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PROGRAMMEPre-conference Workshop

2–3 August 2011Main Conference Programme

3–5 August 2011Universidade

Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo,

Mozambique

UNIVERSIDADE EDUARDO MONDLANE

INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE EDUCAÇÃO À DISTÂNCIA

Ensuring the highest possible quality of education in a changing Africa

2011

DETA CONFERENCE 2011BackgroundExpanding education and improving its quality are central to the development of Africa. If we want to realise the goal of quality education for all, faculties of education in Africa need to take the lead in fi nding African solutions for our educational challenges. One of the ways of doing this is to meet to share our knowledge with one another. DETA 2011 will be the fourth conference of its kind. Like the previous conferences, it will create a unique platform for sharing knowledge and deliberating on educational issues. DETA 2005 was held at the University of Pretoria in South Africa, DETA 2007 was held at Makerere University in Uganda and DETA 2009 was held at the University of Cape Coast in Ghana.

The DETA 2011 conference will contribute signifi cantly to equipping African universities to face the educational challenges of Africa.

Objectives The major objectives of this conference are to contribute to the debate on teacher education in Africa and to build capacity for the delivery of teacher education programmes in Africa. These objectives represent ways in which we can support NEPAD, various protocols on education and training in Africa and the Millennium Development Goals.

Conference theme: Ensuring the highest possible quality of education in a changing AfricaThe enquiry that underpins this theme is: what will make education in Africa not only succeed, but reach the highest levels of quality? This enquiry has to be explored in the context of economic, political and technological change, not only in Africa, but globally. Solutions for African challenges can no longer be driven from outside: Africans involved in the development of teachers, educational leaders and scholarship in education have to take the lead.

Subthemes:• Education in a changing Africa: How is Africa changing and what are the implications for education? • Teacher education in a changing Africa: What counts as quality teacher education in/for a changing Africa? • The role of leadership, management and governance development in ensuring quality education in a changing Africa• The role of open learning, distance education, ICT and open educational resources in ensuring quality teacher education

in a changing Africa• Learning from success: How can we generalise from successful/innovative educational initiatives?

Steering CommitteeCo-Chairpersons: Dr Johan Hendrikz – University of Pretoria, South Africa

Prof Eugenia Cossa – Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique

Members:

Eduardo Mondlane UniversityProf Inocente MutimucuioGulamo TajúJorge Fringe

Pedagogical UniversityProf Alice FreiaProf Daniel Nivagara

Catholic University BeiraHoracio Vunga

INED Antonio FranqueLurdes Nakala

University of Pretoria, South AfricaProf Johan BeckmannProf Cycil Hartell Prof Johannes SlabbertDr Mia AbrieDr Ruth Mampane

South African Institute for Distance EducationTessa Welch

DETA CONFERENCE 2011 : Programme

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PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP PROGRAMMEDAY 1: Tuesday, 2 August 2011TIME VENUE CHAIR CONTENT METHOD

08:30 Auditorium Tessa Welch

Introductions Introducing the purpose of the workshop Ice breaker on the concept of OER

09:00 Auditorium Abdurrah-man Umar

Embedding the use of OER Presentations and discussions in plenary:• Wamutitu et al (Egerton University)• Ingrid Sapire (South Africa)• Pritee Auckloo (Mauritius)• Sally Essuman (Ghana)

10:30 Refreshments

11:00 Room A Freda Wolfenden

Adapting and integrating OER

Participants work in pairs/groups to review and adapt sample OER for their purposes

Room B Tessa Welch

Finding and evaluating OER Participants work in pairs/groups to familiarise them-selves with sources and types of OER for teacher education

13:00 Lunch

14:00 Room A Freda Wolfenden

Adapting and integrating OER

Repeat of above

Room B Tessa Welch

Finding and evaluating OER Repeat of above

16:00 Refreshments

16:30 Auditorium Tessa Welch

Taking stock Summary of key issues emerging from workshopsParticipants write down key issues and questions arising from the day on which they would like some discussion the following morning

