The purpose of the Teaching in Action Program is to provide the venue for Tanzanian teachers to modify their teaching methods from techniques that involve rote memorization to the more participatory and student-centered methods now required by the Tanzanian government. In addition to intensive, week-long experiential teacher training workshops, the project includes a rigorous evaluation component that will ensure that the approach AfricAid is taking is effective, and that will also provide sound empirical data to the Tanzanian Ministry of Education. Because each participating teacher will be expected to train 2-3 of their home school colleagues in the techniques learned at the workshop, hundreds of teachers and thousands of students will be reached by the 2009 program alone. The primary anticipated outcome of the program is that these new teaching methods will lead to better learning outcomes and increased critical thinking capacities among students, which will in turn allow them to matriculate to higher levels of education and more effectively participate in the workforce. Additionally, it is expected that the Teaching in Action program will ultimately become the model for a national teacher training program carried out by the Tanzanian Ministry of Education.