Education in South America

Education in South America is a critical reference guide to development of education in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. The chapters, written by local experts, provide an overview of the education system in each country, focusing particularly on policies and implementation of reforms. Key themes include quality and access, multicultural education and the management of education systems.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

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.Simon Schwartzman is a researcher at the Institute for Studies on Labor and Society, Brazil. Previously, he was Professor of Political Science at the University Research Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and the University of São Paulo, Brazil, and President of Brazil’s national statistical office.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: Colin Brock, Simon Schwartzman
• Assisted by: Colin Brock (Editor), Simon Schwartzman (Editor), Simon (Institute for Studies on Labor and Society Schwartzman (Editor), Schwartzman Simon (Editor), Colin Brock (Foreword), Colin Brock (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.05.2015
• EAN: 9781472592460
• ISBN: 978-1-4725-9246-0
• No. of pages: 496
• Series: Education Around the World
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; South America, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, Philosophy & theory of education, Philosophy and theory of education, Multicultural education, Educational strategies and policy