17:00 Closure for the day

DAY 2: Wednesday, 3 August 2011TIME VENUE CHAIR CONTENT METHOD 08:30 Room A Abdurrah-

man UmarAvailable tools to support OER use and OER advocacy

Presentation of Basic OER Guide and OER guidelines

09:30 Room A Tessa Welch

Institutions and OER: Towards open education practices

Presentations and discussions:• Dele Yaya: National Teachers’ Institute in Nigeria • University of Pretoria

10:30 Refreshments11:00 Room A Tessa

Welch Way forward Participants discuss in small groups:

How would you like to take forward in practical ways what has been discussed in this workshop? With whom/with what partners could you work?Plenary: How can we (SAIDE/OER Africa, TESSA, and CoL) help you?


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List of presentations• Joseph M Wamutitu, Fred N Keraro, Johnson M Changeiywo, Jane Cullen: The context of using TESSA OERs in Egerton

University’s teacher education programmes• Ingrid Sapire: Take-up of open educational resources for mathematics teacher education: A South African case study • Pritee Auckloo: From call for creative teachers to Millennium Development Goals with creative teachers: Mauritius and

Rodrigues • Dele Yaya: Opening access to teacher education materials: Experience of the National Teachers’ Institute • Sydney Mkuchu: A key challenge in the use of OER at the Open University of Tanzania (OUT)• University of Pretoria: Releasing the university’s distance teacher education materials as OER: Rationale and implications• Sally Essuman: Localisation of TESSA OERs at the University of Education, Winneba

List of poster presentations• Juliana Bbuye: Skills for sustainable and successful use of OER: A case study of TESSA materials use in primary schools of

Uganda• Doris Kaije: OER in use: Does TESSA work with large classes? A pilot study from Uganda

MAIN CONFERENCE PROGRAMMEDAY 1: Wednesday, 3 August 2011THEME: Education in a changing Africa

09:00 Registration

12:30 Welcoming lunch Hosted by the University of Pretoria

13:50 Announcements: Co-Chairpersons Dr Johan Hendrikz and Prof Eugenia CossaProgramme facilitator: Dr Francisco Januário

14:00 Offi cial welcome Prof Doutor Orlando Quilambo, Rector, Eduardo Mondlane University, MaputoMessages from partner institutions University of PretoriaUniversidade PedagogicaUniversidade Catolica de Mozambique Instituto Nacional de Educação à Distância (INED)South African Institute for Distance Education (SAIDE)

14:45 Offi cial opening Dr Zeferino Andrade de Alexandre Martins, Minister of Education, Ministry of Education, Mozambique

15:00 KEYNOTE ADDRESS 1: Education in a changing Africa: How is Africa changing and what are the implications for education? Mrs Graça Machel

16:00 Refreshments

16:30 Programme facilitator: Prof Johan BeckmannKEYNOTE ADDRESS 2: Teacher education in a changing Africa: What counts as quality teacher education in/for a changing Africa? (dialogue between an African and a non-African speaker)Dr Caroline Pontefract, Director of Education, United Nations Relief and Works AgencyProf Inocente Vasco Mutimucuio, Faculty of Education, Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique



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DAY 2: Thursday, 4 August 2011THEME: Leadership and quality in education in a changing Africa08:30 Programme facilitator: Prof Inocente Vasco Mutimucuio

KEYNOTE ADDRESS 3: The role of leadership, management and governance development in ensuring quality education in/for a changing AfricaProf Jonathan Jansen, Vice-Chancellor and Principal, University of the Free State, South Africa

10:00 Refreshments10:30 Education initiatives for a changing Africa

• AVU: Dr Bakary Diallo, Rector, African Virtual University• SAIDE: Tessa Welch, SAIDE• TESSA: Freda Wolfenden, Director, TESSA• SADC ODL Project: Prof Richard Siaciwena, Ms Christobel Chakwana and Dr Elias Chakwera, Capacity

