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Expanding opportunities and building competencies for young people : a new agenda for secondary education.

Title: Expanding opportunities and building competencies for young people : a new agenda for secondary education.
Publication: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, ©2005.

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Description

xxviii, 300 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

The report offers policy options to support developing countries and transition economies in adapting their secondary education systems to the demands arising from the successful expansion of primary education and the socio-economic challenges presented by globalization and the knowledge-based economy. The work is the result of an extensive consultative process that involved education specialists worldwide.

Series Statement

Directions in development

Uniform Title

Directions in development (Washington, D.C.)

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Genre/Form

Electronic books.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-291) and index.

Contents

1 Secondary Education: From Weakest Link to Cornerstone 1 -- Historical Background 1 -- The U.S. Template for Expansion of Secondary Education 3 -- European Patterns of Expansion of Secondary Education 3 -- Asian Patterns of Expansion of Secondary Education 4 -- Definition and Organizational Structures of Secondary Education 5 -- Differential Traits of Secondary Education 7 -- Duration of Study 9 -- School-to-Work Transition 11 -- The Policy Paradox of Secondary Education 14 -- 2 The Importance of Investing in Secondary Education 17 -- Direct Benefits and Externalities 17 -- Contribution to Growth and Poverty Reduction 17 -- Contribution to Improvements in Health, Gender Equality, and Living Conditions 21 -- Contribution to Realization of Democracy 24 -- Contribution to Primary and Tertiary Education 25 -- The Soaring Demand for Quality Secondary Education 27 -- Demand for More Educated Workers 28 -- Demand for Enhanced Relevance and Quality 29 -- Effects and Side Effects of the Expansion of Secondary Education 34 -- 3 The Twin Challenges in Secondary Education: Expanding Access and Improving Quality and Relevance 38 -- From Elitism to Inclusiveness: Expanding Access to Secondary Education 38 -- Equity Considerations 40 -- Regional and Country Disparities 44 -- Demand-Side Interventions 45 -- Low Retention and Completion in Secondary Education 45 -- Incorporating Adults into the Secondary Education System 48 -- Secondary Education Attainment 50 -- Low Quality and Relevance 55 -- 4 Similar Challenges, Differing Realities 63 -- A Framework for Grouping Countries 64 -- Application of Porter's Model to Secondary Education 69 -- 5 Responding to the Twin Challenges: Curriculum and Assessment 76 -- Curricula-Intended and Implemented 77 -- The Unbearable Irrelevance of the Secondary School Curriculum 77 -- Building Metacognitive Capital and Creative Capital 80 -- Building Social Capital, Preventing Social Conflict, and Learning to Live Together 82 -- The Shifting and Fading Frontier between the General and Vocational Curricula 83 -- Dialectics of General and Vocational Secondary Education 86 -- The Rise and Fall of Curriculum Knowledge Areas: The Politics of Knowledge and Its Market Value 87 -- Summary: Trends in Secondary Education Curriculum Reform 91 -- Measuring What Students Learn and Master 94 -- National Examinations: The Way Into and the Way Out of Secondary Education 94 -- High Stakes and the Signaling and Screening Functions of Examinations 95 -- The New Wave of International Comparative Studies of Student Achievement 95 -- National Assessments of Student Achievement 100 -- Summary: Assess Locally, Examine Nationally, and Compare Globally 101 -- 6 Responding to the Twin Challenges: Teachers, Teaching, and Technology 103 -- Secondary School Teachers: Shortages, Professional Identity, and Training Issues 104 -- To What Extent Is Investment in Preservice Teacher Training for Secondary Education Worthwhile? 106 -- Matching Teaching Skills with Required Key Competencies for Secondary School Graduates 107 -- Teaching and Learning with Technology 110 -- Use of ICT for Distance Education to Expand the Venues for Learning 111 -- Use of Computers and the Internet to Improve the Quality and Relevance of Education 117 -- Potential and Promise 118 -- Challenges and Risks 121 -- Conclusion: Options for Change 121 -- 7 Financing Secondary Education 124 -- Fiscal Magnitude of Trends in the Expansion of Secondary Education 126 -- Approaches to Improving the Financing of Secondary Education 129 -- Simple Benchmarks for Determining the Adequacy of Investment in Secondary Education 130 -- Private or Community Funding Options 144 -- Fees or Cost Recovery 147 -- Formula Funding 153 -- 8 Governance in Secondary Education: Managing Expansion and Quality Improvement 167 -- Steering Secondary Education 168 -- Center-Locality Relationships 172 -- Regulations Affecting Access and Parental Decisions 182 -- Managing the Political-Professional and Central-Local Tensions 188 -- The Organizational Challenges of Managing Secondary Schools 190 -- Traditional Organizing Principles of Secondary Schools 190 -- Key Factors in Secondary School Effectiveness 191 -- The Evolving Role of Principals 197 -- Involving Parents and Communities 203 -- Epilogue: Rethinking