Ian Attfield
Education Adviser, Zimbabwe
In August 2010 I relocated from Nigeria to Harare, Zimbabwe. DFID has seconded me to work as an Education Advisor in the Social Sector Department in the European Union Delegation. My role is to support education programme co-ordination and to advise on policy to the Inclusive Government of Zimbabwe that emerged following the Global Political Agreement in 2009.
Flipping the classroom – exploiting the digital world
Posted 1 February 2012
Trapped in my office at dusk, yet another heavy rainstorm sweeps over Harare. I make a start on this post, until the electricity fails and the room is plunged into darkness. Travel is risky: last week, trying to get to a meeting during a storm, I passed two vehicle shunts; and the large gum trees [...]
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