International Perspectives on the Goals of Universal Basic and Secondary Education

ISBN-13: 9780415997669 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 322 str.

Joel E. Cohen;Martin B. Malin

Opis

Universal schooling has been adopted as a goal by international organizations, bilateral aid agencies, national governments, and non-profit organizations. Yet little sustained international attention has been devoted to the purposes or goals of universal education. What is universal primary and secondary education intended to accomplish? This book offers diverse views from Asia, Africa, Europe, North America and South America and from diverse cultures, religions, and professions, on the purposes of universal education. It is the first book in which renowned authors from around the world have confronted one another in proposing goals of basic and secondary education, and in considering and responding to the differing views of others on one of the most pressing issues facing education today.

Recenzje

"International Perspectives on the Goals of Universal Basic and Secondary Education highlights views on the practical intent of educating young people. It is a welcome and positive contribution to theory that informs policy formulation for those of us working in the field of comparative education."—Comparative Education Review

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Goals of Universal and Basic Secondary Education  Joel E. Cohen.  Educational Goals for Tomorrow's Society  2. Education for All, But for What?  Kai-ming Cheng  3. Goals of Universal Primary and Secondary Education in the 21st Century: Reviving the Spirit of Socrates.  Kishore Mahbubani  4. What Will Be the Near-Future Goals of Education?  William K. Cummings.  Educational Priorities in Poor Countries  5. Quality Education: The Work of Optimists  Beryl Levinger  6. Achieving Education of High Quality in Islamiyya Schools of Nigeria  Mallam Bala Ahmed  7. Nurturing Learning Ability: The Goals of Universal Primary and Secondary Education  Camer Vellani  8. Quality, the Heart of Equity  Vimala Ramachandran.  Empowering Children through Art and Science  9. The dia Program: The Development of Intelligence through Art  Claudia Madrazo  10. Educational Goals: Art, Science, Love, and the Importance of Binocular Vision  Joel E. Cohen.  The Special Role of Skepticism as Universal Educational Goal  11. What Does "Universal" Education Mean?  James Carroll  12. Teaching Tolerance and Open-Minded Approaches to Understanding Sacred Texts  Mohamed Charfi and Hamadi Redissi  13. Educating All the People for Democratic Governance: A U.S. Perspective  Deborah Meier.  Educating Global Citizens  14. Educating for Global Competency  Fernando Reimers  15. Education and the Globalization Paradigm  Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco.  Perspectives on Assessment and Educational Goals  16. Evaluating Basic and Secondary Education  Ana Carolina Letichevsky  17. For What Should Schools Be Held Accountable?  Richard Rothstein and Rebecca Jacobsen Defining Educational Quality as a Basis for Educational Policy  18. Quality Education: A UNESCO Perspective  Mary Joy Pigozzi  19. Quality Education - What Is It and Who Decides? Briefing Paper for a Policy Maker  George M. Ingram.  20. The Challenge of Defining a Quality Universal Education: Mapping a Common Core  Laura Hersh Salganik and Stephen J. Provasnik 

O autorze

Joel E. Cohen is the Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of Populations at the Rockefeller University, New York. He heads the Laboratory of Populations at the Rockefeller and Columbia Universities. At Columbia University, New York, he is Professor of Populations in the Earth Institute, with appointments in the Departments of International and Public Affairs; Earth and Environmental Sciences; and Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology. Martin B. Malin is the Executive Director of the Managing the Atom Project at the Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University. He is a former Program Director at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. About the American Academy of Arts & Sciences Founded in 1780, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences is an independent policy research center that conducts multidisciplinary studies of complex and emerging problems. Current Academy research focuses on: science and global security; social policy; the humanities and culture; and education. With headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the Academy’s work is advanced by its 4,600 elected members, who are leaders in the academic disciplines, the arts, business and public affairs from around the world.