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カスケード ホウシキ クンレン ノ コウカ ニ カンスル イチ コウサツ ネパール ノ ゲンショク キョウイン クンレン ノ ジレイン カラ

Effects of the Cascade Model for In-service Teacher Training in Nepal

Japanese (日本語)

国際協力論集

17(3)

49-65

神戸大学大学院国際協力研究科

2010-02

2010-03-24

The cascade model, a mechanism delivering training messages from trainers at the central level to trainees at the local level through several layers, is largely used for in-service training, as it can deliver many trained teachers quickly and economically. However, despite of its advantages, it is tend to be criticised for its ineffectiveness, because the message is often distorted through long-distanced one-way process, and it hardly makes changes at classroom. As the cascade model is very common in developing countries, this study examins its effect through a case study research on in-service training for multigrade teaching conducted in Nepal. First, inputs of the training including training materials, facilities and the characteristics of trainers and trainees were studied. Second, the process of three layers of training, Training of Trainer (TOT) at regional level, TOT at district level and local in-set training for teachers, were observed. Third, as outputs of training, the classroom practice of selected trainee-teachers was compared to examine the difference before and after the training. The result is that intended messages were distorted, but some of key concepts such as provision of Self Learning Activities (SLA), appointment of student monitors, and class divisions (main teaching classes and sub self learning classes) were transferred and reached teachers. Then the teachers adopted them in their own perception to solve their own problems at classroom in their capacities. Although some of practice was not delivered as intended, the core concepts survived in the long journey throughout the layers of the cascade system and they were somehow useful for improvement of classroom practice. When the relevance of the training contents is more promoted and the gap between district and school levels in various ways is shortened, the quality of the training could be improved.

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