The education system in Mexico
Over the last 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...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London
UCL Press
2018, 2018
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Table of Contents:
- Designing in-service training courses5 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
- 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
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- 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- )
- 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