Latin American education : comparative perspectives

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Latin American education : comparative perspectives

edited by Carlos Alberto Torres, Adriana Puiggrós

Westview Press, c1997

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: pbk ISBN 9780813336688

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This book offers a relevant sample of the current research on Latin American education in comparative perspectives. In their introduction, Carlos Alberto Torres and Adriana Puiggros, two of the most recognized researchers of Latin American education, draw from political sociology of education, theories of the state, history of education, and deconstructionist theories to focus on changes in state formation in the region and its implications for the constitution of the pedagogical subject in public schools. Throughout the different chapters, the contributors present and analyze the most relevant topics, research agendas, and some of the key theoretical and political problems of Latin American education.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments * Introduction: The State and Public Education in Latin America (Carlos Alberto Torres and Adriana Puiggrs) * The Political Economy of Educational Reform in Latin America Financing Education for Democracy in Latin America (Ernesto Schiefelbein) Education Policy and Human Development in the Latin American City (Jos Luis Coraggio) Neoliberal Education Policies in Latin America: Arguments in Favor and Against (Robert F. Arnove) * Basic Education in Latin America Dewey Under South American Skies: Some Readings from Argentina (Ins Dussel and Marcelo Caruso) Contemporary Brazilian Education: Challenges of Basic Education (Moacir Gadotti) The Problems of the Decentralization of Education (Sylvia Schmelkes) Teacher Education Reform Initiatives: The Case of Mexico (Maria Teresa Tatto and Eduardo Velez) * Higher Education in Latin America: Argentina in Comparative Perspective The Paradox of the Autonomy of Argentine Universities: From Liberalism to Regulation (Marcela Mollis) University Restructuring in Argentina: The Political Debate (Daniel Schugurensky) Women, Education, and the State in Cuba (Sheryl L. Lutjens) * Popular Education in Latin America: Old and New Dreams Freire, Frei, and Literacy Texts in Chile, 1964-1970 (Robert Austin) Popular Education and the Reconstruction of El Salvador (John L. Hammond) * About the Editors and Contributors * About the Book
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ISBN 9780813389783

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This work offers a sample of the current research on Latin American education in comparative perspective. The introduction draws from the political sociology of education, theories of the State, history of education, and deconstructionist theories to focus on changes in State formation in the region and its implications for the constitution of the pedagogical subject in public schools. Throughout the different chapters, the contributors present and analyze the most relevant topics, research agendas and some of the key theoretical and political problems of Latin American education.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments * Introduction: The State and Public Education in Latin America (Carlos Alberto Torres and Adriana Puiggrs) * The Political Economy of Educational Reform in Latin America Financing Education for Democracy in Latin America (Ernesto Schiefelbein) Education Policy and Human Development in the Latin American City (Jos Luis Coraggio) Neoliberal Education Policies in Latin America: Arguments in Favor and Against (Robert F. Arnove) * Basic Education in Latin America Dewey Under South American Skies: Some Readings from Argentina (Ins Dussel and Marcelo Caruso) Contemporary Brazilian Education: Challenges of Basic Education (Moacir Gadotti) The Problems of the Decentralization of Education (Sylvia Schmelkes) Teacher Education Reform Initiatives: The Case of Mexico (Maria Teresa Tatto and Eduardo Velez) * Higher Education in Latin America: Argentina in Comparative Perspective The Paradox of the Autonomy of Argentine Universities: From Liberalism to Regulation (Marcela Mollis) University Restructuring in Argentina: The Political Debate (Daniel Schugurensky) Women, Education, and the State in Cuba (Sheryl L. Lutjens) * Popular Education in Latin America: Old and New Dreams Freire, Frei, and Literacy Texts in Chile, 1964-1970 (Robert Austin) Popular Education and the Reconstruction of El Salvador (John L. Hammond) * About the Editors and Contributors * About the Book

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