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How can 1 tablet device in a low resource classroom change the quality of education?
Challenges faced by teachers in low resource environments …
Overcrowded Classrooms
Lack of Resources
Shortage of Text Books
Scarcity of locally meaningful content
What is School in a Box?
Mobile; suitable for remote environments
No electricity costs, low tech support costs
À la carte approach; depending on environment
Powerful projector; even outside
Long battery life; suitable for full teaching day
Where do we work?
Yalbang School, Humla District Nepal
Adult Literacy Centres, Maputo Province Mozambique
Juvenat Saint Camille, Ouagadougou Burkina Faso
Agricultural Extension Workers Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique
Guava Primary School, Marracuene Mozambique
How do we work?
Quality Education • demonstration and explanation based on sound pedagogical content knowledge
• flexible use of whole class • frequent and relevant use of visual aids
and locally produced learning materials beyond use of textbook
• open and closed questioning encouraging student response
• use of local languages • planning and varying lesson sequences
Six specific teaching behaviours identified as having most impact on learning
Meta Analysis of 489 studies
(Westbrook et al., 2013,
DfID commissioned research)
Lesson Planning
Use of lesson plans
Varying lesson sequences
Planning for participation
Locally produced material,
Mozambique
Meaningful Content
Visual aids
Locally relevant content
Yalbang School, Humla District, Nepal
Peer Support and Learning
Teachers sharing skills
Teachers sharing content
Creating a bank of lesson support digital content
Mozambican teachers creating locally
relevant content
Change Leaders
Local leadership and ownership of projects
Appropriation of project to local needs by local leaders
Integration with local curriculum
Director of Pedagogy
Guava School, Mozambique
Communities of Practice
Capacity building at teacher training level
Integration with national assessment measures
Partnership with Ministry for Education
Ministry, Teacher Training Institute and Teachers, Mozambique
What have we learned so far?
Robustness
Low tech support requirements Mobile and adaptive to different environments
Ease of Teacher Training
Technology training is very intuitive and fast Incremental approach to teacher practice change
Sustainability
Projects training new teachers and extension workers independently Integration with curriculum happening at local level
Rich Learning Experience
All teachers report improved motivation and attention in class Capacity to compensate for lack of resources, such as science labs, maps, etc.
Challenges
Sustainability in high staff turnover environments - local champions Time required to embed change in teacher practice - incremental approach Lack of models for extremely low resource environments - model schools concept
Next Steps
Data coming… Impact on attendance Impact on progression rates Impact on learning outcomes Impact on teacher practice
Next Phase… Ongoing CPD Ongoing curriculum integration Communities of Learning - capacity building Stakeholder engagement
www.iadtschoolinabox.com
@schoolinabiadt
linda.osullivan@iadt.ie
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