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The Right Path: Pandit Mami '14 And Friends Make School Possible Once Again For Children In Freetown, Sierra Leone, Laura Meader

Colby Magazine

"You have to explain to them that in the long run this kid is going to be more helpful to you if they're in school than they are selling food in the streets of Freetown." -Pandit Mami '14

Teachers' Perceptions And Attitudes Towards Inclusive Education In Sierra Leone, Christian Sesay

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The Salamanca Accord advocating the implementation of inclusive education for learners with special needs was signed in 1994, as well as the Convention of the Right of Person's with Disabilities in 2006. Yet, Sierra Leone faces challenges to implement fully inclusive education in schools. The purpose of this mixed-method study was to examine teachers' attitudes towards inclusion in mainstream classrooms. The conceptual framework for this study was premised on Azden's theory of planned-behavior, which maintains that attitude and behaviors are products of experiences acquired. Using a Spearman rho correlations and descriptive statistics to analyze the data, gender, age, educational background, …

Attracting, Recruiting, And Retaining Qualified Faculty At Community Colleges In Sierra Leone, Gloria Betts

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

This case study was designed to explore policies that were in place to attract, recruit, and retain qualified faculty for 4 community colleges in Sierra Leone. The research was necessitated by the apparent inability of Sierra Leone educators to train and retain faculty possessing the required academic credentials. The research questions were designed to address the policies and strategies used to attract and recruit faculty, better prepare faculty, improve the quality of classroom instruction, and retain qualified faculty at community colleges. The literature review yielded results about the benefits of community colleges in developing countries, thus reinforcing the need for …

Reconstructing Education In Post-Conflict Sierra Leone, Grace Pai

Publications and Research

This study finds that by prioritizing universal development programmes instead of employing a conflict-sensitive approach rooted in attending to the specific inequities present in Sierra Leone, the current education system is ignoring the needs and desires of certain subpopulations of youth. Specifically, although the state has been very successful in increasing overall access to basic education for both boys and girls in rural Sierra Leone, the current focus on improving the quality of academic education has sidelined the growth of technical and vocational education that many youth desire. Instead, sectors such as tertiary education are prioritized above all else.

Furthermore, …

"For A Future Tomorrow": The Figured Worlds Of Schoolgirls In Kono, Sierra Leone, Jordene Hale

Doctoral Dissertations

Current research in Sub-Sahara Africa suggests that young women face challenges in accessing and completing schooling, due among other things to gender related school based violence (Bruce & Hallman, 2008; Dunne, Humphreys, & Leach, 2006; Lloyd, Kaufman, & Hewett, 2000). These studies, while valuable in providing documentation on school enrollment and school leaving, do not explore the motivational framework where young women remain in school. The purpose of this dissertation is to trace how schoolgirls’ identities or “figured worlds” (Gee, 2011) are co-constructed in particular contexts by the same cohort of schoolgirls, their teachers, households, and communities through an ethnographic …

Particularizing Universal Education In Postcolonial Sierra Leone, Grace Pai

Publications and Research

This paper presents a vertical case study of the history of universalizing education in postcolonial Sierra Leone from the early 1950s to 1990 to highlight how there has never been a universal conception of universal education. In order to unite a nation behind a universal ideal of schooling, education needed to be adapted to different subpopulations, as the Bunumbu Project did for rural Sierra Leoneans in the 1970s to 1980s. While the idea of “localizing” education was sound, early program success was undermined by a lack of clarity behind terms like “rural” or “community.” This was exacerbated by a change …

Beyond School Inputs And Resources: An Assessment Of The Effects Of Program Intervention On Learning Achievement In Rebep Schools In Sierra Leone, Aiah As Mbayo

Open Access Dissertations

The EFA conference in Dakar 2000 ushered in new momentum for ensuring universal access to education and advocacy for improved educational quality in all aspects (UNESCO, 2000). While significant progress has been made in expanding access in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly for girls, efforts to ensure improved educational quality in terms of learning, have not matched the drive for universal educational access. Rather, educational quality in most countries in sub-Saharan Africa has been seriously compromised by rapid expansion given the limited resources.

