A Round Peg in a Round Hole

A square peg in a round hole.

My fear is that the hopes that I have for my practice, and the beliefs I have come to hold regarding how I would like to teach will be worn down by the myriad realities and pressures I am likely to experience as a beginning teacher. In many ways I suspect that the teaching tools with which I have been equipped by my pre-service training, based largely on constructivist principles, may ill-prepa...

Square peg in a round hole.

Square Peg Reforms in round Hole Governments

Government often dominates developing countries. Sometimes government is the only game in town. Countries suffer when rules of this game are deficient and governments are ineffective or predatory. Because this frequently seems to be the case, public sector institutional reforms have emerged as central to development. These reforms are an essential element of interventions by players like the Wo...

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