23862 DFID Book 49 Malawi 1/5/03 11:40 am Page 1 View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE PRIMARY TEACHERprovided by Research Papers in Economics EDUCATION IN MALAWI: INSIGHTS INTO PRACTICE AND POLICY Multi-Site Teacher Education Research Project (MUSTER) Country Report Three Demis Kunje with Keith Lewin and Janet Stuart March 2003 23862 DFID Book 49 Malawi 1/5/03 11:40 am Page 2 Country Report Three - Primary Teacher Education in Malawi Educational Papers Department for International Development: Educational Papers N This is one of a series of Education Papers issued by the Policy Division of the Department For International Development. Each paper represents a study or piece of commissioned research on some aspects of education and training in developing countries. Most of the studies were undertaken in order to provide informed judgements from which policy decisions could be drawn, but in each case it has become apparent that the material N produced would be of interest to a wider audience, particularly those whose work focuses on developing countries. Each paper is numbered serially, and further copies can be obtained through DFID Education Publication Despatch, PO Box 190, Sevenoaks, TN14 5EL, UK – subject to N availability. A full list appears overleaf. Although these papers are issued by DFID, the views expressed in them are entirely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent DFID’s own policies or views. Any discussion of their content should therefore be addressed to the authors and not to DFID. N Address for Correspondence Centre for International Education University of Sussex Institute of Education, N Falmer, Brighton, Sussex BN1 9RG _ UK T +44 +1273 678464 E [email protected] F +44 +1273 678568 W www.sussex.ac.uk/usie/cie N © Demis Kunje Keith Lewin and Janet Stuart March 2003 Front Cover Photograph: Janet Stuart DFID 23862 DFID Book 49 Malawi 1/5/03 11:40 am Page 3 Country Report Three - Primary Teacher Education in Malawi Educational Papers No.1 SCHOOL EFFECTIVENESS IN No. 7 PLANNING AND FINANCING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: SUSTAINABLE EDUCATION t A SUMMARY OF THE SYSTEMS IN SUB-SAHARAN d RESEARCH EVIDENCE. AFRICA. D Pennycuick (1993) P Penrose (1993) e ie ISBN: 0 90250 061 9 ISBN: 0 90250 067 8 y l No. 2 EDUCATIONAL COST-BENEFIT No. 8 Not allocated C s ANALYSIS. J Hough (1993) No. 9 FACTORS AFFECTING ISBN: 0 90250 062 7 FEMALE PARTICIPATION D IN EDUCATION IN SEVEN o No.3 REDUCING THE COST OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. TECHNICAL AND C Brock, N Cammish (1991) VOCATIONAL EDUCATION. (revised 1997). f L Gray, M Fletcher, P Foster, M King, ISBN: 1 86192 065 2 n A M Warrender (1993) ISBN: 0 90250 063 5 No.10 USING LITERACY: A NEW APPROACH TO POST- No. 4 REPORT ON READING LITERACY METHODS. ENGLISH IN PRIMARY A Rogers (1994) Out of Print – SCHOOLS IN MALAWI. Available on CD-ROM and E Williams (1993) Out of Print – DFID website. Updated and Available on CD-Rom and reissued on No 29. DFID website No.11 EDUCATION AND TRAINING No. 5 REPORT ON READING FOR THE INFORMAL ENGLISH IN PRIMARY SECTOR. SCHOOLS IN ZAMBIA. K King, S