Building in Open and Distance Learning (ODL) Project • COL: Dr Abdurrahman Umar, COL education specialist

13:00 Lunch 14:30-15:30 PARALLEL SESSIONS PART 1

ROOM A

Stream: Open distance learning in teacher education in a changing AfricaChair: António Franque (INED)1. Mapping the educational knowledge for the continuous support of teachers and educational staff,

Prof Dr Renate Girmes, University of Magdeburg, Germany2. Justifying the use of a multimodal approach to the delivery of teacher training in a newly industrialised

context, Prof S Blignaut and Mr HD Esterhuizen, North-West University, South Africa3. Using a palette of learning tools for developing students in an ODL environment, Dr Janette Kruger,

North-West University, South Africa4. Open and distance learning for teaching practice, Prof A Eltyaib, Dr A Elgafar and Prof M Sinada,

Open University, Sudan

ROOM B

Stream: School level leadership and governance in a changing AfricaChair: Manuel Bazo (UEM)1. Investing in leadership, governance and management to improve quality education: A challenge of Africa,

I Ntshoe and J Selesho, Central University of Technology, South Africa2. Educational leadership and rural teacher retention in Namibia, SP Shihomeka, University of Namibia,

Namibia3. Teachers’ experiences of caring school leadership in the South African context, Dr CP van der Vyver,

North-West University, South Africa4. Training school governing body members in three rural schools in Taung: Empowerment for good

governance, Prof KP Quan-Baffour and Arko-Achemfour, UNISA, Southa Africa

ROOM C

Stream: Successful/innovative teacher education initiatives in priority areas that will serve a changing AfricaChair: Wisdom Machacha (UCM)1. Capturing the voices: Nurturing the future, teachers as agents of change, V Linington and L Excell,

University of Witwatersrand, South Africa2. Research scholarship as teacher role and strategy to enhance the professional development and class-

room practices of practitioners, Prof W Fraser, University of Pretoria, South Africa3. TESSA secondary science: Addressing the challenges facing science teacher education in sub-Saharan Af-

rica, K Stutchury, The Open University, UK/TESSA, and J Katabaro, Dar-es-Salaam University, Tanzania

4. Supporting induction to the teaching profession for women in Malawi, L Gallastegi, F Wolfenden, The Open University, UK/TESSA, and J Chitsulo, FAWEMA, Malawi

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DAY 2: Thursday, 4 August 2011THEME: Leadership and quality in education in a changing Africa

ROOM D

Stream: Teaching in a changing AfricaChair: Tessa Welch (SAIDE)1. Effectiveness of teacher advisory centres (TACs) in teacher professional development in Nairobi County,

Kenya, FK Kisirkoi, Narok University Colleges, Kenya2. Infl uence of the changing nature of parents’ contribution to education on teaching and learning in post-

confl ict Northern Uganda, B Ezati, Makere University, Uganda, J Stewart, L McBrien, University of Winnipeg, Canada, and C Ssempala, University of South Florida, USA

3. Foreign language in African science classrooms: Perspectives on and approaches to language use during teach-ing, SO Oyoo, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa

4. Web 2.0 tools in UEM: An opportunity for the improvement of the teaching and learning process, LN Domingos, University of Aveiro, Mozambique, and P Almeida, University Eduardo Mond-lane, Mozambique

ROOM E

Chair: Alice Freia (UPED)5. The 21st century student teacher and the use of OERs, S Essuman, University of Education, Winneba,

Ghana6. The perceptions of learners, educators, subject specialists and principals regarding the implementation of

the new basic education curriculum in Mozambican schools, Dr S Mucavele, Maputo City Municipality, Mozambique, and Prof W Fraser, University of Pretoria, South Africa

7. Using action research to monitor the quality of facilitating learning, JJ Fringe, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambique, and Dr PH du Toit, University of Pretoria, South Africa

8. Teaching for self-reliance in Nigerian schools: A panacea for unemployment in a changing Africa, SE Ncharam, Science Educator MacGeorge & George RS Limited, Nigeria

