CRI Teaching through Research workshop Elina Lehtomäki 24 March 2014

1. Fromideas to outcomes: learningfromresearchcollaboration with Africanpartneruniversities CRI TeachingthroughResearch workshop Elina Lehtomäki 24 March 2014

2. elina.k.lehtomaki@jyu.fi

3. Firstideas of threepeople in threedifferentprojects: Consultancy: educationdevelopment in Tanzania Bilateralcooperation: Ministry of Education, Ethiopia UNESCO Capacity Building in Africa elina.k.lehtomaki@jyu.fi

4. Previousresearch and critique on educationdevelopment in sub-SaharanAfrica Increasedaccess to primaryeducationbut: • shortage of qualitifiedteachers • highdropoutsrates • out-of-schoolchildren • inadequatequality and poorrelevance of learning • inequality in advancement • top-downpolicyprocesses and leadership • weakconnectionsbetweenschool and widersociety WHAT DO THE STUDENTS SAY? elina.k.lehtomaki@jyu.fi

5. Educated Girls and Women in Tanzania: Socio-cultural Interpretations on the Meaning of Education A multidisciplinary research project explores achievements and challenges of educational equity policies, processes and practices in Tanzania. The focus is on socio-cultural interpretations of the meaning of education for girls and women, including girls and women with disabilities. The studies analyze experience and perceptions of girls and women, who, against odds, have succeeded to continue their educational path up to secondary and higher education, on the meaning of education in their lives and factors contributing to advancement.

6. Fromsharingideas to research elina.k.lehtomaki@jyu.fi

7. Outputs: threedoctoraldissertations • Hanna Posti-Ahokas: • Female Students’ Perspectives of Relevance of Secondary Education in Tanzania – A critical social explanation MagrethMatonya: Accessibility of Higher Learning in Tanzania, Experiences of Women with Disabilities elina.k.lehtomaki@jyu.fi

8. elina.k.lehtomaki@jyu.fi

9. Lehtomäki & Hukkanen (forthcoming): Tanzaniangirls and women with [dis]abilitiesclaimingtheirright to education

10. Learning (and teaching) throughresearchcollaboration • Dialogue, dialogue, dialogue: • Workingconditions: access to researchliterature, libraryservices, funding of fieldwork, advisors • Leadership and administration: high vs. lowauthority, top-down vs. collaborative • Knowledge: localcontext and globalpicture, researchapproaches, methods and culturally, sociallyappropriateapplications and innovations  Sharedviews, diverseapproaches, long-termcollaboration and new partnerships elina.k.lehtomaki@jyu.fi

11. Whataboutoutcomes? elina.k.lehtomaki@jyu.fi

12. New projects and collaboration Culturallyresponsiveteachereducation(Ghana, Tanzania, South Africa, Finland) African-FinnishNetwork for InclusiveTeacherEducation (Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Finland) FromDisability to Capability Influencingprogrammesof intergovernmental and international organisations, e.g. UN inclusiveeducation in post-2015 Millennium Development Goals elina.k.lehtomaki@jyu.fi

13. Global Connectedness: Student Voices on the Value of Cross-cultural Learning Dialogue Lehtomäki, E., Posti-Ahokas, H., Moate, J.ECER Network 20: Research in innovative intercultural learning environmentsContribution of qualitative education research to future European – African cooperationLehtomäki, E., Posti-Ahokas, H., Okkolin, M.A., Matonya, M., Bhalalusesa, E.