β Scribed by Ingemar FΓ€gerlind and Lawrence J. Saha (Auth.)
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
In this second edition the authors have completely updated and expanded the original volume to produce a timely and important treatment of the relationship between education and national development. Expanded discussions of literacy programs, on the role of the state in educational and development planning, and new material on the evaluation of educational reforms and development strategies complement the inclusion throughout of the most recent data and studies available. A new chapter on women, education and development directs attention to a dimension of development which until recently has been largely neglected. The authors argue that the importance of education for national development strategies is as great as ever as the world enters the final decade of this century. However, decreasing economic resources for education in most countries have necessitated more informed yet constrained choices about policy and strategy which only a better understanding of the development processes can provide
Content:
Other Titles of Interest, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Preface, Pages v-x
List of Figures and Tables, Pages xiii-xiv
1 - The Origins of Modern Development Thought, Pages 3-30
2 - Education and Development: the Emerging Confidence in Formal Schooling as an Agent of Change, Pages 31-60
3 - Education, Economic Growth and Employment, Pages 63-91
4 - Education, Modernization and Quality of Life, Pages 92-117
5 - Education, Political Mobilization and Development, Pages 118-136
6 - Strategies for Educational Reforms, Pages 139-160
7 - Evaluation of Education in Development Policy, Pages 161-192
8 - Education and Development under Capitalism and Socialism, Pages 195-233
9 - Education, the State and Development, Pages 234-254
Bibliography, Pages 255-269
Name Index, Pages 271-275
Subject Index, Pages 277-287
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
An up-to-date, comparative, examination of the developing economy of Tanzania and its grass roots progress out of poverty, with pointers to its wider implications for policymakers, NGOS and practitioners.
Although the absolute number of poor people in the world has declined significantly in recent decades, poverty reduction continues to be a very important issue. There still are very large numbers of poor people, relative poverty is an increasingly concerning problem, and progress on poverty reductio
<p>This book provides a global overview of developments and discussion around the evaluation of quality of early childhood education environments, and the professional development of early childhood teachers, during the last decade. It reports on the Early Change project, a European-funded research
This book examines issues surrounding the nation-building processes, and identity and citizenship education in the global culture, from various perspectives. Globally, there are increasing arguments both for the democratisation of education and for the use of education to promote a democratic societ
A collection of essays covering a broad range of topics, including day care, the roots of homosexuality, generational conflict, and children's concepts of life and death. "Richly suggestive." --Contemporary Psychology