Education, Policy, and Social Change

by Morales-Gomez, Daniel A.; Torres, Carlos Alberto

• ISBN13: 9780275940805
• ISBN10: 0275940802
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1992-09-30
• Publisher: Praeger Pub Text

Summary

The purpose of this contributed volume is to examine the links among research, policy, and change in education in Latin America in the context of the relationships between the economy, politics, and the state in the 1980s. The case analyses will discuss the challenges these societies face in education in their progression towards the twenty-first century. In its various sections, the book addresses the following questions: How did education respond during the 1980s to the major sociopolitical and economic changes that affected these countries? How did the changes in the 1980s affect the relationships between education, society, and the state, and what lessons can be learned from the interaction between research and policy that may help in understanding the developmental role of education in the 1990s? And is educational research and policy helping to improve the social condition of minorities in Latin America? This volume will be of interest to scholars and policymakers in Latin American studies, educational research, education policy, and educational planning.

Author Biography

DANIEL A. MORALES-GOMEZ is Director, Social Policy Program with the International Development Research Centre in Ottawa, Canada.CARLOS ALBERTO TORRES is Assistant Professor of Education at the University of California at Los Angeles.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Education and Development in Latin America

Education for Social Survival: Managing the Crisis of Development

Bolivia: Society, State, and Education in Crisis

Colombia: Educational Research and Policy--Problems of the 1990s, Issues for the 1990s

Ecuador: Basic Quechuan Education

Mexico: Modernization of Education and the Problems and Challenges of Basic Education

Peru: Education for National Identity--Ethnicity and Andean Nationalism

Venezuela: Education After Prosperity

Education for Transition: From Dictatorship to Democracy

Argentina: Education in Transition--From Dictatorship to Democracy

Brazil: Conflicts between Public and Private Schooling and the Brazilian Constitutions

Chile: The State and Higher Education

Coping with Political Turmoil and Economic Downturn: Education for National Integration

Costa Rica: Education and Politics--A Historical Perspcetive

Cuba: Educational Research and Decision-making

Nicaragua: Education and Social Transformation, 1979-91

Conclusion: Educational Research and Policy in the 1990s--A New decade of Challenges

Bibliography

Index