Too Many Teachers? A comparative study of the planning of teacher supply in Britain and Ghana
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11894385 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Williams (0000-0002-2434-5754, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1977 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 169-179 |
| Publication date | 1977-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Comparative Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-0068 • E-ISSN: 1360-0486 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0305006770130103b |
| OpenAlex | W2083413008 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
Britain. It's Ghana. The parallel between the experiences of the two countries is apparent from the foregoing summary and can be confirmed from the statistical record. Tables 1 and 2 show for both Britain and Ghana the rapid growth of the teacher-training system in the 1960s and indicate the probable scale of reduction by 1981. The slow response of output to increases in admissions and enrolments, and the effect on output of lengthening courses in the early sixties, is clearly visible in each case. In an age when developing countries are encouraged to study reverentially the 'experience' of more developed countries in order to learn from it, education planners in Ghana and other new
Comparative education · Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Higher education · Mathematics education · Political science · Scale (ratio · Sociology · Teacher education · Education Systems and Policy · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.03 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1988 - 1988 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |