Edinboro University of Pennsylvania/University of the Free State
Country:
South Africa
Award Date:
2002
Award Amount:
$100,000.00
Cost Share:
$71,470.00
Other Partners:
Mangaung University of the Free State Community Partnership Programme (MUCPP); the Cooperative Organization for the Upgrading of Numeracy Training (COUNT); Free State Education Department; Education Department of the Northern Cape; Education Department of KwaZulu-Natal
This partnership established a professional development program for teachers in South Africa by creating a trained cadre of teachers from the Free State, the Northern Cape, the Northern Province, and KwaZulu-Natal, qualified to train other teachers in EQUALS, a program developed at the University of California, Berkeley to address the underrepresentation of females and minorities in mathematics and science.
Partners developed an EQUALS South Africa curriculum to increase student participation and achievement in mathematics, and two EQUALS instructors visited classrooms to collect baseline data to help document changes in teacher content knowledge and pedagogy as a result of participation in the program.
Participants in two EQUALS Mathematics Institutes conducted in fall 2003, integrated EQUALS activities into their curricula and classrooms. They also conducted research on the impact of the EQUALS program on student achievement. The program was registered with the South African Qualifications Authority as a credit-bearing short course, for which participants receive credit toward the Advanced Certificate in Education.