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.

part |77 pages

Part I Introduction

chapter |30 pages

Chapter 1 Development and Education

Cultural and Economic Analysis

chapter |15 pages

Chapter 2 Economics and Culture

Towards an Anthropology of Economics 1

chapter |19 pages

Chapter 3 Meanings of Culture in Development

A Case Study from Literacy

chapter |9 pages

Chapter 4 Different Eyes

Schooling and Indigenous Education in Tonga

part |61 pages

Part II The economic and cultural goals of development: whose goals matter?

chapter |13 pages

Chapter 5 Learning versus Development

A Palestinian Perspective

chapter |16 pages

Chapter 6 Alternative Development and Education

Economic Interests and Cultural Practices in the Amazon

chapter |29 pages

Chapter 7 Local Accountability to Rural Communities

A Challenge for Educational Planning in Africa

part |97 pages

Part III The Costs of Culture and the Culture of Costs

chapter |16 pages

Chapter 8 Language Policy in Ethiopian Education

Implications for the Costs of Textbook Production

chapter |24 pages

Chapter 9 The Costs of Culture

Some Dilemmas for Educational Investment in Mauritius

chapter |20 pages

Community Financing of Education

Cultural Variations and Policy Dilemmas in Less Developed Countries

chapter |13 pages

Chapter 12 Educating Girls in Pakistan

Tensions Between Economics and Culture

part |105 pages

Part IV Cultures of Knowledge and Learning

chapter |22 pages

Chapter 14 Cultural Ambiguity and the Primary School Teacher

le>Lessons from Rural Mozambique

chapter |12 pages

Chapter 17 Women and Mathematics

Ignoring a Majority?

part |50 pages

Part V Dilemmas for Educational Aid

chapter |23 pages

Chapter 19 Whose Rules Apply?

Educational Project Management in Less Developed Countries: Cultural Considerations