Education And Development In Central America And The Latin Caribbean

Author : D. Brent Edwards Jr.,Mauro C. Moschetti,Pauline Martin,Ricardo Morales-Ulloa
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2024-02-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781529231748

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Education and Development in Central America and the Latin Caribbean by D. Brent Edwards Jr.,Mauro C. Moschetti,Pauline Martin,Ricardo Morales-Ulloa Pdf

Rooted in an international political economy theoretical framework, this book provides unique insights into the global forces and local responses that are shaping education systems in Central America and the Latin Caribbean (CALC). The book covers all Spanish-speaking countries of the CALC region and examines the effects of macro-economic pressures, geopolitical intervention, neo-colonial relationships, global pandemics, transnational gang networks, and the influence of international organizations. Chapters analyse the challenges and opportunities these global forces present to education systems in the region as well as highlighting the local efforts to address, mitigate, and counteract them. In doing so, the book illuminates how education can contribute to either maintaining or challenging inequalities and exclusion in the face of pressures from the global to local levels.

Author : C. M. Posner,Christopher Martin,Ana Patricia Elvir
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781474267694

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Education in Mexico, Central America and the Latin Caribbean by C. M. Posner,Christopher Martin,Ana Patricia Elvir Pdf

Education in Mexico, Central America and the Latin Caribbean examines the development and practice of education in México, Costa Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panamá. The chapters, written by local experts, provide an overview of the structure, aims and purposes of education in each of these ten countries with very different socio-economic backgrounds. The authors present curriculum standards, pedagogy, evaluation, accountability and delivery, discussing both how the formal systems are structured and how they actually function. The volume explores the origins of proposed reforms and their implementation, emphasising the distinctiveness of each country and attempting to locate new practices that could lead to better education. Including a comparative introduction to the issues facing education in the region as a whole and guides to available online datasets, this book is an essential reference for researchers, scholars, international agencies and policy-makers.

Author : Thomas J. La Belle
Publisher : Los Angeles : Latin American Center, University of California
Page : 770 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Education
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173025433727

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Education and Development: Latin America and the Caribbean by Thomas J. La Belle Pdf

Author : Colin Brock,Donald Clarkson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351005203

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Education in Central America and the Caribbean by Colin Brock,Donald Clarkson Pdf

Originally published in 1990. The Caribbean basin is an extremely diverse area in geographical, ethnic and cultural terms. Its educational systems, too, are remarkably varied, reflecting colonial and religious traditions as well as those of a broad range of post-independence movements. Even these show a pronounced merging of the home-grown and the foreign, with the influence of the superpowers never far away. This book comprises a number of case studies ranging across the Caribbean region. The contributors focus in particular on Puerto Rico, Cuba, Jamaica, the British Virgin Islands, Mexico City, Central America, Costa Rica and Venezuela. By assembling studies from diverse cultural and political traditions and networks, the book gives a more comprehensive Caribbean perspective on education than has hitherto been available.

Author : UNESCO Office Santiago and Regional Bureau for Education in Latin America and the Caribbean,United Nations Children's Fund
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
Page : 39 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2022-10-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789231005558

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Education in Latin America and the Caribbean in the second year of COVID-19 by UNESCO Office Santiago and Regional Bureau for Education in Latin America and the Caribbean,United Nations Children's Fund Pdf

Author : Hernando Gómez Buendía
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015064810669

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Education in Latin America and the Caribbean by Hernando Gómez Buendía Pdf

Author : Emiliana Vegas,Lucrecia Santib ez
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2009-12-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821381644

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The Promise of Early Childhood Development in Latin America and the Caribbean by Emiliana Vegas,Lucrecia Santib ez Pdf

Early childhood development outcomes play an important role throughout a person's life, affecting one's income-earning capacity and productivity, longevity, health, and cognitive ability. The deleterious effects of poor early childhood development outcomes can be long-lasting, affecting school attainment, employment, wages, criminality, and social integration of adults. The authors first take stock of early childhood development indicators in the region and explore access to early childhood development services for children of different backgrounds. They review recent evidence on the impact of early childhood development interventions in the region and investigate more deeply a selection of programs in Latin America and the Caribbean to distill lessons related to their design, implementation and institutionalization processes. The book concludes with a discussion of the challenges of scaling up and presents policy options to develop national early childhood development policies and programs that may be effective and sustained over time.

