Secondary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa Teacher Preparation and Support Literature Review

This literature review is one componenet of a wide-ranging study on the educaiton of secondary school teachers in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It provides the theoretical background for the larger study which culminates in an overview report. This paper focuses on two related issues: pre-service training undertaken by people becoming teachers for the first time, nd in-service training for existing teachers working within the SSA secondary education system. In doing so, the literature review uses existing published research to explore a number of principal topics and related issues:- secondary education teacher prep- professional development, and- career progression