Education in Mexico, Central America and the Latin Caribbean

"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 t...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Posner, Charles
Other Authors: Martin, Chris, Elvir, Ana Patricia
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Bloomsbury Academic 2017, 2017
Series:Education around the world
Subjects:
Online Access:
Collection: Bloomsbury Education and Childhood Studies - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Description
Summary:"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."--
Physical Description:368 p.
ISBN:9781474267717