ROOM F

Chair: Dr Mokgadi Mohlakwana (UPRET)9. Revolutionising early childhood education as a vehicle for ensuring the highest quality education, E Igbafe,

University of Pretoria10. Teaching in a rural-based African university: What students want, M Maluleke, University of Venda,

South Africa11. Quality of tutorial sessions: Experiences of tutors and students in distance education, Dr T Ogina and

Dr S Mampane, University of Pretoria, South Africa

15:30 Refreshments

16:00 PARALLEL SESSIONS PART 2

ROOM A

Stream: Open distance learning in teacher education in a changing AfricaChair: Lurdes Nakala (INED)1. Exploring access to teacher education through distance for students with disabilities, Dr R Mampane and

Dr R Aluko, University of Pretoria, South Africa 2. Using a palette of learning tools for developing students in an ODL environment, Dr J Kruger, North-

West University, South Africa3. E-learning in the 21st century: Open and distance education in south-east Nigeria: teacher educators’

competencies, Dr C Obiefuna, Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education, Nigeria, and Prof GC Offorma, University of Nigeria, Nigeria

4. Empowering the under-priveleged through distance education: The case of Catholic University of Mozambique’s Centre for DE (CED), W Machacha, Catholic University of Mozambique, Mozambique


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ROOM B

School level leadership and governance in a changing AfricaChair: Prof Rika Joubert (UPRET)1. Leadership challenges facing the teaching profession in the 21st century: The case of Namibia, Shihomeka,

P Sadrag, P Sadrag, University of Namibia, Namibia 2. Investigation into the impact of school level leadership and governance in selected schools in south-west

Nigeria, D Shofoyeke, National Insitute for Educational Planning, Nigeria, and P Amosun, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

3. No school wants to be led by dead wood: ACE school leadership programme in Mpumulanga, Dr VP Mahlangu, University of Pretoria, South Africa

4. Education for sustainable development: Training leaders, Prof EK Sebitosi, UNISA, South Africa

ROOM C

Successful/innovative teacher education initiatives in priority areas that will serve a changing AfricaChair: Prof Johannes Slabbert (UPRET)1. Professional development that works: Teacher’s perspectives, L Mokhele and Prof L Jita, UNISA, South

Africa2. Expectations of South Africa’s E-education policy and practice gaps indicated through SITES 2006,

Mr J Varughese, Prof S Blignaut and Mr CJ Els, North-West University, South Africa 3. Teacher learning about learners’ errors – process and lessons from the Data-informed Practice Improve-

ment Project (phases 1 and 2), Y Shalem and I Sapire, Wits University, South Africa4. Mother tongue teaching in higher education: Perceptions of students from previously advantaged schools,

Dr NJ Mashiya, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

ROOM D

Teaching in a changing AfricaChair: Prof Billy Fraser (UPRET)1. Web 2.0 tools and critical thinking skills: A study at the Eduardo Mondlane University, F Eduardo, Uni-

versidade Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambique2. Differential academic performance of students from academies and public primary schools at KCSE ex-

aminations, P Amburo and A Kadenyi, Narok University College, Kenya3. Ten years of inclusive education and training in South Africa: Implementation challenges and successes in

KwaZulu-Natal pilot schools, S Ntombela, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa4. Acquiring a second language through the study of content subjects in distance education, ST Modesto,

Botswana College of Open Distance Learning, Botswana

ROOM E

Chair: Dr Teresa Ogina (UPRET)5. Application of conceptual and mental models in mathematics and computer education, EN Odafe and

AO Egwali, University of Benin, Nigeria6. Translating theory into practice: In-service teachers’ reconceptualisation of curriculum in history teaching,

N Moyo, Great Zimbabwe University, Zimbabwe7. From teaching to learning – a paradigm fl ow: Proximity – professor in travel and tourism education,

