ABSTRACT
This edited volume reviews the conflict between economic prescriptions for improved education in the developing world and local cultures. Among the issues reviewed are: conceptions of culture and economics in development and education literature, economic considerations of school systems to promote cultural goals, the differentiation of schools from other sites of cultural reproduction, learning experiences of various cultural groups, and the cross-cultural work of development agencies.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |77 pages
Part I Introduction
part |61 pages
Part II The economic and cultural goals of development: whose goals matter?
chapter |16 pages
Chapter 6 Alternative Development and Education
chapter |29 pages
Chapter 7 Local Accountability to Rural Communities
part |97 pages
Part III The Costs of Culture and the Culture of Costs
chapter |16 pages
Chapter 8 Language Policy in Ethiopian Education
chapter |24 pages
Chapter 9 The Costs of Culture
chapter |20 pages
Community Financing of Education
chapter |22 pages
Chapter 11 Educational Financing Strategies in Developing Countries
part |105 pages
Part IV Cultures of Knowledge and Learning
chapter |22 pages
Chapter 14 Cultural Ambiguity and the Primary School Teacher
chapter |17 pages
Chapter 15 Economic Imperatives and Cultural Discontinuities in Science Education
chapter |13 pages
Chapter 16 Cultural Perceptions of the Role of Mathematics and Mathematics Education in Economic Development
chapter |17 pages
Chapter 18 Education, Social Identity, and Occupational Aspirations in Brazil
part |50 pages
Part V Dilemmas for Educational Aid