Originally published in 1985. In the last two decades education in the Third World has greatly expanded, raising many important issues. Some less developed countries have emulated the West in the style and organisation of their academic systems, hence, it could be said, increasing their dependence. Others have deliberately avoided this path, experimenting with systems more relevant to development and often in a radical way. At a theoretical level, Marxist and neo-Marxist development theorists argue that education systems dependent on the West are evidence of economic dependency and of the correctness of Marxist development theories; while others argue that the evidence points to an interdependent world and that dependency theories do not apply to education. Interestingly two key Marxist Third World Countries, China and Cuba, have very conservative education systems. This book discusses the problems of dependence and interdependence in education throughout the world.

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Routledge

Year

2018

eBook ISBN

9781351004404

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Topic

Education

Subtopic

Education General

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Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION: Keith Watson and Raymond Wilson
Chapter One: AN ENGLISH EDUCATION FOR ENGLAND: J.H. Higginson
Chapter Two: NATIONAL CHARACTER – CONCEPT, SCOPE AND USES: William K. Kay
Chapter Three: THE PROBLEM (SOLVING) APPROACH AND NATIONAL CHARACTER: Brian Holmes
Chapter Four: COMPARATIVE EDUCATION AND LITERATURE: Margaret Sutherland
Chapter Five: CHOICE AND REFORM IN BELGIAN EDUCATION: John Owen
Chapter Six: THE STATE – A MAJOR ELEMENT IN WEST GERMAN EDUCATION: Kenneth Smart
Chapter Seven: THE WESTERN EUROPEAN IDEA IN EDUCATION: Sixten Markland
Chapter Eight: A COMPARATIVE POLITICAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY IN WESTERN EUROPE, 1960–1980: W.D. Halls
Chapter Nine: HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES: SOME POSSIBLE LESSONS FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM: Nigel Grant
Chapter Ten: COMPARATIVE EDUCATION AND THE GEOGRAPHICAL FACTOR: Colin Brock
Chapter Eleven: THE IMPACT OF EXTERNAL CHANGES ON EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE 1980s: Keith Watson
Chapter Twelve: “PRACTICAL BIAS” IN COMPARATIVE STUDIES WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AND INSET: Paul Mercier
Chapter Thirteen: COMPARATIVE STUDIES AND EDUCATIONAL REFORM: Edmund King
Chapter Fourteen: VERNON MALLINSON’S PUBLICATIONS: Graham Geoghegan
NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS

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