[PDF] Politics And Governance Of Basic Education eBook

Author : Brian Levy
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 15,57 MB
Release : 2018-09-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 019882405X

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This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. All over the world, economic inclusion has risen to the top of the development discourse. A well-performing education system is central to achieving inclusive development - but the challenge of improving educational outcomes has proven to be unexpectedly difficult. Access to education has increased, but quality remains low, with weaknesses in governance comprising an important part of the explanation. The Politics and Governance of Basic Education explores the balance between hierarchical and horizontal institutional arrangements for the public provision of basic education. Using the vivid example of South Africa, a country that had ambitious goals at the outset of its transition from apartheid to democracy, it explores how the interaction of politics and institutions affects educational outcomes. By examining lessons learned from how South Africa failed to achieve many of its goals, it constructs an innovative alternative strategy for making process, combining practical steps to achieve incremental gains to re-orient the system towards learning.

Author : Brian Levy
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 28,28 MB
Release : 2018-08-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0192557351

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This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. All over the world, economic inclusion has risen to the top of the development discourse. A well-performing education system is central to achieving inclusive development - but the challenge of improving educational outcomes has proven to be unexpectedly difficult. Access to education has increased, but quality remains low, with weaknesses in governance comprising an important part of the explanation. The Politics and Governance of Basic Education explores the balance between hierarchical and horizontal institutional arrangements for the public provision of basic education. Using the vivid example of South Africa, a country that had ambitious goals at the outset of its transition from apartheid to democracy, it explores how the interaction of politics and institutions affects educational outcomes. By examining lessons learned from how South Africa failed to achieve many of its goals, it constructs an innovative alternative strategy for making process, combining practical steps to achieve incremental gains to re-orient the system towards learning.

Author : Sam Hickey
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 11,37 MB
Release : 2019-02-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0192572601

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Why have many developing countries that have succeeded in expanding access to education made such limited progress on improving learning outcomes? There is a growing recognition that the learning crisis constitutes a significant dimension of global inequality and also that educational outcomes in developing countries are shaped by political as well as socio-economic and other factors. The Politics of Education in Developing Countries focuses on how politics shapes the capacity and commitment of elites to tackle the learning crisis in six developing countries: Bangladesh, Cambodia, Ghana, Rwanda, South Africa, and Uganda. The problem of education quality is serious across the Global South. The Politics of Education in Developing Countries: From Schooling to Learning deploys a new conceptual framework-the domains of power approach-to show how the type of political settlement shapes the level of elite commitment and state capacity to improving learning outcomes. The domain of education is prone to being highly politicized, as it offers an important source of both rents and legitimacy to political elites, and can be central to paradigmatic elite ideas around nation-building and modernity. Of particular importance is the relative strength of coalitions pushing for access as against those focused on issues of higher quality education. This book concludes with a discussion of entry points and strategies for thinking and working politically in relation to education quality reforms and critical commentaries.

Author : Hannu Simola
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 18,70 MB
Release : 2017-03-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 1135084238

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Dynamics in Education Politics: Understanding and Explaining the Finnish Case introduces a new theoretical framework characterised as Comparative Analytics of Dynamics in Education Politics (CADEP). Albeit the topicality of comparative research is obvious in the current era of global large-scale assessment, with its concomitant media visibility and political effects, comparative education is still suffering from certain methodological deficits and is in need of robust theorisation. Focusing on relational dynamics between policy threads, actors and institutions in education politics CADEP seriously considers the phenomena of complexity, contingency and trans-nationality in late-modern societies. In this book CADEP is applied and validated in analysing the "Finnish Educational Miracle" that has been attracting attention in the educational world ever since they rocketed to fame following the PISA studies during the 2000s. This book will open up opportunities for mutual understanding and learning rather than just celebrating the exceptional circumstances or sustainable leadership. Areas covered include: The analytics of dynamics in education politics The dynamics of policy making and governance The dynamics of educational family strategies The dynamics of classroom culture It is vital for humankind to be able to learn from each other’s successes and failures, and this applies in education, too. This book is thus a valuable read for anyone interested in the education system and wanting to shape the learning environment.

Author : Cedric Cullingford
Publisher :
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 23,98 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780335195787

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The importance of primary education is being slowly, if grudgingly, recognized. This book focuses on why and how this has come about and the crucial developments over the last few years.Written by leading practitioners and experts, the chapters analyse the most significant issues that have made an impact on primary education - the effects of pre-school and early childhood education, the influence of government policies, teaching styles, the uses and abuses of assessment, governors and management styles, the role of the LEAs, the changing curriculum, the changes that primary schools have made and should make, and all the research evidence that enhances our understanding. The book also gives a voice to the children and explores their experience of primary schools as well as giving a coherent overview of the issues that affect them.This book is essential reading for all those involved in, and concerned with, primary education, from teachers themselves to policy makers. It aims to give, lucidly and authoritatively, ideas and evidence to enhance the professional development of teachers and students and the understanding of others outside the schools, from parents to inspectors.