Quality school mathematics: an elusive aspiration?
OUTPUT TYPE: Chapter in Monograph
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2014
TITLE AUTHOR(S): V.Reddy, A.Juan
SOURCE EDITOR(S): T.Meyiwa, M.Nkondo, M.Chitiga-Mabugu, M.Sithole, F.Nyamnjoh
KEYWORDS: EDUCATION, MATHEMATICS, QUALITY ASSESSMENT
DEPARTMENT: Equitable Education and Economies (IED)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 8319
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/2287
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/2287
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Abstract
This chapter reviews the educational investments, policies and programmes introduced since 1994 and, using the outcome measure of mathematics achievement, evaluates the distance we have travelled in the quest for quality educational outcomes and a better life for all.-
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