N Chili, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa8. The effect of a distance education teacher training programme on the performance of the teachers of

nomadic learners, ST Modesto, Botswana College of Open Distance Learning, Botswana

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ROOM F

Chair: Martins Vilanculos (UCM)9. Three models of group learning strategies, mathematical ability and gender as determinants of students’

learning outcomes in mapwork, PA Amosun, University of Ibadan10. Effective supervision as a challenge in technical and vocational education delivery: Ensuring a quality

teaching/learning environment and feedback mechanism, A Clark and H Olumese, University of Be-nin, Nigeria

11. The impact of progressive inquiry in web-based collaborative learning: A case study, S Xakaza-Kumalo, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa

12. The effects of outdoor activities and gender on students’ environmental attitude to Biology, Dr AM Ola-gunju and OO Oloyede, University of Ibadan, Nigeria


19:00 Gala dinnerHosted by Eduardo Mondlane University

DAY 3: Friday, 5 August 2011THEME: Ensuring success in education in a changing Africa

08:30 Programme facilitator: Prof Alice FreiaKEYNOTE ADDRESS 4: The role of open learning, distance education, ICT and open educational resources in ensuring quality teacher education in a changing AfricaProf KP Dzvimbo, Executive Dean in the College of Human Sciences at the University of South Africa (UNISA), South Africa

10:00 Refreshments

10:30 PARALLEL SESSIONS PART 3

ROOM A

Open distance learning in teacher education in a changing AfricaChair: Xavier Muianga (UEM)1. The relationship between distance teacher education, additional language and assessment, Dr M Omi-

dire, Marge White Consulting, Nigeria2. Effective assessment and evaluation strategies for distance education, M Dwomoh-Tweneboah,

Catholic University of Mozambique, Mozambique3. Tutors’ and students’ perceptions of distance learning for teacher education: What does quality mean?

A Freia and M Alderuccio, Universidade Pedagogic, Mozambique4. Programme evaluation in distance education: A function of quality assurance, M Chitura and O Man-

yanhaire, Zimbabwe Open University, Zimbabwe5. Measuring teachers’ ICT pedagogical skills to address computer use for ODL, Dr I Kok, Mr J Syfers,

Prof S Blignaut and Mr CJ Els, North-West University, South Africa6. Pedagogies of and pedagogies in distance learning materials for teacher education, Y Reed, University

of the Witwatersrand, South Africa7. Cutting-edge programme delivery – a South African case study, Prof R Joubert and Mr J van Rooy-

en, University of Pretoria, South Africa


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ROOM B

Chair: Francisco Januário (UEM)8. Enhancing teaching quality through continuing professional distance education, S Jegede, P Ememe,

AJ Ojo and A Oyeyemi, University of Lagos, Nigeria9. Reducing distance learners’ attrition rate at the University of Cape Coast: Tutors’/students’ perspec-

tives, C Akuamoah-Boateng, B Kankam and SO Nicholas, University of Cape Coast, Ghana10. Quality assurance in Mathematics teacher education via open and distance learning, L Eraikhumen,

University of Benin, Nigeria11. Ensuring quality: A critical evaluation of a quality assurance framework in the ACE Special Needs Educa-

tion programme, Dr H Olivier, UNISA, South Africa, and Dr R Mampane, University of Preto-ria, South Africa

12. Promoting access to higher education in Ghana for manpower development through distance learning, K Boadu, C Akuamoah-Boateng and Prof SN Oden, University of Cape Coast, Ghana

13. Changing trends in adult and continuing education: The Ghanaian experience, Prof Y Oheneba-Sakyi, University of Ghana, Ghana

14. Training Social Studies teachers through open and distance learning: Challenges and perspectives – the case of Botswana, G Ndwapi, University of Botswana, Botswana

15. Developing an e-learning strategy for e-learning modules, AO Egwali and EN Odafe, University of Benin, Nigeria

ROOM C

Successful /innovative teacher education initiatives in priority areas that will serve a changing AfricaChair: Tony Mays (SAIDE)1. The innovative teacher education that will change Africa, Prof J Slabbert, University of Pretoria,

