• Professional ethics in teaching: the need for a paradigm shift 

  Sunday Dada, S.W.; Banji, Fadokun James; Beckmann, Johan L.; Aluko, Folake Ruth (Distance Education and Teachers’ Training in Africa (DETA), 2011)

  The term “ethical conduct” brings to the fore a debate about the distinctions between codes of conduct and their purposes, and ethical principles and their place in the teaching profession. Some would argue that codes of ...
• Index pages 

  Aluko, Folake Ruth; Mariaye, Hyleen (Distance Education and Teachers’ Training in Africa (DETA), 2017)
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  Aluko, Folake Ruth; Bowa, Omondi (Distance Education and Teachers’ Training in Africa (DETA), 2015)
• Supporting induction to the teaching profession for women in Malawi 

  Wolfenden, Freda; Aluko, Folake Ruth; Januario, Francisco (Distance Education and Teachers’ Training in Africa (DETA), 2011)

  Gender parity in primary and secondary education has yet to be achieved in many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, including Malawi. The presence of female teachers is recognised as positively impacting on girls’ enrolment ...
• Index pages 

  Aluko, Folake Ruth; Januario, Francisco (Distance Education and Teachers’ Training in Africa (DETA), 2011)
• Primary education expansion and the challenge of inadequate teacher supply in Sub-Saharan Africa 

  Sifuna, Daniel N.; Aluko, Folake Ruth; Bowa, Omondi (Distance Education and Teachers’ Training in Africa (DETA), 2015)

  This paper focuses on the expansion of teacher education and the efforts to introduce universal primary education (UPE) in Africa. It also looks at the need for an adequate supply of primary school teachers. With specifi ...
• Ensuring the highest possible quality of education in a changing Africa 

  Aluko, Folake Ruth; Januario, Francisco (Distance Education and Teachers’ Training in Africa (DETA), 2011)

  The Distance Education and Teachers’ Training in Africa (DETA) 2011 was hosted by the Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo, Mozambique, from 3 to 5 August. It was the fourth of its kind. The biennial conference was born out ...
• Pedagogies of and pedagogies in distance learning material for teacher education 

  Reed, Yvonne; Aluko, Folake Ruth; Januario, Francisco (Distance Education and Teachers’ Training in Africa (DETA), 2011)

  This paper is a response to calls made in the teacher education pedagogy literature (e.g. Loughran, 2006; Moletsane, 2003; Murphy, 2008; Russell, 1997) for teacher educators to take a critical look at how they mediate ...
• Experiences of distance education and development in Africa: a case study of the National Open University of Nigeria 

  Salawu, I.O.; Aluko, Folake Ruth; Bowa, Omondi (Distance Education and Teachers’ Training in Africa (DETA), 2015)

  The place of teacher education in the context of the overall development of any nation is extremely important. The emergence of open distance learning, with its particular characteristics and its usage in offering teacher ...
• Problem-based learning in teacher education: an action research project 

  Payneeandy, Shakuntala; Auckloo, Pritee; Ramani-Mosaheb, Amrita; Aluko, Folake Ruth; Mariaye, Hyleen (Distance Education and Teachers’ Training in Africa (DETA), 2017)

  This paper argues that, although there is a worldwide move from face-to-face to distance education (DE) and open educational resources (OER) in teacher education, there is no guarantee that DE is able to lead to the ...
• Using open educational resources to design an online academic research writing course: a project report 

  Omidire, Margaret Funke; Aluko, Folake Ruth; Bowa, Omondi (Distance Education and Teachers’ Training in Africa (DETA), 2015)

  The DETA Conference of August 2011 and the workshops on the use of open educational resources (OER) were the catalyst for a project that aimed to design and build a multidisciplinary online course in academic research ...
• Effects of outdoor activities on biology students’ attitude to the environment 

  Olagunju, Alice M.; Oloyede, Omolola O.; Aluko, Folake Ruth; Januario, Francisco (Distance Education and Teachers’ Training in Africa (DETA), 2011)

  The teacher’s use of lecture method has been observed to be ineffective in bringing about the right attitude towards the environment and environmental problems. The purpose of this research is to fi nd out what are the ...
• The importance of continuous teacher development through distance education for teachers using additional language for learning, teaching and assessment 

  Omidire, Margaret Funke; Aluko, Folake Ruth; Januario, Francisco (Distance Education and Teachers’ Training in Africa (DETA), 2011)

  This paper is based on a study conducted to determine the infl uence of a curriculum-based dynamic assessment (CDA) procedure on the performance and effect on additional language (AL) learners in mainstream education. ...
• Science teaching in Africa: enhancing and sustaining teacher efficacy 

  Oyoo, Samuel Ouma; Aluko, Folake Ruth; Bowa, Omondi (Distance Education and Teachers’ Training in Africa (DETA), 2015)

  Given the well-established need for teacher intervention in Science learning, it is now time for closer attention to be given to research on teachers and teaching in schools, so as to address the question of quality Science ...
• Foreign languages in African science classrooms: perspectives on and approaches to language use during teaching 

  Oyoo, Samuel; Aluko, Folake Ruth; Januario, Francisco (Distance Education and Teachers’ Training in Africa (DETA), 2011)

  Africa is perhaps the only continent in the world where most formal or school education is conducted in instructional languages that are foreign to most learners and their teachers. In contexts where formal learning is ...
• Utilising large-scale assessment results to improve additional language teaching and learning: challenges and opportunities 

  Omidire, Funke; Aluko, Folake Ruth; Mariaye, Hyleen (Distance Education and Teachers’ Training in Africa (DETA), 2017)

  The introduction of annual assessments in South African schools from 2011 represents yet another attempt to remedy the low learner performance in literacy and numeracy. The education authorities have embarked on the annual ...
• Distance education students’ experiences of learning support sessions 

  Ogina, Teresa Auma; Aluko, Folake Ruth; Januario, Francisco (Distance Education and Teachers’ Training in Africa (DETA), 2011)

  Distance education is a learner-centred approach to education that emphasises independent learning based on the assumption that students are self-motivated and active in the learning process. However, due to the fact ...
• Management challenges as drawbacks to teacher development: the way forward for the Nigerian teacher in basic education 

  Njoku, Anselm Chidi; Beckmann, Johan L.; Aluko, Folake Ruth (Distance Education and Teachers’ Training in Africa (DETA), 2011)

  Teaching as a profession is deeply rooted in historical antecedents. Granted that its journey from the status of a voluntary service in the hands of Christian missionaries with no legal instruments and reliable conditions ...
• Causes of test anxiety among students in the faculty of education, University of Cape Coast, Ghana 

  Ocansey, Sylvia; Gyimah, Emmanuel Kofi; Aluko, Folake Ruth; Bowa, Omondi (Distance Education and Teachers’ Training in Africa (DETA), 2015)

  Tests are invaluable tools to educators but their over-dependence on tests in recent times has heightened the negative impact of test anxiety on its victims. Though the causes of test anxiety are many and varied, understanding ...
• Reducing distance learners’ attrition rate at the University of Cape Coast: tutors’/students’ perception 

  Akuamoah-Boateng, Clara; Boadu, Kankam; Aluko, Folake Ruth; Januario, Francisco (Distance Education and Teachers’ Training in Africa (DETA), 2011)

  The goal of distance education in Ghana is to make quality education, especially at the tertiary level, more accessible and relevant to meeting the human resource needs of the country. This is to improve performance as ...

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