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Dimensions peculiar to urban life, such as high population density, proximity to power centers, heterogeneity of residents in terms of class and ethnicity, susceptibility to political action, and tensions between rich and poor, have considerable impact on educational policies. Important studies have been conducted on urban conditions in the developed world, but few studies on education in Third World cities have appeared. This volume looks at urban problems related to education cross-nationally, beginning with a careful definition of what is distinctly urban in educational settings. Chapters on trends and issues, bureaucratic dynamics, disparities and inequities, goals, neighborhood movements, politics, and the experience of women and marginal students round out this internationally contributed volume.
List of contents
Preface
Introduction by Nelly P. Stromquist
Concepts and TrendsDefining Urban in Educational Studies by R. Murray Thomas
Some Trends and Issues Affecting Education in the Urban Context by Nelly P. Stromquist
Urban Education and the Culture of Contentment: The Politics, Culture, and Economics of Inner-City Schooling by Gerald Grace
Bureaucratic Dynamics in Urban Educational SystemsSafety Net or Safety Valve: How Choice Is Constructed in an Urban Dropout Program by Deirdre M. Kelly
Disparities in Educational Development in a Fast-Developing Chinese City: The Case of Guangzhou by O. Lee and Li Zibiao
Inequitable Agricultural Extension Services in the Urban Context: The Case of Tanzania by Malongo R.S. Mlozi
The City and Educational PoliticsEducation and Docility: The Dilemmas of Singapore and the Next Lap by Roger Boshier
Neighborhood Associations and the Fight for Public Schooling in Rio de Janeiro State by Nelly Moulin and Isabel Pereira
The Growth Machine and the Politics of Urban Educational Reform: The Case of Charlotte, North Carolina by Roslyn Mickelson, Carol Ray, and Stephen Smith
The Educational Experience of Women and Marginal StudentsRural Students in Urban Settings in Africa: The Experience of Female Students in Secondary Schools by N'Dri Assie-Lumumba
The Effects of War Trauma on Central American Immigrant Children by Magaly Lavadenz
Street Children and Their Education: A Challenge for Urban Educators by Adrian Blunt
Index
About the author
NELLY P. STROMQUIST is Professor of International Development Education at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Her most recent publications are
Women and Education in Latin America: Knowledge, Power, and Change (1992) and
Daring to Be Different: The Choice of Nonconventional Fields of Study by International Women (1991).
