The education system in Mexico / David Scott [and three others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scott, David, 1951- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Aims and objectives--Mexico.

Education.

Education--Mexico--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 172 pages)

Place of Publication:

London : UCL Press, 2018.

Summary:

Over the past three decades, a significant amount of research has sought to relate educational institutions, policies, practices, and reforms to social structures and agencies. A number of models have been developed that have become the basis for attempting to understand the complex relation between education and society. At the same time, national and international bodies tasked with improving educational performances seem to be writing in a void, in that there is no rigorous theory guiding their work, and their documents exhibit few references to groups, institutions and forces that can impede or promote their programs and projects. As a result, the recommendations these bodies provide to their clients display little to no comprehension of how and under what conditions the recommendations can be put into effect. The Education System in Mexico directly addresses this problem. By combining abstract insights with the practicalities of educational reforms, policies, practices, and their social antecedents, it offers a long overdue reflection of the history, effects and significance of the Mexican educational system, as well as presenting a more cogent understanding of the relationship between educational institutions and social forces in Mexico and around the world.

Contents:

Intro

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Preface

Contents

1 Introduction and a Brief History of the Mexican Education System

History of the Mexican education system

The Carrera Magisterial and the Teaching Plaza

The political setting

2 Reforming the System: Successes and Failures

The lack of research and information

Key problems and concepts

Mexican corporative society

The constitution of the hegemony (1917-34)

The consolidation of the hegemony (1934-45)

The apogee of the hegemony (1945-68)

The hegemony under pressure (1968-90)

The unravelling of the hegemony (1990- ) Post-2000 developmentsThe role of educational institutions

The educational crisis in perspective

3 Curriculum, Pedagogic and Assessment Reforms in the Mexican System

The systemic-technological curriculum

Critical-reconceptualist curriculum approaches

Psycho-pedagogical or cognitive constructionist approaches

An interpretivist curriculum

Neoliberal curricula in Mexico

The enacted curriculum

Curriculum and assessment practices

4 Pre-Service and In-Service Training in Mexico

Models of teacher training

Teacher-training practices

Teacher training

In-service training Designing in-service training courses

5 Parents and the Mexican Education System

The role of parents: fictive and real

Parental participation in Mexico

Discrimination and playing the system

6 Intercultural Education and Alternative Education Programmes

Third sector organizations in Mexico

The emergence of independent dissent

Beyond the revolution

Sidestepping the state: finding space between the cracks

Think global, act local 1: engagement with the base

Think global, act local 2: the international reach of local educational reconstruction Working towards educational emancipation: A contested terrainCritical pedagogies

Educators and the learning community

An alternative vision

7 Systems and System Reforms

Formal and informal elements

Teachers and teaching

Education systems

Educational development

Change

Education policies and practices in Mexico

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references and index.