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Education in Mexico, Central America and the Latin Caribbean
Contributor(s): Posner, C. M. (Editor), Brock, Colin (Editor), Martin, Christopher (Editor)
ISBN: 1350133949     ISBN-13: 9781350133945
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
OUR PRICE:   $46.48  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: October 2019
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BISAC Categories:
- Education | Comparative
- Education | Reference
- Education | History
Dewey: 370.972
Series: Education Around the World
Physical Information: 0.76" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.13 lbs) 368 pages
 
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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.

Contributor Bio(s): Brock, Colin: - Colin Brock is Honorary Professor of Education at the University of Durham, UK, and Adjunct Professor of Education at the University of Malaya, Malaysia.Martin, Christopher: - Christopher Martin is Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Education, University of London, UK. He is also a consultant on education reform programmes for the Ministry of Education, Mexico, and Associate Fellow of the Virtual University of Guadalajara, Mexico.