal and Non-governmental Approaches Education and Development: Tradition and Innovation Volume Three Innovations in Delivering Primary Education Edited by James Lynch, Celia Modgil and Sohan Modgil CASSELL Cassell Wellington House 125 Strand London WC2R OBB PO Box 605 Herndon VA 20172 © James Lynch, Celia Modgil, Sohan Modgil and the contributors 1997 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical including photocopying, recording or any information storage or retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publishers. First published 1997 British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 0-304-32888-X Typeset by York House Typographic Ltd, London Printed and bound in Great Britain by The Bath Press Contents Contributors Introduction: Towards an Ethic for Educational Innovation fames Lynch Abbreviations and Acronyms vii ix xvii Part One: Operational Strategies and Practical Approaches 1 Pedagogy and Strategic Interventions in Primary Education in South Africa Wendy Flanagan 2 Textbooks and the Quality of Primary Education: The Belizean Experience Michael Crossley, Lee Towler and Lynda Moguel 3 Innovation in Health Education: Building Children's Capabilities for Health: The Child-to-Child Approach Pat Pridmore 4 Non-formal Innovative Strategies for Basic and Primary Education in India B. K. Passi 5 Education in Rural Vietnam: Renovation and Innovation Susanne Hoeck 97 106 122 3 12 25 45 Part Three: Curriculum Developments: Values and Values Education 10 Values Education in the Primary and Secondary School Curriculum: A Cross-country Study in Latin America and the Caribbean Eleonora Villegas-Reimers 11 Values Old and New: Curriculum Challenges Elwyn Thomas 141 154 67 Part Four: Teaching and Learning: Quality for Effectiveness and Empowerment Part Two: Teachers and Teacher Training 6 Improving Instructional Practice in Developing Countries: The Teachers' Dilemma David W. Chapman 7 Critical Transformative Primary Teacher Education: Some Suggestions for the New South Africa Mike Cole, Dave Hill, Jean Pease and Grain Soudien 8 Models of Teacher Education and their Role in Educational Planning Elwyn Thomas 9 Distance Education for Primary Teacher Training in Developing Countries Bernadette Robinson 83 12 Literacy as a Means of Empowerment and Transformation Pamela O'Toole and Brian O'Toole 13 Building Instructional Systems: Putting Theory into Practice Andrea rugh 173 186 vi Contents 14 Developing a New Model for Mixedmode Distance Education: The