Inadequate public funding means that governments in developing countries are continually working to find ways of expansion to meet the growth demand for higher education.; This book considers the effectiveness of government funding methods in developing quality and efficiency in higher education systems in developing countries, and looks at policy measures taken to widen the funding base including raising tuition fees, student loan programmes, graduate taxes, industry-education links and national service programmes.; Taking information from around the world and drawing on successful practice...

Provides perspectives on the learning of mathematics and epistemology. The book explores constructivist and social theories of learning, and discusses the role of the computer in the light of these theories. It surveys current research and indicates orientations for work in the future.

Examines career-related programmes in American secondary schools and two- year further education colleges. As well as reviewing evidence on the effectiveness of vocational coursework, this text analyses programmes involving students who study and work simultaneously, as in youth apprenticeships.

Deficit thinking refers to the notion that students (particularly low income, minority students) fail in school because such students and their families experience deficiencies that obstruct the learning process (e.g. limited intelligence, lack of motivation and inadequate home socialization). The authors of this text argue that deficit thinking is a pseudo-science founded on racial and class bias. They trace the evolution of deficit thinking from the American colonial period to the present, critiquing the model and offering more plausible explanations of why students fail.