[Assam] Harvard's IEP program - interview of Prof Reimers -changing the world?

[umesh sharma]

something on importance of teacher quality - in an article by Prof Reimers which he sant to us a week back but i saw it today - I think it is from one of his books -and is based on research in Mexico. Those who wish to see the full article I havea PDF file of 200KB
   
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  The concern with educational opportunity in developing countries should go
  much further than the current emphasis on access and completion of a basic education.
  It should focus instead on how teachers can help students develop capabilities
  that help expand their options in life. These options refer to pathways to achieve personal
  goals, thus enhancing personal freedom. They include pathways to maintain
  health, to secure shelter, to obtain resources and use them effectively, to care for dependents,
  and to devote one’s energies to activities consistent with personal goals and
  values. These capabilities increase the chances of employment, or of well-remunerated
  employment, and expand options in life because work and remuneration contribute
  to obtaining food, shelter, health, and care for others. Enhanced capabilities
  also provide more choice regarding what kind of work to pursue, thus increasing the
  odds of making choices consistent with personal goals and values. Similarly, capabilities
  that enhance political efficacy have similar consequences in expanding personal
  options.More options translate into more freedom to make choices according to personal
  goals and values.3
  Attention to quality of education requires a focus on the intended purposes of instruction,
  as well as on the processes that help teachers achieve those purposes. I define
  teaching quality as this dual concern with purposes and pedagogies. Quality
  teaching is thus the teacher-mediated process that helps students gain the knowledge,
  skills, and capabilities that are of value in expanding their freedoms and increasing
  the opportunity to maximize health and well-being.4 Note that I include the definition
  of curriculum—that is, the actual instructional goals or standards—as a component
  of quality, as teachers who are efficient in teaching a low-level, irrelevant, or
  outdated curriculum cannot be deemed to teach with quality. In this chapter I focus
  on a single instructional purpose: developing the literacy skills of students. Literacy is
  a fundamental skill, which provides the foundation for further learning and enables
  students to access the printed texts essential for further education, for participation in
  most jobs, and for informed political participation."
  

umesh sharma <jaipurschool at yahoo.com> wrote:
  http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/2006/0327_IEP.html

Umesh Sharma
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Umesh Sharma
5121 Lackawanna ST
College Park, MD 20740

 1-202-215-4328 [Cell Phone]

Ed.M. - International Education Policy
Harvard Graduate School of Education,
Harvard University,
Class of 2005
		
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