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This is the second of two films made on location in Tanzania, about that country's "Education for Self- Reliance" programme. The film develops a number of the issues explored in "Pa...rt I" by examining two village schools in detail. One school in Kwamsisi in the north of Tanzania, and one In the centre of the country near Dodoma. The differences in approach of the two schools are as revealing as their similarities.
This is the second of two films made on location in Tanzania, about that country's "Education for Self- Reliance" programme. The film develops a number of the issues explored in "Pa...rt I" by examining two village schools in detail. One school in Kwamsisi in the north of Tanzania, and one In the centre of the country near Dodoma. The differences in approach of the two schools are as revealing as their similarities.
| Module code and title: | E203, Curriculum design and development |
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| Item code: | E203; 03 |
| First transmission date: | 13-03-1976 |
| Published: | 1976 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:30 |
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| Producer: | Ken Little |
| Contributors: | S Chiwanga; Mr Hassani |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Approaches; Dodoma; 'Education for self-reliance'; Kwamsisi; Latrines; Mlowa Barabarani; Tanzania; Two village schools; Ujamaa |
| Footage description: | The programme opens with film of village girls dancing. In interview S. Chiwanga, the Tanzanian Minister of National Education, outlines the role of education in Tanzania. Over shots of schoolchildren assisting in the building of a village school, Ken Little explains that 'self-reliance' means the cooperation of village and school. In interview Mr. Hassani, a lectuer in a teacher training college, explains how a school integrates with its village. Chiwanga describes the deficiencies of the old curricula and how these problems have been solved by combining academic work with the practical needs of the village, so as to prepare pupils for village life. Film of Kwamsisi village, its environs, and various village activities. In interview, Hassani explains how teachers went about altering the curriculum in order to relate it to life in Kwamsisi. Shots of lessons in progress outside the school. In interview, Mr. Guga, headmaster of Kwamsisi school, describes how school and village cooperate in practice. He provides a specific example of the combining of theory and practice in his school's approach to the subject of cotton. Shots of children picking cotton. Guga describes how the villagers help the school. The village health officer is seen teaching pupils about hygiene. Shots of pupils and villagers digging latrines together. In voice-over, Little comments on a meeting of the Kwamsisi Ujamaa Village Development Committee, to which the headmaster and puils report. Film of the poorer Dodoma region of Tanzania, where the agriculture and hence education, is different In voice-over Little briefly describes the Mlowa Barabarani Ujanaa project, particularly its building of a new school. Chiwanga argues for the importance of teaching pupils to question the world around them. Film of English class in progress in Mlowa village school. In voice-over Little comments on the content and methodology of the lesson and why English is taught in Tanzanian schools. Chiwanga argues for a balance between competitive individualism and communal work in school life. He emphasises the importance of teachers adopting a new methodology in their lessons. The programme ends with children singing. |
| Master spool number: | 6HT/72032 |
| Production number: | 00525_6113 |
| Videofinder number: | 3427 |
| Available to public: | no |
