Simmons The Education Dilemma

Policy Issues for Developing Countries in the 1980s
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-4832-8568-9
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
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The Education Dilemma: Policy Issues for Developing Countries in the 1980s focuses on the questions on the adequacy of the Western European and North American model of formal schooling exported to developing countries. The selection first offers information on an overview of the policy issues in the 1980s, future of formal education in developing countries, and factors which promote school achievement in developing countries. Discussions focus on the effect of schooling variables on achievement; comparison of the importance of schooling inputs and home background; educational production function and its limitations; and theories of learning and schooling. The text then examines preschool age investment in human capital, policy implications of instructional technology, and the impact of American educational research on developing countries. The publication takes a look at common assumptions about education and employment, education and employment after independence, and the influence of education on migration and fertility. Topics include education and migration, fertility and education, socializing effects of educational institutions, educational and individual entrepreneurship, and education and access to labor market. The manuscript also surveys education, class conflict, and uneven development and investment in education in developing nations. The selection is a valuable reference for educators and researchers interested in the application of the Western European and North American model of formal schooling to developing countries.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Simmons, J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;The Education Dilemma;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;10
5;Dedication;8
6;List of Tables and Figures;12
7;Foreword;14
8;Acknowledgments;16
9;CHAPTER 1. Introduction and Summary;18
9.1;Major Problems of the Educational System;23
9.2;Efficiency of Educational Investment;27
9.3;The Impact of Education on Employment, Migration, and FertUity;29
9.4;Allocation, Equity, and Conflict in Educational Planning;31
9.5;Notes;34
10;CHAPTER 2. An Overview of the Policy Issues in the 1980s;36
10.1;Objectives;37
10.2;Theories of Learning and Schooling;39
10.3;Benefits and Costs of Education;48
10.4;Internal and External Efficiency of the Educational System;59
10.5;Conclusion;78
10.6;Notes;80
11;Part 1: Efficiency of Investmentin Education;84
11.1;CHAPTER 3. The Future of Formal Education in Developing Countries;86
11.1.1;The Sources of Disillusionment;87
11.1.2;Is There an Alternative.?;91
11.1.3;Notes;93
11.2;CHAPTER 4. Factors which Promote School Achievement in Developing Countries: A Review of the Research;94
11.2.1;The Educational Production Function and Its Limitations;95
11.2.2;Valid EPF Studies and Inputs to Cognitive Achievement;97
11.2.3;School Inputs;101
11.2.4;A Comparison of thelmportance of Schooling Inputs and Home Background;101
11.2.5;The Effect of Schooling Variables on Achievement;105
11.2.6;Recommendations on Schooling Variables;107
11.2.7;Conclusion;109
11.2.8;Notes;110
11.3;CHAPTER 5. Preschool Age Investment in Human Capital;114
11.3.1;A Model for Examining Preschool Age Abilities;115
11.3.2;The Effect of Early Malnutrition;120
11.3.3;The Effect of Early Environment;121
11.3.4;Changing the Out-of-home Environment;122
11.3.5;Home Environment Before Age Three;124
11.3.6;Research Implications for the Future;125
11.3.7;Notes;127
11.4;CHAPTER 6. Policy Implications of Instructional Technology: Cost and Effectiveness;130
11.4.1;Uses for Instructional Radio and Television;131
11.4.2;Case Studies in Latin America;136
11.4.3;Implications for Policy;148
11.4.4;Notes;150
11.5;CHAPTER 7. The Impact of American Educational Research on Developing Countries;152
11.5.1;Shortcomings of Jencks' Analytical Model;153
11.5.2;Variables Omitted in Jencks' Study;155
11.5.3;Economic and Educational Implications;156
11.5.4;Implications for Research Priorities;157
11.5.5;Notes;158
12;Part 2: The Impact of Education on Employment, Migration and Fertility;160
12.1;CHAPTER 8. Common Assumptions about Education and Employment;162
12.1.1;Seven Common Assumptions;163
12.1.2;Research and Experimentation;167
12.1.3;Conclusion;168
12.2;CHAPTER 9. Can Education Alone Solve the Problem of Unemployment?;170
12.2.1;Unemployment: More Efficient Mechanisms or Structural Change?;171
12.2.2;Unemployment as a Function of Class Status;172
12.2.3;Can Education Solve Unemployment?;173
12.2.4;Supply and Demand: The Total Picture;175
12.2.5;The Effect of Unemployment on the Demand for Education;177
12.2.6;Notes;178
12.3;CHAPTER 10. Education and Employment after Independence;182
12.3.1;Education and Access to the Labor Market: The Assumptions;183
12.3.2;Research Implications;189
12.3.3;The Socializing Effects of Educational Institutions: Implications for the Labor Market;189
12.3.4;Educational and Individual Entrepreneurship;190
12.3.5;Education and Social Inequalities;192
12.3.6;Summary and Conclusions;193
12.4;CHAPTER 11. The Influence of Education on Migration and Fertility;196
12.4.1;Policy Implications;197
12.4.2;Education and Migration;197
12.4.3;Education and Fertility;199
12.4.4;Notes;202
13;Part 3: Allocation, Equity, and Conflict in Educational Planning;204
13.1;CHAPTER 12. Investment in Education in Developing Nations: Policy Responses when Private and Social Signals Conflict;206
13.1.1;Conflict between the Private Demand for Expansion and the Social Consequences of Unemployment;207
13.1.2;Strengths and Limitations of Cost-Benefit Analysis;209
13.1.3;Problems Involved in the Switch to Creating Jobs;211
13.1.4;Feasible Alternatives;212
13.1.5;Notes;214
13.2;CHAPTER 13. On Allocating Resources to Education;216
13.3;CHAPTER 14. Education, Class Conflict, and Uneven Development;222
13.3.1;The Dynamics of Distributional Conflict;226
13.3.2;Contradictory Development and State Power;230
13.3.3;The School System as Recruiter and Gatekeeper;232
13.3.4;Class Alliances and Educational Dualism;235
13.3.5;Conclusion: The Limits of Educational Policy;243
13.3.6;Notes;244
14;Part 4: What Can be Done?;250
14.1;CHAPTER 15. Steps Toward Reform;252
14.1.1;Strategies for Reform;252
14.1.2;Phase I. Awareness and Transition;256
14.1.3;Phase IL Reorganization of the Educational System;259
14.1.4;A Range of Options;264
14.1.5;Notes;266
15;Notes on Contributors;268
16;Index;274