Abstract:
The sixth DETA conference, with the theme “The future we want”: teacher
development for the transformation of education in diverse African contexts, was
held in Mauritius in July 2015. It had the ambitious agenda of bringing together
more than 200 delegates from more than 15 African countries to reflect on the
future of education in Africa.
This target was largely met with 115 paper presentations by delegates from
Botswana, Burundi, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria,
Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Canada,
France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States. The presentations
considered the following subthemes:
1. Teaching children in diverse African contexts
2. Pedagogies that will achieve “the future we want” for education in Africa
3. The role and impact of technology on teacher development
4. Quality in education as a prerequisite to establish “the future we want”
for education in Africa
Description:
Proceedings of the 6th biennial International Conference on Distance Education and
Teachers’ Training in Africa (DETA) held at the Mauritius Institute of Education, Réduit, Mauritius, 20-24 July 2015.
