Training of teachers in poor rural areas through a multigrade intervention to achieve millennium development goals : Our experience of using ODL as a tool for building capacity and what lessons can be learned?

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dc.contributor.authorJordan, Van As
dc.contributor.authorJourbert, Jurie
dc.coverage.placeNameSouth Africaen_US
dc.coverage.spatialAfricaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-06T21:29:59Z
dc.date.available2020-04-06T21:29:59Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this paper is to share analyzed, MG on-line training in South Africa, by means of empirical data as well as first hand experience, with other countries as a contribution to the successful implementation of the Millennium Development Goals. In the Western Cape Province of South Africa a Multigrade rural intervention was implemented, 335 schools participated and more than 900 educators were trained. Out of this intervention empirical data was collected and successful educational actions were started. The distances between and isolation of teacher clusters (networks) formed the core of this intervention. The implementation was accomplish by linking teachers in person, as well as through electronic means, with other teachers and groups to explore and discuss topics of interest, share information and strategies, and identify and address common problems. // PID 708en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11599/3526
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCommonwealth of Learning (COL)en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/en_US
dc.subjectMillennium Development Goals (MDG)en_US
dc.subjectRural Communitiesen_US
dc.subjectTeacher Educationen_US
dc.subjectOpen and Distance Learning (ODL)en_US
dc.titleTraining of teachers in poor rural areas through a multigrade intervention to achieve millennium development goals : Our experience of using ODL as a tool for building capacity and what lessons can be learned?en_US
dc.typeWorking Paperen_US
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05. Pan-Commonwealth Forum 5 (PCF5), 2008