Education in Mexico, Central America and the Latin Caribbean (Education Around the World)

"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."-- Cover Half-title Title Copyright Contents Series Editor’s Foreword Notes on the Contributors 1. Introduction: Regional Overview C. M. Posner Part 1: Mexico 2. Mexico: An Introduction to the Contemporary State of Education C. M. Posner, Christopher Martin and Elsa Guzmán 3. Mexico: The Education Reform Project Carlos Ornelas 4. Mexico: Improving Educational Quality through Professional Teacher Development David Turner and María Guadalupe González de Turner 5. Mexico: Obstacles to Educational Reform Bonifacio Barba 6. Mexico: Assessing the Current Educational Reforms Rodolfo Ramírez 7. Mexico: Summary and Conclusions Christopher Martin, Charles Posner and Elsa Guzmán Part 2: Central America and Panama 8. Costa Rica: Education as a Tool for Social Mobility Luis Carlos Morales Zúñiga 9. El Salvador: Past, Present and Prospects of Education D. Brent Edwards Jr., Pauline Martin and Irene Flores 10. Guatemala: A Failing System C. M. Posner 11. Honduras: Contemporary Education Reform Javier Luque 12. Nicaragua: Education for Sustainable Human Development Cefas Asensio Flórez with the collaboration of Ana Patricia Elvir 13. Panama: An Overview Rolando de la Guardia Wald Part 3: The Latin Caribbean 14. Cuba: The Impact of the Cuban Revolution Rosi Smith 15. Dominican Republic: An Overview Molly Hamm and Rebeca Martínez 16. Haiti: Education at the Crossroads Pierre Lubin and Roselor FranÇois Subject Index People Index "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."-- Résumé de l'éditeur "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."-- Provided by publisher