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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814308003321

Titolo

Making education work : Latin American ideas and asian results / / Claudio de Moura Castro, Aimee Verdisco, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : Inter-American Development Bank, 2002

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (219 pages) : illustrations

Altri autori (Persone)

CastroClaudio de Moura

VerdiscoAimee E

Disciplina

370.98

Soggetti

Education - Latin America

Education - Asia

Education and state - Latin America

Education and state - Asia

Education - Latin America - Evaluation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- PART I PERFORMANCE VS. INNOVATION: EDUCATION IN ASIA AND LATIN AMERICA -- PART II THE ROLE OF EDUCATION IN ASIA -- CHAPTER 1 Access to Quality Education in Rural Bangladesh -- CHAPTER 2 Linking Education and Skill Development to Employment in Malaysia -- CHAPTER 3 Governance in Education in the Philippines1 -- CHAPTER 4 The Challenges of Japanese Education: From Uniform Arrangements to Diversity -- CHAPTER 5 Education Reform in Japan: Fostering a Ï Zest for LivingÓ through Informatics -- CHAPTER 6 Private Education in South Korea -- PART III LATIN AMERICA: COMMON ROOTS, INEQUALITY AND THEWEIGHT OF HISTORY -- CHAPTER 7 Crossing Borders: Freirean Method and Experiences -- CHAPTER 8 Improving the Quality of Education for the Rural Poor: Escuela Nueva in Colombia -- CHAPTER 9 Communication, Social Mobilization and Changes in Education -- CHAPTER 10 Three Decades of Testing in Latin America: From Ghost Repeaters to Quality Gaps -- CHAPTER 11 Is Education by Television Just an Old Technology? -- CHAPTER 12 Economic Principles in Education Management in Chile -- CHAPTER 13 Education Reform in



Minas Gerais: Putting all the Pieces Together -- PART IV LESSONS FROM A DIAGONAL DIALOGUE: HIP ASIA AND LATIN AMERICA.