Although in Latin America there are no educational programs specialized in comparative education, as there are in some European, Oriental and North American universities, there are scholars who cultivate this field. With the production of this book, the authors -most of them affiliated to member organizations of the World Council of Comparative Education Societies- are walking towards a Latin American network of researchers with an interest in establishing a dialogue with non-Spanish speaking colleagues from the rest of the world. This is the reason of our effort in writing most of the...

Although in Latin America there are no educational programs specialized in comparative education, as there are in some European, Oriental and North American universities, there are scholars who cultivate this field. With the production of this book, the authors -most of them affiliated to member organizations of the World Council of Comparative Education Societies- are walking towards a Latin American network of researchers with an interest in establishing a dialogue with non-Spanish speaking colleagues from the rest of the world. This is the reason of our effort in writing most of the...

En Mexico, las personas que desempenan posiciones de direccion y supervision de los planteles de educacion basica, son profesores que por distintas vias asumen estos cargos. Generalmente se trata de egresados de una escuela normal que los formo para el ejercicio de la docencia y que, eventualmente, por su experiencia u otros factores extrinsecos, arriban a dicha posicion sin un entrenamiento previo para el desempeno de sus funciones. Si bien es cierto que para ser un buen administrador (o director, o supervisor) escolar no hay como ser un educador primero, tambien es cierto que, aunque...

En Mexico, las personas que desempenan posiciones de direccion y supervision de los planteles de educacion basica, son profesores que por distintas vias asumen estos cargos. Generalmente se trata de egresados de una escuela normal que los formo para el ejercicio de la docencia y que, eventualmente, por su experiencia u otros factores extrinsecos, arriban a dicha posicion sin un entrenamiento previo para el desempeno de sus funciones. Si bien es cierto que para ser un buen administrador (o director, o supervisor) escolar no hay como ser un educador primero, tambien es cierto que, aunque...