South Africa2. Dialogical processes of external examination in teachers’ education practices, D Chakuchichi,

Zimbabwe Open University, Zimbabwe3. Changing the educational systems of African countries to reduce unemployment on the continent,

Dr K Agyarko and WK Amenyedzi, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana4. From call for creative teachers to Millennium Development Goals with creative teachers, P Auckloo,

Mauritius Institute of Education, Mauritius

ROOM D

Teaching in a changing AfricaChair: Dr Sharon Mampane (UPRET)1. The usability of computers in teaching and learning at core primary teachers’ colleges in Uganda,

R Nakintu and P Neema-Abooki, Makerere University, Uganda2. Teacher quality: Kenya focus, A Kadenyi and F Kanorio, Narok University College, Kenya3. Efforts made by African governments and challenges faced in education in changing circumstances:

A case of Uganda, DK Kaije, Kyambogo University, Uganda4. In-service teacher education: Its implications for quality education in a changing Africa, FI Ofoegbu and

P Ekejiuba, University of Benin, Nigeria5. Who said the quality of activities is not important? Dr A Mohlakwana, University of Pretoria,

South Africa

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ROOM E

Chair: Dr Vimbi Mahlangu (UPRET)6. Preparedness of fi rst-year students at a university of technology in South Africa, GM Zwane, Central

University of Technology, South Africa7. The infl uence of personal and environmental factors on the stress situation of township schoolteach-

ers, M Motseke, Central University of Technology, South Africa8. The status and practice of Life Orientation is critical in assisting students perform well in other cours-

es, D Njozela, Durban University of Technology, South Africa9. Continuous assessment: A tool driving teacher development in a changing Africa, P Kutame, Univer-

sity of Venda, South Africa10. Activity theory as a framework for exploring pedagogical issues of ideation in ICT in graphic design ed-

ucation, E Appiah and Prof J Cronje, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa

ROOM F

Chair: Horacio Vunga (UCM)11. A profi le of unqualifi ed and underqualifi ed teachers enrolling for the National Professional Diploma

(NPDE) at the School of Continuing Teacher Education (SCTE) during 2006–2010: Towards ODL sup-port, H Sieberhagen, North-West University, South Africa

12. Understanding experiences of the users of cellphones as a teaching and learning platform: A case study of three African tertiary institutions, P Mafata and M Khati, Lesotho College of Education, Leso-tho

13. Designing a positive health behaviour framework towards sustainable learning environments for fresh-men, M Maiketso, Lesotho College of Education, Lesotho

14. Tense teaching environment: Status of facilities and equipment (Mathematics, Business Studies and Home Economics), EN Odafe, AN Ukpebitere and JO Ekhorutomwen, University of Benin, Nigeria

15. Clinical support for underprepared Mathematics students at the Vaal University of Technology: Experi-ences of lecturers, JO Mensah, Vaal University of Technology, South Africa and Prof KP Quan-Baffour, UNISA, South Africa

13:00 Lunch

14:30 PANEL DISCUSSION: Learning from success – how can we generalise from successful/innova-tive education initiatives?Programme facilitator: Prof Eugenia CossaProf Irma Eloff, Dean, Faculty of Education, University of PretoriaMr António Domingues Franque, General Director, INEDRev Dr Anthony Afful-Broni, Dean, Faculty of Educational Studies, University of Education, Winneba, GhanaDr Joviter Katabaro, Dean, Faculty of Education, Dar-es-Salaam University College of Education, Dar-es-Salaam, TanzaniaProf Doutor José Castiano, Director of the Postgraduation Centre, Pedagogical University, MaputoMr Feliciano Mapezuane Mphalambe, Director of Teacher Training, Ministry of Education, MozambiqueProf Doutor Orlando Quilambo, Rector, Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo

16:00 Concluding remarks

16:30 Closing

17:00 Refreshments


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