Education, Democracy and Development: An International Perspective

✍ Scribed by Wolfgang Mitter (auth.), Raymond Ryba (eds.)

Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Year: 1997
Tongue: English
Leaves: 123
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This book contains a selected number of papers which were fIrst presented at the VIllth World Congress of Comparative Education in Prague, July 8--14, 1992. The Executive Committee of the World Council of Comparative and Education Societies had gladly accepted the bid made by the (at that time still united) Czech and Slovak Comparative Education Society to organise this congress in their beautiful and historic capital. The choice of Prague, underlined by President Vaclav Havel's patronage, as well as the Congress theme, were intended as a demonstration of the (re-)opened communication among educationists allover the world, as a result of the peaceful upheavals ('velvet revolutions') which were awakening the countries of Central, South East and East Europe in those days. It is true that a good part of the en thusiasm has faded since then and given way to manifestations of disenchantment. Education can be regarded as a striking example of the recent developments between "euphoria" and "normalcy".

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Education, Democracy and Development in a Period of Revolutionary Change....Pages 1-9
Visions of Educational Development in the Post-Socialist Era....Pages 11-25
The Policy of School Autonomy and the Reform of Educational Administration Hungarian Changes in an East European Perspective....Pages 27-35
Schooling in Modern Europe Exploring Major Issues and Their Ramifications....Pages 37-47
Educational Quality and the Crisis of Educational Research....Pages 49-55
Luttes Enseignantes, Luttes Etudiantes et Processus de Democratie en Afrique Noire....Pages 57-68
Education, Democracy and Development in Latin America....Pages 69-78
Education, Democracy and Colonial Transition the Case of Hong Kong....Pages 79-98
Questioning Power Structures and Competitiveness in Pedagogy Insights from North American Indian and Philippine Pedagogies....Pages 99-113
Back Matter....Pages 115-118

✦ Subjects

International and Comparative Education

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