Education in Mexico, Central America and the Latin Caribbean

Education in Mexico, Central America and the Latin Caribbean examines the development and practice of education in Mexico, Costa Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama. The chapters, written by local experts, provide an overview of the structure, aims and purposes of education in each of these ten countries with very different socio-economic backgrounds. The authors present curriculum standards, pedagogy, evaluation, accountability and delivery, discussing both how the formal systems are structured and how they actually function. The volume explores the origins of proposed reforms and their implementation, emphasising the distinctiveness of each country and attempting to locate new practices that could lead to better education. Including a comparative introduction to the issues facing education in the region as a whole and guides to available online datasets, this book is an essential reference for researchers, scholars, international agencies and policy-makers.>

About the author

Charles Posner was Visiting Fellow at IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, University College London, UK, Founding Director of the Instituto de Investigación Educativa y Desarrollo de Nayarit, Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit, Mexico and Professor at Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico.Christopher Martin is Visiting Fellow at IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, University College London, UK. He is also a consultant on education reform programmes for the Ministry of Education, Mexico, and Associate Fellow of the Virtual University of Guadalajara, Mexico.Ana Patricia Elvir is a co-founder and Senior Researcher at the Center for Educational Research and Social Action (CIASES), Nicaragua. She holds a Doctorate in Education from Harvard University, USA, and has over 20 years of experience in the field of education and international relations. Her research interests lie in teacher development and early childhood education.Colin Brock was Honorary Professor of Education at the University of Durham, UK, and Visiting Professor of Geography at the University of Loughborough, UK. He was also UNESCO Chair of Education as a Humanitarian Response at the University of Oxford, UK.

Product details

• Authors: Ana Patr Elvir, Christopher Martin, C M Posner, C. M. Posner, C. M. (Institute of Education Posner, C. M. (Ucl Institute of Education Posner
• Assisted by: Colin Brock (Editor), Ana Patricia Elvir (Editor), Ana Patricia (Center for Educational Research and Social Action Elvir (Editor), Christopher Martin (Editor), Christopher (Institute of Education Martin (Editor), Christopher (IOE Martin (Editor), Christopher (UCL Institute of Education Martin (Editor), C. M. Posner (Editor), C. M. (Institute of Education Posner (Editor), C. M. (IOE Posner (Editor), C. M. (Ucl Institute of Education Posner (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2017
• EAN: 9781474267687
• ISBN: 978-1-4742-6768-7
• No. of pages: 368
• Series: Education Around the World; Education Around the World; Continnuum-3PL
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous