Policy-Making for Education Reform in Developing Countries aims at helping policymakers in developing countries better understand the processes and strategies for education reform, and the policy options available to them. This text focuses on the content of reform-options and strategies for achieving educational improvement at different levels of the system, e.g., primary, secondary, tertiary; for different sub-sectors, e.g., management, teachers; and for different purposes with which education systems are tasked, e.g., reaching peripheral groups of students, linking youth and employment. A holistic approach is increasingly recognized as essential to realizing the promises of education for the development of social and human capital-innovation in a global economy, sustained economic growth, social harmony and greater civic participation, decreased achievement gaps, and increased equity.
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Part 1 ACCESS & EQUITY Chapter 2 Who (in the World) is Not in School? Toward a Policy Framework for Educating Marginalized Children and Youth Chapter 3 Policy Options for Early Childhood Development Chapter 4 Policy Options for Access to and Equity in Basic Education Chapter 5 Options in Nonformal Education Chapter 6 Learning For All: Alternative Models and Policy Options Part 7 QUALITY Chapter 8 Options to Improve Learning Acquisition Chapter 9 Policy Tools to Improve Teaching Chapter 10 Options for Improving the Management of Education Systems Chapter 11 Education Policies to Promote Social Cohesion Part 12 CONCLUSION Chapter 13 Towards National Strategies to Support Human Resource Development: East Asian Approaches
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These are actually rather exciting times to be working on educational development issues. With the Millennium Development Goals focused on service delivery in low-income countries, and with the very positive response of the donor community (more than doubling external aid to education in low-income countries over the past four years), there is a lot of good will out there. But good ideas remain a scarce resource in this environment. [This book proposes] a lot of good ideas on the table and the timing couldn't be better as we reach the halfway mark of the MDG period. [This book] promises to bring real value-added to education development professionals across a wide spectrum.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781578868360
Publisert
2008-08-15
Utgiver
Vendor
Rowman & Littlefield Education
Vekt
649 gr
Høyde
239 mm
Bredde
162 mm
Dybde
24 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
344

Biographical note

William K. Cummings is professor of International Education & International Affairs at The George Washington University James H. Williams is an associate professor of International Education & International Affairs at The George Washington University