This paper reports on progress made on Nicaragua’s National Human Development Plan as of 2010. The operational goal for Nicaragua’s National Human Development Plan is economic growth with increased employment and reduced inequality and poverty. The results for 2007–10...

This report reviews the Priority Action Program (PAP) for Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) implementation in Burkina Faso. The PAP makes the PRSP operational and increases the visibility of public policies in the area of poverty reduction. The 2005–07 PAP is expected to help remove...

The Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) prepared by the Burkinabè government forms the principal benchmark for all development actors, and reaffirms the urgency of attacking poverty from a structural perspective. It is the primary tool for coordination of all interventions and of public aid...

The objective of this paper is to examine the locus of control tendencies and educational philosophies of teacher candidates. A person with an internal locus of control thinks that he or she can influence events and their results, while someone with an external locus of control accuses the...

The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between academic achievements and critical thinking dispositions of teacher candidates in Faculty of Education and to find out whether critical thinking dispositions and academic achievements scores of teacher candidates differ according to...

In the constructivist learning theory, the assessment has been carried out as based on the process. The portfolio assessment is one of the assessment techniques based on process. While portfolio is described as a collection comprised of student outcomes, the process covering the analysis of this...

The student teachers in special education are required to be well-trained in the theoretical aspects such as assessm ent, program dev elopm ent and effectiv e teaching techniques as well as in practicum . For this reason, teaching practicum course is one of the m ost im portant courses which the...

This study of 65 elementary school teacher candidates enrolled in social studies methods classes examined attitudes toward currently contentious curriculum issues before and after participation in a practicum experience teaching an arts-integrated unit on Africa. These curriculum issues included...

Purpose The National Council for the Social Studies (2014, 2017) has called for increased attention to religion in social studies curriculum. A small but growing body of research has examined the preparation of social studies teacher candidates to teach about world religions, but critical...