Tag: Madagascar

The last day of the workshop. One of the main themes was learning outcomes from study programs, that is, what should the student know and be able to do after finishing a Bachelor program, or a module of a program, or a Master program? So what was the learning outcome from the workshop? For me,…

Tuesday is market day here. I went there to find some spices and may be vanilla. Several streets, a whole section of the town, had been converted to an open air market. One street had only used clothes and shoes, long rows full. Other streets had farm products. Potatoes, green pepper, carrots, bananas, mangoes, beans,…

Madagascar is unique in several ways. One is that there is only one language for the more than twenty million people living here. On mainland Africa south of Sahara, Somalia is the only country that can compare in this respect. And in most countries in the world, several languages are spoken, by different ethnic groups.…

It is six o’clock p.m. The churh bells just rang, calling for evening mass in the Catholic churh on the hill above us here. Three churches are visible against the skyline. Churches are a prominent feature of every town and city in Madagascar. There are many different denominations, the Catholic is probably the largest in…

I have reached the destination of the journey! Fianarantsoa, or Fianarantso/Fianar as they say here. The meaning is: a good place to learn. The 250 km trip from Antsirabe took seven hours, but we arrived well before dark. The road leads through wide valleys with rice fields and small villages with thatched houses built from…

The first picture, with the fantastic scaffolding was taken November 2012. Now, one year later, we can see the result. The intended outcome of the process!

Charming hotel! About 15 small cottages spread around a lush garden. Will stay here until tomorrow morning. Then we continue to Fianarantsoa.

My office until Saturday here in Antsirabe. It’s quite simple but it’ll do 🙂 It has internet too. I am preparing for the workshop in Fianarantsoa next week. The workshop will be on outcomes based teaching and learning. That is, the focus of the teaching and learning activities should be on the learning for the…

Det festar seg mange inntrykk på ein tur som dette. Nokre ligg langt framme i medvitet, andre er eg nok ikkje klar over. Likevel er alle inntrykka med og dannar eit stort og samansett bilete med mange detaljar og fargar. Hovudinntrykket denne gongen er frå møte med menneske med vilje og ynskje til å bruka evnene og kunnskapane…