Factors Affecting Learning and Cost Effective Schooling in Latin America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico
By: Laura Randall (author)HardbackSpecial OrderSpecial Order item not currently available. We'll try and order for you.
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Despite many internationally-funded projects, literacy remains low in much of Latin America. Based on reviews of national programs and surveys administered in 1999 to a sample of public primary school students, parents, teachers, principals, and country education directors, this study sheds light on the Latin American quality of education. After deAbout Author
Dr. Randall is Professor Emerita at Hunter College of the City University of New York.Contents
Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction and Executive Summary; 2. Primary Schools in Argentina; 3. Brazil: Two Educational Policies; 4. The Chilean Educational System; 5. Primary Schools in Mexico; 6. Child and Family Conditions and Characteristics; 7. The Classroom; 8. What Happens in School; 9. Programs; 10. Cost Effectiveness and Its Implications for Policy; 11. Conclusions; Bibliography; Indices; Author Index; Subject Index.Product Details
- publication date: 28/06/2006
- ISBN13: 9780773458444
- Format: Hardback
- Number Of Pages: 384
- ID: 9780773458444
- ISBN10: 0773458441
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