Policy-making for education reform in developing countries : policy, options and strategy / edited by William K. Cummings and James H. Williams.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cummings, William K.

Williams, James H., 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Developing countries.

Education.

Educational change.

Developing countries.

Educational change--Developing countries.

Physical Description:

x, 334 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Education, [2008]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Who (in the world) is not in school? toward a policy framework for educating marginalized children and youth / James H. Williams

Policy options for early childhood development / Chloe O'Gara, Lisa Long, and Emily Vargas-Barón

Policy options for access to and equity in basic education / William K. Cummings

Policy options in nonformal education / Manzoor Ahmed

Learning for all: alternative models and policy options / Ash Hartwell

Options to improve learning acquisition / William K. Cummings

Policy tools to improve teaching / Maria Teresa Tatto

Options for improving the management of education systems / David W. Chapman

Education policies to promote social cohesion / Noel F. McGinn

Towards national strategies to support human resource development: East Asian approaches / William K. Cummings.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781578868360

157886836X

OCLC:

227017796