McGrath, F Leach, E Williams (1993) Out of Print – R Carr-Hill (1994) Available on CD-Rom and ISBN: 1 86192 090 3 DFID website No.12 MULTI-GRADE TEACHING: See also No. 24, which updates and A REVIEW OF RESEARCH synthesises No’s 4 and 5. AND PRACTICE. A Little (1995) No. 6 EDUCATION AND ISBN: 0 90250 058 9 DEVELOPMENT: THE ISSUES AND THE EVIDENCE. K Lewin (1993) ISBN: 0 90250 066 X DFID 23862 DFID Book 49 Malawi 1/5/03 11:40 am Page 4 Country Report Three - Primary Teacher Education in Malawi Educational Papers No.13 DISTANCE EDUCATION IN No.19 GENDER, EDUCATION AND N ENGINEERING FOR DEVELOPMENT - A PARTIALLY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. ANNOTATED AND SELECTIVE T Bilham, R Gilmour (1995) BIBLIOGRAPHY. Out of Print – Available on CD-ROM C Brock, N Cammish (1997) and DFID website. Out of Print – Available on CD-ROM and DFID website. N No.14 HEALTH & HIV/AIDS EDUCATION IN PRIMARY & No.20 CONTEXTUALISING SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN TEACHING AND LEARNING AFRICA & ASIA. IN RURAL PRIMARY E Barnett, K de Koning, SCHOOLS USING V Francis (1995) AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE. N ISBN: 0 90250 069 4 P Taylor, A Mulhall (Vols 1 & 2) (1997) Vol 1 ISBN: 1 861920 45 8 No. 15 LABOUR MARKET SIGNALS Vol 2 ISBN: 1 86192 050 4 & INDICATORS. N L Gray, AM Warrender, P Davies, No.21 GENDER AND SCHOOL G Hurley, C Manton (1995) Out of ACHIEVEMENT IN THE Print – Available on CD-ROM CARIBBEAN. and DFID website. P Kutnick, V Jules, A Layne (1997) ISBN: 1 86192 080 6 No.16 IN-SERVICE SUPPORT FOR A TECHNOLOGICAL APPROACH No.22 SCHOOL-BASED TO SCIENCE EDUCATION. UNDERSTANDING OF N F Lubben, R Campbell, HUMAN RIGHTS IN FOUR B Dlamini (1995) COUNTRIES: A ISBN: 0 90250 071 6 COMMONWEALTH STUDY. R Bourne, J Gundara, A Dev, No.17 ACTION RESEARCH REPORT N Ratsoma, M Rukanda, A Smith, ON “REFLECT” METHOD OF U Birthistle (1997) TEACHING LITERACY. ISBN: 1 86192 095 4 N D Archer, S Cottingham (1996) ISBN: 0 90250 072 4 No.23 GIRLS AND BASIC EDUCATION: A CULTURAL ENQUIRY. No.18 THE EDUCATION AND D Stephens (1998) TRAINING OF ARTISANS FOR ISBN: 1 86192 036 9 THE INFORMAL SECTOR IN N TANZANIA. No.24 INVESTIGATING BILINGUAL D Kent, P Mushi (1996) LITERACY: EVIDENCE FROM ISBN: 0 90250 074 0 MALAWI AND ZAMBIA. E Williams (1998) ISBN: 1 86192 041 5No.25 DFID 23862 DFID Book 49 Malawi 1/5/03 11:40 am Page 5 Country Report Three - Primary Teacher Education in Malawi Educational Papers No.25 PROMOTING GIRLS’ No.32 SECTOR WIDE APPROACHES Y EDUCATION IN AFRICA. TO EDUCATION. E N Swainson, S Bendera, R Gordon, M Ratcliffe, M Macrae (1999) E Kadzamira (1998) ISBN: 1 86192 131 4 ISBN: 1 86192 046 6 M No.33 DISTANCE EDUCATION No.26 GETTING BOOKS TO SCHOOL PRACTICE: TRAINING & PUPILS IN AFRICA. REWARDING AUTHORS. D Rosenberg, W Amaral, C Odini, H Perraton, C Creed (1999) T Radebe, A Sidibé (1998) ISBN: 1 86192 136 5 ISBN: 1 86192 051 2 No.34 THE EFFECTIVENESS OF . No.27 COST SHARING IN EDUCATION. TEACHER RESOURCE P Penrose (1998) CENTRE STRATEGY. ISBN: 1 86192 056 3 Ed. G Knamiller, G Fairhurst (1999) ISBN: 1 86192 141 1 No.28 VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN TANZANIA