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Neoliberalism and education in the Americas / Adriana Puiggrós ; translation by Gustavo Fischman and Julie Thompson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Puiggrós, Adriana.
- Standardized Title:
- Imperialismo y educación en América Latina. English
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Education--Latin America.
- Education.
- Latin America.
- Education and state--Latin America.
- Education and state.
- Educational sociology--Latin America.
- Educational sociology.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 204 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1999.
- Summary:
- Here the author illuminates the process by which the borders separating educators in the United States and Latin America have been erased due to imperialist policies that affect democratic pedagogy in both parts of the Americas. The book takes stock of the critical work on educational relations between the United States and Latin America, covering the evolution of Latin American pedagogical discussion in recent decades.
- Contents:
- 1 Cultural Commotion in Latin America 3
- Strands of the Future 3
- An Anthem in Rock Time 5
- The Kids Are Alone 6
- The Educational Crisis 10
- The Neoliberal Concoction 15
- 2 Historical Antecedents 19
- Education, Development Theory, and Overemphasis on the Economy 19
- Synthesis of the Concepts of Modernization 20
- The Alliance for Progress 23
- Educating Leaders for Development 30
- Maintaining the Educational System 34
- Training Human Resources 37
- The Primacy of Economics and Workers' Education 41
- 3 From Development to World Civilization 44
- The World Crisis in Education and Philip Coombs 44
- World Hegemony and the Crisis of Civilization 49
- Education as Power 51
- The Trilateral Commission and the Universalization of Education 52
- The Universal Model of Education 57
- "Reconstructionism" Arrives in Latin America 59
- 4 Neoliberalism 69
- The Educational Collapse in Latin America 69
- Liberalism, Neoliberalism, and Their Relation to Education 71
- Education Before "Adjustment" 78
- Who Put the Bell on the Cat? Latin American Governments and the World Bank 82
- Farewell to Liberalism and Education 84
- If You Want Education, Buy It! 85
- Decentralization and Quality 89
- Teachers and Neoliberal Reform 93
- Discussing Cause and Effect 95
- 5 Other Alternatives for Overcoming the Crisis 107
- A Crisis or a Process of Modernization? 107
- The Relevance of Public Education 111
- Lay, Free, and Compulsory 114
- 6 Education and Regional Integration 120
- The Incompatibility of Education and the Neoliberal Project 120
- Creating the Future 122
- The Latin American Mistake 123
- 7 Education and the Third World 137
- The Sains Malaysia Conference 137
- Paulo Freire in Malaysia 138
- A New Pedagogical Imagination 140
- Producing a National Report 143
- The Central Themes of the Discussion 146
- 8 Paulo Freire and the New Latin American Pedagogical Imaginations 156
- Tolerance 156
- Education and Politics 157
- History and Freedom 158
- The Left and Populism 160
- Forms of Transcendence 162
- Marxism 164
- Utopias and Freedom 167
- The Pedagogical Relationship Between Intellectuals and the People 168
- Extension or Communication? 169.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-195) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0813329094
- OCLC:
- 40230774
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