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Schooling for success : preventing repetition and dropout in Latin American primary schools

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.

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xiii, 338 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

In this study, the contributors survey the various elementary educational systems to investigate the reasons behind the failure of schools throughout Latin America to retain students in elementary grades.

Series Statement

Columbia University seminar series

Uniform Title

Columbia University seminar series

Subject

Genre/Form

Conference papers and proceedings.

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.

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
9780765602381
0765602393
9780765602398

LCCN

98046625

OCLC

ocm40331147
40331147
SCSB-1237420

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Princeton University Library