In many attempts to ensure the delivery of quality education in developing countries, the thrust of delivery strategies has …

Otterbein Towers Winter 2009, Otterbein Towers

Towers Magazine

Otterbein & Sierra Leone; Otterbein Welcomes Back One of Its Own: Dan Knechtges ’94; Features: Otterbein and Sierra Leone; Community Service in the Curriculum; Temperance Row; Regulars: College News: Otterbein Announces Next President; DeVore Hall to Honor 25 Years of Presidential Service; Football Team Makes Playoffs for First Time; Women’s Soccer has Stellar Year; Going to the Inauguration; Spotlight on Faculty; Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation; ClassNotes; Milestones; Investing in Otterbein; Alumni Notes, etc.

Street Children In Sierra Leone Who Forgive Those Who Physically And Sexually Abuse Them, Samuel Hinton

Samuel Hinton

Adults in Sierra Leone and some other sub-Saharan countries who are in combat in various groups have unashamedly used and abused children in selfish and dastardly wars, says Hinton (educational studies, Eastern Kentucky U., Richmond). He conducted a study involving 36 street children from the provincial capital Bo and the national capital Freetown, interviewing them not so much about their experiences during the war, but how they felt later about those who had wronged them. He reports his findings here in such chapters as the problem and its setting; children in crises, theology, theory, and poverty; failed peace and retrospective …

Child Poverty In Sierra Leone: Vignettes From The Leonenet Street Children Project., Samuel Hinton

Samuel Hinton

This article addresses specific issues related to poor and destitute children in Sierra Leone. The contents are primarily flavored by the work and implementation dynamics of a small non-profit organization trying to make a dent in the upkeep and welfare of some of these children. Sometimes, the work of the organization impacted the lives of adults who are unable to take care of themselves and their children.

Taylor: A Magazine For Taylor University Alumni And Friends (Spring 2005), Taylor University

The Taylor Magazine (1963-Present)

The Spring 2005 edition of Taylor Magazine, published by Taylor University in Upland, Indiana.

Time To Make History, Time To Educate Women: A Narrative Of The Life And Work Of Christiana Thorpe Of Sierra Leone, Whitney Mcintyre Miller

Education Faculty Articles and Research

An examination of the life of Christiana Thorpe, a former nun from Sierra Leone who worked to improve education for girls and served as the only woman in a cabinet of nineteen members (as Minister of Education), then worked with the United Nations Development Programme and UNESCO amidst war and rebellion in her country.

The Grizzly, February 21, 2002, Anne Antanavage '04, Cornota Harkins, Quinn Dinsmore, Christine Ginty, Sarah Ewald, Joseph Davido, Kristine Swartz, Kelly Gray, Harry Michel, Katie Lambert, Lindsey Fund, Erin Fitzgerald, Greg Pellish, Travis Roop, Katie Petersen, Syreeta Dixon

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Former U.S Ambassador to Sierra Leone now Ursinus Professor • Professor Melrose Testifies Before the Senate • Fire in Reimert: Where Were the Smoke Detectors? • Grant Will Enhance Ursinus Asian Studies Program • Marisol: A Lesson in Living in the Aftermath of September 11th • Winter Olympics Take Salt Lake by Storm • Save a Life: Donate Blood at the March Blood Drive • Opinions: Dressing Up: What Happened to Everyone's Style?; Heart-wrenching and Heart-warming Olympics; For the Appropriateness of Fraternities and Sororities on Campus • When Making Love Becomes Sex: Diversifying Love and Sex • Price Comparison: Don't …

University Student Protests And Political Change In Sierra Leone, Samuel Hinton

Samuel Hinton

No abstract provided.

Otterbein Towers Summer 1998, Otterbein Towers

Towers Magazine

No abstract provided.

Slsc Teacher Situation Reaction Test (Tsrt) Analysis, Mildred Stauffer

Sierra Leone / Stauffer Collection Daily Accounts and Program Reports

Analysis of Teacher Situation Reaction Tests given 1969-1971, using groups of students who had participated in Foreign Study program and those who had not, to determine impact of foreign study on teacher education students' attitudes. Transcription of first two pages available in additional document below.

Slsc Harford School Letter Regarding Political Unrest, William H. Fitzjohn

Sierra Leone / Stauffer Collection Correspondence

Correspondence from William Fitzjohn to Dr. Addington, mentioning the political unrest and violence in Sierra Leone.

Slsc Student-Teacher Evaluation Sheet, Chester L. Addington

Program Planning and Preparations

Evaluation sheet of student-teachers given to Sierra Leone teacher.

Slsc 1970-1971 Trip Report And Participant Names, Placements, And Research Topics, Chester L. Addington

Sierra Leone / Stauffer Collection Daily Accounts and Program Reports

Report of Foreign Study Program in Comparative Education, Education 39, September 1970-June 1971 and a list of the 14 student participants and data regarding their placement and research topics.

Slsc 1971 Sierra Leone Orientation Schedule And Notes, Otterbein University

Sierra Leone / Stauffer Collection Daily Accounts and Program Reports

Page with a printed orientation schedule for the Sierra Leone Foreign Study Program for January 1-9, 1971, focusing primarily on Albert Academy, with handwritten notes on both the front and back sides. Notes include names of hosts, names of papers presented regarding Sierra Leone culture, language, educational philosophy, and religion, itinerary additions, and addresses.

Slsc Letter Regarding Final Preparation For Flight, Chester L. Addington

Program Planning and Preparations

Correspondence from Dr. Addington to Winter 1970 Sierra Leone Program students, with final details regarding their trip and flight.

Slsc A Study In Comparative Education, Sierra Leone, Africa, Mildred Stauffer, Chester L. Addington

Sierra Leone / Stauffer Collection Daily Accounts and Program Reports

Proposal for a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to fund the Sierra Leone Foreign Study program for 1971-1972.

Slsc Seminar Planning Fall Semester 1970-1971, Otterbein University, Chester L. Addington

Program Planning and Preparations

Dr. Addington's handwritten outline for the Sierra Leone Program Fall seminar course, 1970-1971, on the back of copies of the September 23 and September 24 editions of the Daily Data at Otterbein. A transcript of the handwritten schedule is available as a separate file below.

Slsc 1969-1970 Trip Report And Participant/Contributor Names, Mildred Stauffer

Sierra Leone / Stauffer Collection Daily Accounts and Program Reports

Report of Foreign Study Program in Comparative Education, Education 29.2 Winter Term, Practicum, 1969-1970. Includes names of Otterbein College students, educators, and staff, as well as Sierra Leonean teachers, educators, and supporters.

Slsc Sierra Leone Program Description For Students, Otterbein University

Sierra Leone / Stauffer Collection Daily Accounts and Program Reports

Student-focused overview of Foreign Study program with objectives as well as procedural and financial requirements.

Slsc Otterbein College Fact Sheet And Program Description Sent To Potential Donors, Chester L. Addington

Sierra Leone / Stauffer Collection Program Descriptions

Description of the Sierra Leone Foreign Study program that was sent to supporters asking for their help in subsidizing the students' costs with additional funds, as well as factual information about Otterbein College.

Slsc List Of Proposed Research Topics For Sierra Leone Program Students 1970-71, Otterbein University

Sierra Leone / Stauffer Collection Student Lists

List of 1970-71 Sierra Leone Program students with their teaching field and proposed research topic.

Slsc List Of Participating Students For Sierra Leone Program 1970-1971, Otterbein University

Sierra Leone / Stauffer Collection Student Lists

List of Otterbein College students that participated in the 1970-71 Sierra Leone Program in Comparative Education.

Slsc List Of Enrolled Students For Sierra Leone Course Winter Term 1970, Otterbein University

Sierra Leone / Stauffer Collection Student Lists

List of Otterbein College students enrolled in the Sierra Leone Foreign Study program for the Winter term of the 1969-1970 school year.

Slsc 1970-1971 Student Recruitment Leaflet For Sierra Leone Program, Otterbein University

Sierra Leone / Stauffer Collection Program Descriptions

Student recruitment leaflet for the 1970-1971 Sierra Leone Foreign Study Program; includes program overview, a detailed itinerary, general information, and total tour price.