The Emergence of Teacher Education in Zambia

This book offers a detailed history of the development of teacher education in Zambia. Also analysed is the nature of education offered at different times and how the teacher and his/her education reflect this, arguing the need for a fundamentally new philosophy of education and a mode of teacher formation in line with it.

About the author

Brendan P. Carmody is Associate Research Professor at the Institute of Education, University College London; Visiting Professor at St. Mary's University, London, and a former Professor of Education at the University of Zambia. He has worked in teacher education in Zambia for twenty-five years and has written extensively on educational topics. He is the author of Conversion and Jesuit Schooling in Zambia and The Evolution of education in Zambia. Moreover, he has published numerous articles in scholarly journals including Africa, African Affairs, History of Education, and Paedagogica Historica.

Summary

This book offers a detailed history of the development of teacher education in Zambia. Also analysed is the nature of education offered at different times and how the teacher and his/her education reflect this, arguing the need for a fundamentally new philosophy of education and a mode of teacher formation in line with it.

Product details

• Authors: Brendan P. Carmody, Brendan P. (University College London Carmody
• Assisted by: Teresa O'Doherty (Editor)
• Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 31.05.2020
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system
• EAN: 9781787565609
• ISBN: 978-1-78756-560-9
• Pages: 176
• Dimensions (packing): 15.7 x 23.5 x 1.4 cm
• Weight (packing): 415 g
• Series: Emerald Studies in Teacher Pre; Emerald Studies in Teacher Preparation in National and Global Contexts