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URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/technology-supported-teacher-professiona
 l-development-in-low-and-middle-income-countries/
SUMMARY:Technology-supported teacher professional development in low and mi
 ddle-income countries
DESCRIPTION:28 November 2024\, 14:00–15:00 (online)\nProfessor Sara Henne
 ssy\, a Professor of Educational Dialogue and Pedagogical Inquiry at the U
 niversity of Cambridge\, will share insights from her research on technolo
 gy-supported teacher professional development in Tanzania.\nREGISTER HERE\
 nMEWAKA (Mafunzo Endelevu kwa Walimu Kazini\, or Teachers’ Continuous Pr
 ofessional Development) is an innovative\, school-based\, technology-suppo
 rted\, programme currently being implemented nationwide by the Government 
 of Tanzania for teachers of preschool through secondary levels. Semi-struc
 tured Communities of Learning (CoLs) provide a weekly in-person forum for 
 teachers to discuss and reflect on issues pertinent to their schools\, to 
 enhance their pedagogical skills and collectively address challenges – u
 ltimately aiming to enhance student learning outcomes. EdTech Hub\, Tanzan
 ia Institute of Education (government) and Aga Khan University partnered t
 o research the initial implementation and ongoing refinement of MEWAKA.\nR
 esearch Phase 1 (March 2022-Dec 2023) employed two cycles of Design-Based 
 Implementation Research (DBIR) conducted in eight rural schools\, providin
 g critical insights for the redesign and early stage reimplementation of t
 he program. Phase 2 (January 2024-March 2025)\, co-funded by IDRC through 
 the global Empowering Teachers Initiative (comprising 10 country projects)
 \, shifts the focus to equity\, agency\, and local adaptations as the MEWA
 KA initiative scales nationally. This mixed methods study\, conducted in 1
 2 schools across four regions\, intends to understand how effectively the 
 initiative meets the needs of diverse teachers\, including teachers with d
 isabilities\, of different genders\, with varying levels of experience\, a
 nd located in schools with varying levels of technology access. This prese
 ntation shares key findings and recommendations that have emerged to date 
 for sustaining an effective\, equitable\, adaptable programme at scale.\nS
 peaker Bio\nSara Hennessy is Professor of Educational Dialogue and Pedagog
 ical Inquiry in the Faculty of Education\, University of Cambridge. She le
 ads the 3-year research project on teacher professional development in Tan
 zania for EdTech Hub\, whose mission is to build evidence for using EdTech
  to raise outcomes for marginalised learners in LMICs. Impact activities i
 nclude producing multimedia professional learning resources for sub-Sahara
 n Africa (www.oer4schools.org). She has researched EdTech use for over thr
 ee decades and is Editor of the British Journal of Educational Technology.
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