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Title

Schooling for success : preventing repetition and dropout in Latin American primary schools / Laura Randall, Joan B. Anderson, editors.

Publication

Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, [1999], ©1999.

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Additional Authors

• Randall, Laura.
• Anderson, Joan B.

Description

xiii, 338 pages; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Columbia University seminar series

Uniform Title

Columbia University seminar series.

Subject

• Elementary school dropouts > Latin America > Prevention > Congresses
• Grade repetition > Latin America > Prevention > Congresses
• Education, Elementary > Social aspects > Latin America > Congresses
• Schools > Decentralization > Latin America > Congresses
• Education, Elementary > Curricula > Latin America > Congresses
• Teaching > Latin America > Congresses
• Education and state > Latin America > Congresses

Note

• Papers in this book were presented at a conference sponsored by the University Seminars, the Brazil Seminar, the Latin American Seminar and the Institute of Latin American and Iberian Studies of Columbia University.
• Barnard Library copy: Barnard Alum Collection.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Pt. I. Introduction and Overview -- 1. Introduction: Education and Development / Joan B. Anderson and Laura Randall -- 2. Causes of Dropping Out from the Perspective of Education Theory / Donna Barnes -- 3. Poverty, Psychology, and Dropouts / Ruth Sautu -- 4. Fe y Alegria: An Alternative Proposal for Primary Education in Latin America / Marcela Latorre and John Swope -- 5. The Role of the State in Education / Lucia Avelar -- 6. The Impact of International Organizations on Educational Policy in Latin America / Regina Cortina -- Pt. II. Basic Education Systems -- 7. Argentina: Elementary School Enrollment and Attainment / Ruth Sautu and Ana Maria Eichelbaum de Babini -- 8. Primary Education in Brazil: Changes and Prospects / Paulo Renato Souza -- 9. Repetition and Quality of Education in Chile / Ernesto Schiefelbein and Paulina Schiefelbein -- 10. Basic Education in Mexico: An Overview / Teresa Bracho -- Pt. III. Repetition and Dropout: Measurement and Programs -- 11. Repetition and Dropout in Brazil: Measurement Issues / Ruben Klein -- 12. Argentina: Programs for the Prevention of Repetition and Dropout and Their Results / Maria Celia Agudo de Corsico -- 13. Government Programs to Eliminate Repetition, School Dropout, and Exclusion in Brazil / Ivany Rodrigues Pino and Mariane Campelo Koslinski -- 14. Prevention of Repetition and Dropout: Quality and Equity in the First Years of Primary Education in Chile - Two Programs to Achieve Them / Cecilia Cardemil O. -- 15. Policies Against School Failure in Mexico - An Overview / Sylvia Schmelkes -- Pt. IV. Decentralization -- 16. Decentralization of Primary Education in Argentina / Ana Maria Brigido -- 17. School Organization: Centralization/Decentralization for Primary School / Maria Ligia de Oliveira Barbosa -- 18. Educational Decentralization in Chile / Jaime Vargas S. -- 19. Dropout Rates and Preschooling in a "Decentralizing" System: The Case of Mexico, 1992-1996 / Alec Ian Gershberg -- 20. Curricular Ideologies: Prescriptions and Normative Traditions in Teaching, Theories, and Practices / Edith Litwin -- 21. Curriculum and Teaching in Brazil: Current Conditions and Outlook / Ana Lucia Amaral -- 22. Curriculum and Educational Materials in Chile / Francisco Alvarez -- 23. Prevention of School Failure in Basic Education in Mexico / Margarita Gomez Palacio -- Pt. VI. Teaching Conditions: Training and Salaries -- 24. Teachers' Training, Work Conditions, and Salary in Argentina / Emilio Tenti Fanfani -- 25. Training, Salaries, and Work Conditions of Teachers of the First Grades of Primary School / Maria Umbelina Caiafa Salgado -- 26. Experiences in Training Good Teachers in Work Places / Gabriel Castillo Inzulza -- 27. The Training and Employment of Teachers in Mexico / Regina Cortina -- Pt. VII. Conclusion -- 28. Conclusion: Improving Basic Education in Latin America / Joan B. Anderson and Laura Randall.

ISBN

• 0765602385 (hc. : alk. paper)
• 9780765602381 (hc. : alk. paper)
• 0765602393 (pbk.)
• 9780765602398 (pbk.)

LCCN

98046625

OCLC

• ocm40331147
• 40331147
• SCSB-5455464

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries