What does resource-challenged mean according to educators and educational researchers? A review of the literature relevant to textbooks and education media in Madagascar

Autores/as

  • Andrea Clemons DISREB
  • Micheline Ravelonanahary DISREB

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21344/iartem.v2i1.799

Palabras clave:

educational resources, resource challenge, learning materials, Madagascar

Resumen

The goals of this paper are 1) to attempt to deepen our understanding of the notions already in use in conceptual frameworks of resources and resource-challenges in textbooks and educational media, especially as they have been applied in Madagascar;
and 2) to emphasize the need for educational researchers and educators in this area to form our own context-specific definitions of “educational resources” and “resource challenges” before we make recommendations for improved practice and policy concerning textbooks and educational media. The first part of the paper introduces the work presented at the 2005 Dakar TESOL Symposium on English Language Teaching in Resource Challenged Contexts. The second part synthesizes the diverse views of
resource challenges and resource opportunities of leading experts in the field writing about Madagascar. Our conclusions highlight the multiple educational media-related insights and solutions to resource issues discussed in the available literature and point to the need to rethink and revise our existing conceptual frameworks for analyzing the nature and roles of textbooks and educational media in the Malagasy context as well as those of other countries.

Biografía del autor/a

  • Andrea Clemons, DISREB

    Dr. Andrea Clemons is working in Madagascar at the Ministry of Education and contributing to teacher education. She was working on the ATEC project and promoting teacher education.

  • Micheline Ravelonanahary, DISREB

    Micheline Ravelonanahary is the long time director of DISREB, a teacher education and teacher resources centre providing resources for teachers, especially teachers of English in Madagascar. Micheline has attended the last two IARTEM conferences and is an expert on adapting teaching and learning materials for the Madagascar conference.

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Publicado

2009-08-20

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Peer-reviewed research articles

Cómo citar

Clemons, A., & Ravelonanahary, M. (2009). What does resource-challenged mean according to educators and educational researchers? A review of the literature relevant to textbooks and education media in Madagascar. IARTEM E-Journal, 2(1), 18-30. https://doi.org/10.21344/iartem.v2i1.799