- Learning from the US
HEADNOTE US-Africa Business Summit, Washington HEADNOTE This year CCA's US-Africa Business Summit proved a great success, attracting over 1,500 officials and business people as delegates from all of Africa and the United States attended. OMAR BEN YEDDER reports from Washington IMAGE PHOTOGRAPH 1 President George Bush at the US-Africa Summit: ......
- An opportunistic ally: China's increasing
involvement in Africa.
Chinese officials, think tank researchers, and representatives of state-owned companies frequently refer to a "win-win" outcome when discussing Chinese-African relations. Most of my interlocutors during visits to Beijing and Shanghai this year sincerely seemed to believe that China and Africa have had, and will continue to have, a mutually ......
- The impact of call instruction on classroom computer
use: a foundation for rethinking technology in teacher
education.
ABSTRACT This purpose of this study is to examine how language teachers apply practical experiences from computer-assisted language learning (CALL) coursework to their teaching. It also examines ways in which teachers continue their CALL professional development. Participants in the study were 20 English as a second language and foreign language ......
- Long-distance teaching: distance learning is
revolutionizing the teaching profession.
Long-Distance Teaching Distance learning is revolutionizing the teaching profession. Telecommunications technologies promise to create many new opportunities for teachers and improve the quality of teaching in the United States, according to a report by the U.S. Office of Technology Assessment (OTA). Distance learning - the use of computers, interactive video, ......
- Teacher Quality, Teacher Pay
A RARE POINT OF AGREEMENT in the debates about how to improve American schooling is that we need better teachers. Simply put, today's teaching force is not equal to the challenge of the new century. The way in which we compensate and manage this force, the legacy of a time ......
- IBM initiative to improve teacher training
A $15 million grant program from IBM is intended to help improve the quality of teacher training for U.S. public school teachers. The new grant program is part of IBM's Reinventing Education Initiative that currently serves 65,000 teachers and six million students. The new program brings the company's investment in ......
- TEACHING THE SMART WAY
HEADNOTE Education The once ubiquitous blackboard is taking a back seat as the white Smart Board makes inroads into classrooms, presentation and training spaces, changing for good the way knowledge is transferred in places of learning. Ideal for remote and distant schools in rural Africa, where teaching aids are scarce, ......