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Swai, Fulgence S. S.

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Organize or die: Exploring the political and organizational activities of the Tanzania Teacher Union.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Organize or die: Exploring the political and organizational activities of the Tanzania Teacher Union./
Author:	Swai, Fulgence S. S.
Description:	317 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 65-01, Section: A, page: 0043.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International65-01A.
Subject:	Education, Administration. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3118334
ISBN:	0496657588

Organize or die: Exploring the political and organizational activities of the Tanzania Teacher Union.
Swai, Fulgence S. S.

Organize or die: Exploring the political and organizational activities of the Tanzania Teacher Union. - 317 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 65-01, Section: A, page: 0043.

Thesis (Ed.D.)--University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2004.

This dissertation explores the political and organizational activities of the Tanzania Teacher Union (TTU). This study attempts to find an organizational model for teacher unions in Africa that will increase their ability to influence policies,

ISBN: 0496657588Subjects--Topical Terms:

626645
Education, Administration.

Organize or die: Exploring the political and organizational activities of the Tanzania Teacher Union.
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520 $a The study is based on data collected from an open ended questionnaire survey, documentation, the union, relevant literature, focus group interactions developed by the participants on their own, and from correspondence with union leaders.
520 $a The data obtained have been subjected to a combination of document and content analyses. Results were triangulated by using a variety of sources including mass media, correspondence, union reports, minutes of various meetings, and articles writt
520 $a The union was analyzed using the theoretical model of Ofori-Dankwa (1993) that characterizes trade unions using two dimensions political and economic which define four paradigms for unions. From the data collected, the researcher concluded that
520 $a The data revealed that the union has trouble addressing a variety of problems including salary/pension delays that make it difficult for members to pay their medical bills and devoting sufficient attention to the problem of HIV/AIDS among teache
520 $a The data also indicated that there are no mechanisms to develop programs for institutionalizing in-service training for members.
520 $a In addition, the union movement becomes the recipient of donor funding and unknowingly spends its own resources to support the donor driven projects.
520 $a The union also lacks a mechanism for negotiating with the employer. There is resistance from the private employers and the government to provide such a legal system.
520 $a Finally, an area for further research is to investigate linkages of unions with the educational systems and other agencies interested in basic education. These linkages are what make unions sustainable while bringing to focus the coordination of
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