Emergent Issues in Education

Comparative Perspectives

AvRobert F. Arnove,Philip G. Altbach

Häftad, Engelska, 1992

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Beskrivning

In Emergent Issues in Education, leading scholars in comparative education and in the politics, sociology, anthropology, and economics of education illuminate worldwide trends in critical issues that confront policymakers and practitioners in different national settings.Among the topics raised and analyzed are the organization, governance, and financing of education; the content of curriculum, texts, and tests; and the quality and nature of teacher training. Among the issues examined is the tension that has emerged between the imperative to achieve equality of educational opportunity and the concern of educational decision makers to maintain and upgrade the quality of academic offerings.Aspects of this tension are manifested in the reform movements of the 1980s, especially the "excellence movement" that has resurfaced in the United States. Reform movements are evident in countries that have experienced increased enrollment at all levels of schooling in the post-World War II period. In the United States, as elsewhere, there has been a reassessment of the relevance of education to the economy and polity, and of the role of government and industry in education.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1992-07-01
Mått:153 x 229 x 24 mm
Vikt:581 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:SUNY series, Frontiers in Education
Antal sidor:376
Förlag:State University of New York Press
ISBN:9780791410325

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Robert F. Arnove is Professor in the School of Education at Indiana University, Bloomington. Philip G. Altbach is Professor and the late Gail P. Kelly was Professor in the Department of Educational Organization, Administration, and Policy at the State University of New York, Buffalo.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction Robert F. Arnove, Philip G. Altbach, Gail P. Kelly Part One: Trends in Comparative Education 1. Debates and Trends in Comparative EducationGail P. Kelly Part Two: World Trends in Education 2. Compulsory Schooling in the Western Cultural ContextJohn Boli and Francisco O. Ramirez 3. Patterns in Higher Education Development: Toward the Year 2000Philip G. Altbach 4. Donor Agencies and Third World Educational Development, 1945–1985Edward H. Berman 5. Modernization without Westernization: Assessing the Chinese Educational ExperienceRuth Hayhoe 6. The Neo-Conservative Paradigm: Recent Changes in Eastern EuropeTamas Kozma Part Three: Theoretical Frameworks 7. Conceptualizing Education and the Drive for Social EqualityJoseph P. Farrell 8. Conceptualizing the Role of Education in the EconomyPeter Easton and Steven Klees 9. Education and the State: From Adam Smith to PerestroikaMartin Carnoy Part Four: Contemporary Reform Movements and Emergent Issues 10. Reforming Educational Governance: Centralization/DecentralizationNoel F. McGinn 11. Public and Private Sectors in Education in IndiaJandhyala B. G. Tilak 12. Comparing National Systems of Secondary School Leaving ExaminationsHarold J. Noah and Max A. Eckstein 13. A Cross-National Study of TeachersHarry Judge 14. Education Reform in Britain and the United StatesMiriam David 15. Effective Schools in Comparative FocusHenry M. Levin Part Five: Assessing the Outcomes of Reforms 16. Policy Impact of IEA ResearchTorsten Husén 17. Education, Women, and ChangeGail P. Kelly 18. National Literacy Campaigns in Historical and Comparative Perspective: Legacies, Lessons, and IssuesRobert F. Arnove and Harvey J. Graff Notes Contributors Index