The University of Fort Hare’s learner‐centred Distance Education Programme

Devereux, Jane; Amos, Sandra

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“…Within the TESSA programme teacher learning is conceptualised as being social, jointly constructed with pupils and peers; distributed, shared over the people, activities and artefacts within the environment; and situated, linked to the circumstances in which it occurs, the particular working practices and their associated ways of thinking. The TESSA materials thus needed to strive to recognise teachers existing deep experiences, teachers' current development level and the necessity to embed them within the culture and context of the teacher's practice (Devereux and Amos, 2005). They endeavour to overcome the dislocation which can exist between the curriculum of many African tertiary institutions and their local context.…”

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The TESSA OER Experience: Building sustainable models of production and user implementation

Wolfenden

2008

JIME

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This paper offers a review of the origins, design strategy and implementation plans of the Teacher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa (TESSA) research and development programme. The programme is working to develop new models of teacher education, particularly school based training, including the creation of a programme webspace and an extensive bank of Open Educational Resources. This paper identifies key research findings and literature which informed the TESSA approach and activity design. Drawing on participant experiences in different development activities and data generated in development testing activities, I offer a personal account of the programme to date. The paper concludes by suggesting a pattern of resource making and design that could be adopted by other programmes serving parallel development needs.

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The TESSA OER Experience: Building sustainable models of production and user implementation

Wolfenden

2008

JIME

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Globally-perceived experiences of online instructors: A preliminary exploration

Hsieh

2010

Computers & Education

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School‐based teacher development in Sub‐Saharan Africa: building a new research agenda

Moon

2007

The Curriculum Journal

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This article explores and analyses the context of school‐based teacher development in Sub‐Saharan Africa. The argument is made that many aspects of the teacher problem in these regions mirror those in the rest of the world, but the size and scale of the need makes the challenge of providing schools and teachers to achieve ‘Education for All’ (EFA) one of the world's biggest educational problems. As such, a response from the global community, parallel to similar initiatives in health, is required. The context of the problem is set out, particularly the inevitability of creating new school‐based modes of teacher development. The analysis draws extensively on the work of the Teacher Education in Sub‐Saharan Africa (TESSA) research programme. The article then goes on to suggest: (1) the revolution in communication technologies provides an opportunity radically to reassess the forms and modes of teacher development, particularly in rural areas; and (2) there is a need for research and development activity to provide the foundation upon which such potential can be realized. In this context a new ‘architecture for teacher development’ needs putting in place, a process that should be a mainstream concern for the world's education research community.

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The University of Fort Hare’s learner‐centred Distance Education Programme

Cited by 4 publications

References 9 publications

The TESSA OER Experience: Building sustainable models of production and user implementation

The TESSA OER Experience: Building sustainable models of production and user implementation

Globally-perceived experiences of online instructors: A preliminary exploration

School‐based teacher development in Sub‐Saharan Africa: building a new research agenda

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