Engagement with OERs in teacher education | TESSA

Engagement with OERs in teacher education

TESSA materials have received positive feedback from teacher educators, teachers and pupils across the consortium. But how can optimal teacher learning be facilitated? This theme explores how TESSA – and other OERs - might be more fully embedded at selected sites.

Areas of activity

Extending and Embedding TESSA
Widening TESSA Participation
Reflective Photography Project in Sudan
PhD study in institutional readiness for OER use

Papers, presentations and publications

Some of these papers are available here. For others, contact the authors.

OERs in Sub-Saharan Africa – an appropriate response to the challenge of Education for All? The TESSA experience in Zambia

Gareth Dart, 2011

Capturing changes in Sudanese teachers’ practice using reflective photography

Freda Wolfenden and Alison Buckler, 2011

Using OERs to improve teacher quality: emerging findings from TESSA

Freda Wolfenden, Abdurrahman Umar, Jessica Aguti and Amani Abdel Gafar, 2010

Leadership support for school based professional development for primary school teachers: the use of TESSA OERs in schools in Kenya

Jane Cullen, Fred Keraro and Joseph Wamutitu, 2012

The context of using TESSA OERs in Egerton University's teacher education programmes

Joseph M. Wamutitu, Fred N. Keraro, Johnson M. Changeiywo and Jane Cullen, 2011