Education Quality Education Quality in Low Income Countriesin Low Income Countries

Dave BaintonDave Bainton

This course is…..This course is…..

A collaborative intellectual project of A collaborative intellectual project of interrogating the concept of Quality interrogating the concept of Quality

Education, and what it might mean in Education, and what it might mean in diverse low-income contexts, and for diverse low-income contexts, and for

diverse communitiesdiverse communities

Our group as a learning communityOur group as a learning community

No ‘expert’ voice here….No ‘expert’ voice here….Learn from each other… here all experiences and Learn from each other… here all experiences and

thoughtsthoughtsDialogic, affective, experiential, narrativeDialogic, affective, experiential, narrativeAll have diverse experiences.. All have diverse experiences.. Voices of the group… Voices of the group… No ‘right answer’.. Only developing meanings of No ‘right answer’.. Only developing meanings of

what this might be in specific contexts, and what this might be in specific contexts, and specific times….. (already positioned)specific times….. (already positioned)

What experiences connect hereWhat experiences connect here

a)a) Consider personallyConsider personallyb)b) Discuss with neighbourDiscuss with neighbourc)c) Share with groupShare with group

QualityQuality

Education Quality Education Quality

Throwing men into the middle of the river……..

Gender mainstreaming

Translation….. Meanings of quality, education….

Quality Education is……..Quality Education is……..

More words….More words….

JusticeJustice Human rightsHuman rights EducationEducation LivelihoodsLivelihoods CapabilitiesCapabilities Community of Community of

practicepractice VisionVision QualityQuality

Knowledge productionKnowledge production Multilevel modellingMultilevel modelling FrameworksFrameworks DevelopmentDevelopment EducationEducation Education for Education for

Sustainable Sustainable developmentdevelopment

MDGS, EFAMDGS, EFA ContextContext VoiceVoice

knowledge production (of knowledge production (of Education Quality)Education Quality)

We are therefore engaged in a process of knowledge We are therefore engaged in a process of knowledge production – individually and as a group.production – individually and as a group.

We produce some forms of knowledge (and not others)We produce some forms of knowledge (and not others)– So there is power here (what forms of knowledge are produced)So there is power here (what forms of knowledge are produced)

Knowledge of (education quality) is not separable from Knowledge of (education quality) is not separable from the ways that we might come to know it… not a the ways that we might come to know it… not a objective categoryobjective category

AimsAims

So.. This course will aim to consider ‘education So.. This course will aim to consider ‘education quality’ from multiple perspectives, and multiple quality’ from multiple perspectives, and multiple methods, and then compare the limitations of methods, and then compare the limitations of each, and the multiplicity of what we have each, and the multiplicity of what we have learned.learned.

Build up an understanding of quality Build up an understanding of quality education…. add layers of perspectives to education…. add layers of perspectives to address the issue from…. Bricolage of address the issue from…. Bricolage of knowings… build something out of the knowings… build something out of the complexitycomplexity

Through considering a range of Through considering a range of theoriestheories

Poststructuralism (Educational Discourses)Poststructuralism (Educational Discourses) Capabilities approachCapabilities approach LivelihoodsLivelihoods Postmodernism Postmodernism Neo gramsciamNeo gramsciam NarrativeNarrative Postcolonial writings – talking back (the colonial past… Postcolonial writings – talking back (the colonial past…

and readings of it)and readings of it) Standpoint theoryStandpoint theory De Sousa Santos… 5 logics of development, knowledge. De Sousa Santos… 5 logics of development, knowledge.

South South Indigenous theorisingIndigenous theorising

Through a range of approachesThrough a range of approaches

PhotosPhotos NarrativeNarrative Multilevel modellingMultilevel modelling ArticlesArticles

By working on a group case study By working on a group case study and Presentationand Presentation

You shall work in a group to build up an You shall work in a group to build up an understanding of what Quality Education might understanding of what Quality Education might

mean for a specific group of people, in a specific mean for a specific group of people, in a specific placeplace

With an emphasis on knowledge production

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Course StructureCourse Structure

– – Flexible…. But each class will seek to add Flexible…. But each class will seek to add a new layers of knowinga new layers of knowing

Quality FrameworksQuality FrameworksESDESDLivelihoods and Capabilities approachesLivelihoods and Capabilities approachesGlobal discourses of QualityGlobal discourses of QualityModelling quality Modelling quality

What do you want to look at?What do you want to look at?

Activities/Assessment (s)Activities/Assessment (s)Assessment reflects this ‘multiplicity of knowledge production’ Assessment reflects this ‘multiplicity of knowledge production’ processes…processes…

A series of formative pieces that will be weaved together in a final A series of formative pieces that will be weaved together in a final reflexive text (portfolio, messy text, or traditional essay). reflexive text (portfolio, messy text, or traditional essay).

Some of….Some of….

An individually written position pieceAn individually written position piece A group position pieceA group position piece A Paper reviewA Paper review A PresentationA Presentation Narratives of personal experienceNarratives of personal experience Mapping education quality in a region, place, Mapping education quality in a region, place, Envisioning alternativesEnvisioning alternatives Feedback on someone else’s pieceFeedback on someone else’s piece OthersOthers

SO… Group workSO… Group work

Groups that have something in common – Groups that have something in common – geographically, culturally…. geographically, culturally….

Choose a group (how are boundaries Choose a group (how are boundaries defined)defined)

Brainstorm issues of quality and education Brainstorm issues of quality and education for the groupfor the group

Finally…. Finally….

ICS Seminar SeriesICS Seminar Series GMR colloqium (names)GMR colloqium (names) Last year’s blackboard siteLast year’s blackboard site

For next time…. 1For next time…. 1

Have a critical read of the Global Monitoring Have a critical read of the Global Monitoring Report 2009:Report 2009:

““Overcoming Inequality: Why governance Overcoming Inequality: Why governance matters: A critical reflection on the EFA matters: A critical reflection on the EFA Global Monitoring Report 2009”Global Monitoring Report 2009”

http://www.unesco.org/en/education/efareport/http://www.unesco.org/en/education/efareport/

For next time…. 2For next time…. 2

Write a page of text introducing yourself - in Write a page of text introducing yourself - in relation to the topic of quality education. relation to the topic of quality education.

(Send to me by Sunday pm)(Send to me by Sunday pm)

Is this way of working OK?Is this way of working OK?