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Educational Assessment in Tanzania = A Sociocultural Perspective /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Educational Assessment in Tanzania/ by Joyce Kahembe, Liz Jackson.
Reminder of title:	A Sociocultural Perspective /
Author:	Kahembe, Joyce.
other author:	Jackson, Liz.
Description:	IX, 95 p. 1 illus.online resource. :
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	Education. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9992-7
ISBN:	9789811599927

Educational Assessment in Tanzania = A Sociocultural Perspective /
Kahembe, Joyce.

Educational Assessment in TanzaniaA Sociocultural Perspective /[electronic resource] :by Joyce Kahembe, Liz Jackson. - 1st ed. 2020. - IX, 95 p. 1 illus.online resource. - SpringerBriefs in Education,2211-1921. - SpringerBriefs in Education,.

1. Introduction -- 2. Assessment in Education in Tanzania -- 3. The Importance of Conceptions -- 4. Assessment Conceptions and Practices -- 5. Conclusion.

This book examines teachers’ conceptions and practices of assessment in Tanzania. Adopting a sociocultural perspective, it reveals how Tanzanian teachers understand the role of assessment in relation to their classroom practices, community and other factors. The book determines that although teachers in Tanzania generally consider assessment to be useful for evaluating and monitoring learning, improving student performance and for accountability, their assessment practices are rarely seen as directly supporting student learning; it is not that teachers do not know how to implement the mandated assessment reforms. Instead, they are reluctant to adopt and embrace the reforms because they consider them to be contradictory to their teaching roles, and overly burdensome, if not implausible, given the physical, economic and cultural contexts of teaching and learning. This book argues that improving traditional assessments, rather than radically transforming them, can be more effective for cultivating practices that suit the physical, political, economic and cultural contexts of Tanzanian schools. Highlighting the significance of sociocultural factors in educators’ professional practices, while also illustrating the major challenges in implementing global reform agendas in diverse contexts, it is a valuable resource for educators and scholars interested in development and educational reform in African contexts.

ISBN: 9789811599927

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-981-15-9992-7doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

555912
Education.

LC Class. No.: L1-991

Dewey Class. No.: 370

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