Crisis and Hope: The Educational Hopscotch of Latin America (Reference Books in International Education)

This book seeks to offer the most up-to-date and relevant sample of contemporary research on Latin American education, by inviting the reader to understand the complexities, heterogenetics, nightmares, dreams, crisis and promises of education in the region. Introduction: Toward A Neoliberal Education? -- Tension And Change In Latin America / Gustavo E. Fischman, Stephen J. Ball And Silvina Gvirtz -- Ch. 1. Toward A Unified Agenda For Change In Latin American Higher Education: The Role Of Multilateral Agencies / Roberto Rodriguez-gomez And Armando Alcantara -- Ch. 2. Two Decades Of Neoliberalism In Latin America: Implications For Adult Education / Daniel Schugurensky -- Ch. 3. Prioritizing The Education Of Marginalized Youth In Brazil: A Collaborative Approach / Pia L. Wong And Ramon Balestino -- Ch. 4. A Local Reform Goes Global: The Politics Of Escuela Nueva / Patrick J. Mcewan And Luis Benveniste -- Ch. 5. Neoliberalism And Educational Decentralization Policies: The Experience Of The 1990s / Jorge M. Gorostiaga Derqui -- Ch. 6. Searching For Neoliberal Education Policies: A Comparative Analysis Of Argentina And Chile / Mariano Narodowski And Milagros Nores -- Ch. 7. Beyond Neoliberalism In Education: The Citizen School And The Struggle For Democracy In Porto Alegre, Brazil / Luis Armando Gandin And Michael W. Apple -- Ch. 8. Teachers' Work Revisited: Mexican Teachers' Struggle For Democracy And The Anti-neoliberal Alternative / Susan Street -- Ch. 9. While Gender Sleeps: Neoliberalism's Impact On Educational Policies In Latin America / Nelly P. Stromquist -- Ch. 10. The Northern Influence And Colombian Education Reform Of The 1990s / Patricia Vanegas. Edited By Gustavo E. Fischman, Stephen Ball And Silvina Gvirtz. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 Series Preface......Page 10 Toward a Neoliberal Education? Tension and Change in Latin America......Page 12 Toward a Unified Agenda for Change in Latin American Higher Education The Role of Multilateral Agencies......Page 30 Two Decades of Neoliberalism in Latin America Implications for Adult Education......Page 56 Prioritizing the Education of Marginalized Youth in Brazil A Collaborative Approach......Page 78 A Local Reform Goes Global The Politics of Escuela Nueva......Page 106 Neoliberalism and Educational Decentralization Policies The Experience of the 1990s......Page 126 Searching for ~Neoliberal~ Education Policies A Comparative Analysis of Argentina and Chile......Page 150 Beyond Neoliberalism in Education The Citizen School and the Struggle for Democracy in Porto Alegre, Brazil......Page 168 Teachers' Work Revisited Mexican Teachers' Struggle for Democracy and the Anti-Neoliberal Alternative......Page 190 While Gender Sleeps Neoliberalism's Impact on Educational Policies in Latin America......Page 210 The Northern Influence and Colombian Education Reform of the 1990s......Page 240 Index......Page 264 This volume offers an up-to-date and relevant sample of contemporary research in Latin American education, and invites the reader to understand the complexities, heterogenetics, nightmares, dreams, crisis and promises of education in the region.