Drawing on state of the art evidence about implementing education quality in low income countries, this book opens up the black box of the classroom and explores how practices of teaching and learning impact on different groups of learners in the global South.

1: Education Quality and Social Justice in the South: an Introduction Part 1: Framing Education Quality 2: Education Quality and Social Justice in the Global South: Towards a Conceptual Framework 3: Gender Equality, Capabilities and the Terrain of Quality Education 4: Reconceptualising Inclusive Education in International Development Part 2: Planning and Policies for Quality 5: Monitoring and Evaluating School Effectiveness: The Case for Longitudinal Datasets 6: Teacher Professionalism and Social Justice 7: Quality and Early Childhood Education: Lessons from India and Ghana 8: The South African Education Action Plan: Does it Advance the Quality Agenda? 9: Scaling Up by Focusing Down: Creating Space and Capacity to Extend Education Reform in Africa Part 3: Implementing Quality in Schools 10: Leading and Managing Change in Schools 11: Dilemmas of Language Choice in Education in Tanzania and Ghana 12: Implementing Curriculum Change: Small Steps Towards a Big Change 13: Participatory Professional Development: ICT and Mathematics Education in Rwanda Part 4: Conclusion 14: Education Quality and Social Justice in the South: Priorities for Policy, Practice and Research