No.35 EVALUATING IMPACTS (OF AND ZIMBABWE IN THE EDUCATION PROJECTS & CONTEXT OF ECONOMIC PROGRAMMES). REFORM. Ed. V McKay, C Treffgarne (1999) P Bennell (1999) ISBN: 1 86192 191 8 ISBN: 1 86192 061 X No.36 AFRICAN JOURNALS – No.29 RE-DEFINING POST-LITERACY A SURVEY OF THEIR IN A CHANGING WORLD. USAGE IN AFRICAN A Rogers, B Maddox, J Millican, UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES. K Newell Jones, U Papen, A Alemna, V Chifwepa, A Robinson-Pant (1999) D Rosenberg (1999) ISBN: 1 86192 069 5 ISBN: 1 86192 157 8 No.30 IN SERVICE FOR TEACHER No.37 MONITORING THE DEVELOPMENT IN SUB- PERFORMANCE OF SAHARAN AFRICA. EDUCATIONAL M Monk (1999) PROGRAMMES IN ISBN: 1 86192 074 1 DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. R Carr-Hill, M Hopkins, A Riddell, No.31 PRODUCTION OF LOCALLY J Lintott (1999) GENERATED TRAINING ISBN: 1 86192 224 8No.38 MATERIALS. I Carter (1999) ISBN: 1 86192 079 2 DFID 23862 DFID Book 49 Malawi 1/5/03 11:40 am Page 6 Country Report Three - Primary Teacher Education in Malawi Educational Papers No.38 TOWARDS RESPONSIVE No.43 COMPUTERS IN SECONDARY N SCHOOLS – SUPPORTING SCHOOLS IN DEVELOPING BETTER SCHOOLING FOR COUNTRIES: COSTS AND DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN OTHER ISSUES. (case studies from Save the Children). A Cawthera (2001) M Molteno, K Ogadhoh, E Cain, ISBN 1 86192 418 6 B Crumpton (2000) ISBN: to be confirmed No.44 THE IMPACT OF HIV/AIDS ON THE UNIVERSITY OF No.39 PRELIMINARY BOTSWANA: DEVELOPING A INVESTIGATION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE ABUSE OF GIRLS IN STRATEGIC RESPONSE. ZIMBABWEAN JUNIOR B Chilisa, P Bennell, K Hyde (2001) SECONDARY SCHOOLS. ISBN: 1 86192 467 4 N F Leach, P Machankanja with c J Mandoga (2000) No.45 THE IMPACT OF HIV/AIDS ON ISBN: 1 86192 279 5 PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION IN BOTSWANA: No.40 THE IMPACT OF TRAINING DEVELOPING A ON WOMEN’S MICRO- COMPREHENSIVE ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC RESPONSE. F Leach, S Abdulla, H Appleton, P Bennell, B Chilisa, K Hyde, J el-Bushra, N Cardenas, K Kebede, A Makgothi, E Molobe, V Lewis, S Sitaram (2000) L Mpotokwane (2001) ISBN: 1 86192 284 1 ISBN: 1 86192 468 2 No.41 THE QUALITY OF LEARNING No.46 EDUCATION FOR ALL: AND TEACHING IN POLICY AND PLANNING - DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: LESSONS FROM SRI LANKA. ASSESSING LITERACY AND A Little (2003) NUMERACY IN MALAWI AND ISBN: 1 86192 552 0 SRI LANKA. D Johnson, J Hayter, No.47 REACHING THE POOR - P Broadfoot (2000) THE COSTS OF SENDING ISBN: 1 86192 313 9 CHILDREN TO SCHOOL S Boyle, A Brock, J Mace, No.42 LEARNING TO COMPETE: M Sibbons (2003) EDUCATION, TRAINING & ISBN: 1 86192 361 9 ENTERPRISE IN GHANA, KENYA & SOUTH AFRICA. D Afenyadu, K King, S McGrath, H Oketch, C Rogerson, K Visser (1999) ISBN: 1 86192 314 7 A D DFID 23862 DFID Book 49 Malawi 1/5/03 11:40 am Page 7 Country Report Three - Primary Teacher Education in Malawi Educational Papers No.48 CHILD LABOUR AND ITS Other DFID Educational Studies Also Available: IMPACT ON CHILDREN’S ACCESS TO AND REDRESSING GENDER INEQUALITIES IN PARTICIPATION IN PRIMARY EDUCATION.