Secondary Education 207 -- Is It Just More of the Same? The Case for Transforming Secondary Education Policy and Practice 208 -- Trade-Offs in Secondary Education Policy: The Old and the New 210 -- The Political Dimension of Change in Secondary Education 212 -- A Structure of Education Systems and Compulsory Education 216 -- B Grade Completion by Income Group and Gender, Selected Countries, Various Years 222 -- C Educational Attainment by Income Group and Gender, Selected Countries 226 -- D Selected Education Pyramids 228 -- E Gross Enrollment Rates and Educational Attainment by Income Level 232 -- F A Road Map of Teacher Competencies for a Knowledge-Based Secondary School 234 -- G Public-Private Partnerships for Secondary Education 239 -- H Formula Funding in Secondary Education: Country Examples 244 -- I Asymmetric Decentralization in Colombia and South Africa 247 -- J World Bank Support for Secondary Education 251 -- 1.1 Country Responses to the Changing Status of Secondary Vocational Education 13 -- 2.1 Mounting Pressures on Secondary Education in Cambodia 26 -- 2.2 Inequities in Educational Attainment in Developing Countries 35 -- 3.1 Secondary Education in India: Building on Successes in Primary Schooling 41 -- 3.2 Progresa, Mexico's Cash-for-Education Program 46 -- 3.3 Policies for Expansion of Secondary Education in China 49 -- 3.4 The Drive for Universal Primary and Secondary Education in Korea 54 -- 4.1 Triple-Axis Framework for Grouping Countries 66 -- 5.1 Secondary Curriculum Overload in Eastern Europe and Central Asia 92 -- 5.2 Jordan's Secondary Education Reform Based on IAEP Data 99 -- 6.1 Types of Virtual School in the United States, with Examples 115 -- 6.2 World Links: A Global Learning Community 120 -- 7.1 Excerpt from a Debate in the British House of Commons, July 9, 1999 125 -- 7.2 Analyzing the Distribution of Education Expenditures: A Case Study of Lesotho 145 -- 7.3 Expanding Access through the Use of Private Sector Capacity: The Case of the Republic of Korea 148 -- 7.4 Fees and Contributions in Secondary Education: Examples from Africa and Chile 152 -- 8.1 Decentralization in India: Kerala State 173 -- 8.2 Characteristics of a Centralized Education System with Elements of Devolution 174 -- 8.3 Characteristics of a Regional Devolution System 176 -- 8.4 School Report Card in Parana, Brazil 177 -- 8.5 Characteristics of a Local Control System 178 -- 8.6 Transfer of Responsibilities and Power to the Local Level in Sweden 178 -- 8.7 A Well-Structured but Not-So-Effective System: The Case of Bangladesh 179 -- 8.8 Characteristics of Institutional Autonomy through Quasi-Markets 180 -- 8.9 Models and Features of Policies on Access to Secondary Education 183 -- 8.10 Engagement of Stakeholders in Policy Dialogue: Chile 189 -- 8.11 Characteristics of Effective Secondary Schools 192 -- 8.12 Main Characteristics of Different Types of Small School 194 -- 8.13 Teacher-Led Decision-Making Teams 198 -- J.1 Issues and Priorities in Secondary Education by Region 253 -- 1.1 Ages of Entry to and Exit from Compulsory Education by Region, circa 2000 11 -- 2.1 HIV Prevalence by Educational Attainment, Age 18-29, Rural Uganda, 1990-2000 22 -- 2.2 Under-Five Mortality Rates, by Mother's Educational Level, Selected Areas, circa 1998 23 -- 3.1 Gross Enrollment Rates in Secondary Schools and GDP per Capita, 127 Countries, 1990 40 -- 3.2 Gross Enrollment Rates in Secondary Education by Region, 1970-95 41 -- 3.3 Gender Parity Index in Secondary Education by Region, Selected Years, 1970-2000 43 -- 3.4 Share of Population with at Least Some Secondary Education by Region, 1960-2000 and Projected to 2010 44 -- 3.5 Share of Rural and Urban Cohorts Reaching Next Grade in School, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, and Peru, Early 1990s 47 -- 3.6 Average Years of Schooling, Population Age Five and Older, by Region, 1960, 1980, and 2000 50 -- 3.7 Educational Level of Population Age 15 and Older by Region, 1960 and 2000 51 -- 3.8 Distribution of the Population over Age 15 by Educational Attainment, Selected Countries 53 -- 3.9 Student Performance and GDP per Capita, Selected Economies, PISA 2000, Reading 56 -- 3.10 Percentage of Students Age 15 at Each Level of Proficiency on the PISA Reading Literacy Scale, Selected Economies, 2000 57 -- 3.11 PISA Achievement, OECD Average and Selected Developing Countries, 2000 59 -- 3.12 Relative Performance of High-Income Countries and Selected Middle-Income Countries (South Africa, Morocco, and Chile) on the TIMSS-R 60 -- 3.13 Access, Learning, and Income by Country Income Group 61 -- 4.1 Education Stock and Current Efforts to Increase Educational Attainment by Country Income Group, 2000 or Latest Year Available 65 -- 5.1 Mean Proportion of Total Instructional Time Allocated to Curricular Areas, Grades 7 and 8, by Region, 1985 and 2000 78 -- 5.2 Economywide Measures of Routine and Nonroutine Task Input, United States, 1969-98 82 -- 6.1 Categories Contributing to Pedagogical Content Knowledge 109 -- 6.2 Secondary School Teacher Competencies 110 -- 7.1 Decision Pathways for Financing Secondary Education 131 -- 7.2 Gross Enrollment Rates for the Countries with the Lowest and Highest GDP per Capita Growth Rates, 1970-2000 and 1980-2000 138 -- 8.1 The Governance of Education 171.

ISBN

0821361708
9780821361702

LCCN

2005047083

OCLC

ocm60323384
60323384
SCSB-8906265

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