Education Reform in Latin America: Equal Educational Opportunity?

Autor/in	Noel, Barbara
Titel	Education Reform in Latin America: Equal Educational Opportunity?
Quelle	In: GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 3 (2009), S.134-157 (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1692-5777
Schlagwörter	Educational Change; Equal Education; Educational Opportunities; Quality of Life; Educational Quality; Public Education; Foreign Countries; Human Capital; Guidelines; Access to Education; Educational Benefits; Salaries; Futures (of Society); Graduation; Outcomes of Education; Educational History; Academic Persistence; Graduation Rate; Dropouts; Elementary Secondary Education; Social Change; Employment Potential + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsreform; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Lebensqualität; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Öffentliche Erziehung; Ausland; Humankapital; Richtlinien; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Bildungsertrag; Entlohnung; Gehalt; Future; Society; Zukunft; Abschluss; Graduierung; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Sozialer Wandel; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit
Abstract	This article discusses the general developments and challenges of Latin American public education systems from the 1970s to the late 1990s. A framework using five stages of equal educational opportunity is used to organize the findings: (1) Enrollment--Involves the mechanisms needed to enroll children in school; (2) Quality--Great disparities in educational opportunity in Latin America begin to emerge; (3) Staying in school--Concerns the ability to complete grade cycles; (4) Benefits of being schooled--Families and broader society evaluate whether the investment in formal schooling has added value to student human capital; and (5) Expansion of future life opportunities--Evaluates whether or not the student will receive an equal share of societal benefits upon graduation. Connections are made between the student population's levels of access to quality with their future earning potential. Equitable and compensatory programs need to be expanded to reach the most disenfranchised sectors of Latin American communities not only to promote quality of life, but in order to raise the level of economic prosperity for entire communities. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Institucion Universitaria Columbo Americana UNCA. Calle 19 # 2A - 49 Second Floor, Bogata, Columbia. Tel: +571-2811777 Ext 1291; e-mail:gist@unica.edu.co; Web site: http://www.publicacionesunica.com/gist/index.php/gist/index
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01