Author : Melissa Adelman,Renata Lemos
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781464814631

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Managing for Learning by Melissa Adelman,Renata Lemos Pdf

How can countries make sustainable gains in student learning at scale? This is a pressing question for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)--and the developing world more broadly--as countries seek to build human capital to drive sustainable growth. Significant progress in access has expanded coverage such that nearly all children in the region attend primary school, but many do not gain basic skills and drop out before completing secondary school, in part due to low-quality service delivery. The preponderance of evidence shows that it is learning--and not schooling in and of itself--that contributes to individual earnings, economic growth, and reduced inequality. For LAC in particular, low levels of human capital are a critical factor in explaining the region’s relatively weak growth performance over the last half century. The easily measurable inputs are well-known, and the end goal is relatively clear, but raising student achievement at scale remains a challenge. Why? Part of the answer lies in management--the managers, structures, and practices that guide how inputs into the education system are translated into outputs, and ultimately outcomes. While management is often mentioned as an important factor in education policy discussions, relatively little quantitative research has been done to define and measure it. And even less has been done to unpack how and how much management matters for education quality. This study presents new conceptual and empirical contributions that can be synthesized in four key messages: 1. Student learning is unlikely to improve at scale without better management. 2. Management quality can be measured and should be measured as a catalyst for improvement. 3. Management affects how well every level of an education system functions, from individual schools to central technical units, and how well they work together. 4. Several pathways to strengthening management are open to LAC countries now, with the potential for significant results. The study elaborates on each of these messages, synthesizing recent data and research and presenting the results of several new research initiatives from across the region.

Author : United Nations. Economic Commission for Latin America
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Education
ISBN : WISC:89006693345

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Structure and Dynamics of Development in Latin America and the Caribbean and Their Implications for Education by United Nations. Economic Commission for Latin America Pdf

Author : Barbara Bruns,Javier Luque
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781464801525

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Great Teachers by Barbara Bruns,Javier Luque Pdf

This book analyzes teacher quality in Latin America and the Caribbean, which is the key to faster education progress. Based on new research in 15,000 classrooms in seven different countries, it documents the sources of low teacher quality and distills the global evidence on practical policies that can help the region produce "great teachers."

Author : Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean,UNESCO Office Santiago and Regional Bureau for Education in Latin America and the Caribbean,UNICEF. Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (Panama)
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2022-09-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789231005411

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Education in Latin America and the Caribbean at a crossroads by Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean,UNESCO Office Santiago and Regional Bureau for Education in Latin America and the Caribbean,UNICEF. Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (Panama) Pdf

Author : Orlando Albornoz
Publisher : Springer
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1993-06-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781349127092

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Education and Society in Latin America by Orlando Albornoz Pdf

Both financial and political factors impede the positive role of education in social and economic development in Latin America. This book argues that the inefficient operation of its education system constitutes one reason why Latin America is increasingly marginal on the world scene.

Author : Sylvain Lourié,International Institute for Educational Planning
Publisher : Unesco ; Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England : Trentham Books
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Education
ISBN : UCBK:C023136602

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Education and Development by Sylvain Lourié,International Institute for Educational Planning Pdf

Guatemala and Costa Rica are analysed in detail.

Author : Laurence Wolff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Education, Secondary
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173007918600

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Secondary Education in Latin America and the Caribbean by Laurence Wolff Pdf

Author : Laurence Wolff,Ernesto Schiefelbein,Jorge Valenzuela
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Education
ISBN : 0821329855

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Improving the Quality of Primary Education in Latin America and the Caribbean by Laurence Wolff,Ernesto Schiefelbein,Jorge Valenzuela Pdf

World Bank Discussion Paper No. 257. Countries in the Latin America and the Caribbean region (LAC) have invested heavily in primary education over the past 10 years. International studies of achievement, however, show that LAC countries still perfo