COP

The Fifth Community of Practices
for Learner-Centred Education (COP) Conference January 28 & 29, 2013

The Tanzania Education Network/Mtandao wa Elimu Tanzania (TEN/MET), in cooperation with OXFAM GB, organized the fifth Community of Practices (COP) for Learner Centred Education Conference from January 28th-29th, 2013.

The conference theme was “Improving Assessment to enhance Learning”.

The purpose was to bring together key education stakeholders, i.e. Government Officials, Teachers in schools, College Tutors, Academics, Education Officers, School Inspectors, Curriculum Developers, NECTA, and Education CSO’s, to share ideas/experiences and work out ways on how to improve the quality of education in Tanzania through improving assessment.

The titles of the presentations were:

• Modes & Nature of Assessment
• How Assessment Relates with Expected Outcomes
• How Language Affects Learning & Assessment
• Feedback From and to Different Actors

The presentations were made by renown Tanzanian educationalists.

The following papers are available for download on the website. Papers are denoted by the authors' last name, in alphabetical order. Papers are in PDF format.

Andrew
Eliamringi
Ferdinand
Keynote Address: Dr. Mushi
Kimaro
Meena
Mhando
Mtana
Murasi
Soko
Tilya
Vuzo

Issues Arising and Recommendations

Sample photographs from the conference are available on the website at this link.

For more information on previous COP conferences, click the "COP" tag below this article. The final report on the conference is being edited and will soon be available on the website for download.

The Fourth Community of Practice for Learner-Centred Education took place in Dar es Salaam from December 14th to 16th, 2011. The venue was the Blue Pearl Hotel. Forty-five participants spent the three days discussing means and modes of implementing Learner-Centred education in Tanzania. This is a challenge in an environment hitherto practised only in teacher-centred education.

The papers are available at the download links below in PDF format. Some presenters came with Power Point presentations, and others gave Word documents. The presentations are arranged alphabetically below, by author's last name.

Andrew

Chipeta Deogratius Elias James Kapaya Kihiyo Kimario Kimaro Kimaryo Massawe PPT Mhando Mringi Msonde Mtana & Mpinzile Mwadui Ngwinula Nyabatake Sikudhani Ferdinand Sulusi Tweve paper Tweve PPT Winifrida

Third Community of Practice on Learner-Centred Education

TEN/MET, in conjunction with OXFAM GB, Tanzania, facilitated the Third annual conference on Learner-Centred education, which was held at the Tanzania Episcopal Conference grounds, in Kurasini, Dar es Salaam, from November 24^th through November 26^th, 2010. Approximately 60 delegates attended representing Government, education professionals, and other education stakeholders.

The aims and objectives of the conference were three-fold:

1. Create a more focussed understanding of concepts and practices in learner-centred education
2. Share information and experiences in policy and practice issues around learner-centred education
3. Suggest possibilities and strategies for improvement.

The overall theme of the Conference was “Moving towards education for relevant meanings”. It had the following sub-themes:

1. Conceptualization of learner-centred and competence-based education
2. Practices and possibilities in teacher education in relation to learner-centred education
3. Practices and innovations in schools
4. Assessment of learner-centred education
5. Writing texts for enhancing understanding and practice of learner-centred education

The Conference Report touched on the following:

• Ideas and key messages generated to inform planning for bringing change in the delivery of education
• Declaration and recommendations to MOEVT on what needs to be done to improve teaching and learning
• Recommendations

Outcomes were to:

• Improve understanding of teaching and learning approaches and how they affect the delivery of education in Tanzania
• Strategies to influence change in policy and practice in the Tanzanian education sector, towards learner-centred education

The Conference’s Target Audience included:

• Government officials involved in teacher education and planning policy
• TEN/MET members
• Teachers in schools and teacher trainers (field evidence based)
• Regional (Provincial) representation to be considered
• Academics, learners and teachers, tutors
• Education stakeholders
• Education officers
• Inspectors
• Curriculum developers
• CSOs working in education

The following papers were presented Click a title of interest to download.

Presenter and Title

Dr. John Massawe

Assessment of Learner-Centred Education

M. P. Kafumu

Assessment of Learner-Centred Education in Tanzania

Dr. Septimi Kitta

Assessment of learner-centred education in Tanzania

Dr. Wilberforce Meena

Enhancing Learner-centred Education:

Dimensions for Developing Teachers’ Guide

Dr. R. W. Chediel

Practices and Possibilities in Teacher Education in Relation to Learner Centred Education

Dr. Orestes Kapinga

The Centrality of Textbook Writing for Enhancing Understanding and Practice of Learner-centred Education in Secondary Schools in Tanzania