Description: Why Do Students Learn so Little? : Seeking Answers Inside Haiti's Classrooms

Why Do Students Learn so Little? : Seeking Answers Inside Haiti's Classrooms

The Haitian education system made substantial improvements in access over the last decade, such that today the majority of Haiti’s children are in school. Despite improvements, the primary education system is highly inefficient: children start prim...

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Main Authors:	Adelman, Melissa, Baron, Juan D., Blimpo, Moussa, Evans, David K., Simbou, Atabanam, Yarrow, Noah
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	SKILLS EMPLOYMENT PRIMARY STUDENTS SCHOOL TEACHERS CLASSROOM DYNAMICS PRIMARY TEACHERS QUALITY OF TEACHER TRAINING TEACHERS CLASS TIME STUDENT ENGAGEMENT OFFICIAL PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS SCHOOLING CHILDREN START PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL DAY ELEMENTS GROUPS HOURS OF INSTRUCTION EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMS INSTRUCTIONAL TIME LEARNING MATERIALS AFTERNOON SHIFT SCHOOL CENSUS TRAINING PROGRAMS APPROPRIATE TRAINING PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHER EARLY GRADES EXAMS TEACHER MONITORING CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT LITERACY COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION FOR ALL READING SKILLS SCHOOL EFFECTIVENESS LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION TRAINING SCHOOL CALENDAR TEACHER TRAINING STUDENT INTERACTIONS SCHOOL DAYS SCHOOL CHANGE CLASSES WRITING SKILLS LEARNING EDUCATION SYSTEM INSTRUCTION METHODS RESEARCH FIRST GRADE PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHING TEST SCORES LIBRARY SCHOOL LEVEL KINDERGARTEN PRIMARY SCHOOLS READING SUBJECTS RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS SCHOOL YEAR HUMAN CAPITAL CLASSROOM TEACHER SCIENCE AVERAGE CLASS SIZE PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS STUDENT SCHOOLS PARTICIPATION LEARNING OUTCOMES MINISTRY OF EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE TEXTBOOK ACHIEVEMENT QUALITY OF INSTRUCTION CLASS SIZE ABSENTEEISM RATES LEARNING AIDS STUDENT ASSESSMENTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCHOOL YEARS CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT CURRICULUM TEACHER EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES SCHOOL FEEDING UPPER SECONDARY INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS COGNITIVE SKILLS WRITING CHILDREN PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICE QUALITY EDUCATION EDUCATION OFFICIAL PRIMARY SCHOOL SUBJECT MATTER INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS INSTITUTES PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICES SCHOOL DIRECTORS SERVICE TRAINING PRIMARY EDUCATION SYSTEM SCHOOL TEACHER INSTRUCTION SCHOOL VISIT SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMS GIRLS PUBLIC SCHOOLS UNIVERSITY STUDENTS STUDENT REPETITION CLASSROOM PRACTICE SCHOOL DISTRICTS INTERVENTIONS FIRST LANGUAGE NET ENROLLMENT BETTER LEARNING JOB SECURITY PRIMARY EDUCATION TEACHER ABSENTEEISM CLASSROOM REPETITION RATES CLASSROOMS SCHOOL STUDENT LEARNING ACADEMIC YEAR ABSENTEEISM SCHOOL AGE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/05/24495558/students-learn-so-little-seeking-answers-inside-haiti’s-classrooms http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22064

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Summary:	The Haitian education system made substantial improvements in access over the last decade, such that today the majority of Haiti’s children are in school. Despite improvements, the primary education system is highly inefficient: children start primary school 2 years late on average, and fewer than 60 percent will reach the last grade of the cycle. At each school, classroom observations were conducted using the Stallings Classroom Snapshot instrument, and questions about the school calendar and daily schedule asked. The results provide a representative picture of class time and teacher classroom practice in the Nord and Nord Est departments, and while not representative of Haiti as a whole, do provide a starting point for better understanding the major constraint to achieving a high-quality education for all children: the quality of teacher instruction. Section two describes the sample of schools and the stallings instrument; sections three and four present the main results of the classroom observations on teacher time use and pedagogical practices; section five provides estimates of overall class time that students receive; and section six concludes.

Why Do Students Learn so Little? : Seeking Answers Inside Haiti's Classrooms

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