Education and development in Central America and the Latin Caribbean : global forces and local / edited by D. Brent Edwards Jr., Mauro C. Moschetti, Pauline Martin, and Ricardo Morales-Ulloa.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Edwards, D. Brent, Jr., editor.

Moschetti, Mauro C., editor.

Martin, Pauline, editor.

Morales-Ulloa, Ricardo, editor.

Series:

Bristol papers in education. Comparative and international studies.

Bristol Studies in Comparative and International Education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Central America.

Education.

Education--Caribbean Area.

Educational change--Central America.

Educational change.

Educational change--Caribbean Area.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 357 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol, UK : Bristol University Press, 2024.

Summary:

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).

Contents:

Front Matter

Table of Contents

Series Editor Preface

List of Figures and Tables

Notes on Contributors

Preface

PART I Introduction, Context, and Framework

1 Neglect of Central America and the Latin Caribbean

2 The Political Economy of Education and Development in Central America and the Latin Caribbean: Regional Dynamics and a Framework for Analysis

PART II Central America

3 Comparative Analysis of Education Reform in Central America: El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua, 1990-2010

4 Deconcentration of Education in Honduras: Restriction and Ritualization of a Chimeric Reform

5 Locally Driven Innovation Through Teacher Peer Mentoring in Times of COVID-19: A Professional Learning Community in Rural El Salvador

6 Learning Convivencia at School: Lessons on Peaceful Coexistence Policy Enactment from El Salvador

7 When Schools Become Gang Turf: Schools and Government-Sponsored Prevention Programmes in El Salvador

8 Bridging the Curricular Divide: Open Educational Resources and the Digitization of Guatemala's National Basic Curriculum

9 Balancing Global Education Policy and Inclusive Education in Costa Rica: Capitalist Pressures, Social-Democratic Tendencies, and Technological Responses

10 Edtech and Equity in Panama: Mobile Technology for Levelling the Learning Playing Field

11 Education as an Antidote to Underdevelopment, and the Epistemicide That It Has Entailed

PART III The Latin Caribbean

12 The Impact of the Opening of the Market Economy on Education and Teachers in Cuba: An Analysis of the Special Period

13 Contrasting Trends of Low-Fee Private Schools in the Dominican Republic and Honduras: Dialectical Relationships and the Ethos of Privatization

14 Educational Policies on Gender Perspective in Puerto Rico in the Face of the Transnational Anti-Gender Crusade

PART IV Conclusions and Future Directions

15 The Dialectics of Education and Development in Central America and the Latin Caribbean

16 Whither Education and Development in Central America and the Latin Caribbean? Dialectical Reflections, Decolonial Options

Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Dec 2024).

ISBN:

1-5292-3175-2

1-5292-3173-6

1-5292-3174-4