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Title Third World education : quality and equality / edited by Anthony R. Welch
Published New York : Garland Pub., 2000

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 316 pages)
Series Garland reference library of social science ; v. 911. Reference books in international education ; v. 44
Garland reference library of social science ; v. 911.
Garland reference library of social science. Reference books in international education ; vol. 44.
Contents Quality and equality in third world education / Anthony R. Welch -- the tension between quantity and quality in Nicaraguan education / Robert F. Arnove -- The struggle to achieve quality: a case study of Palestinian education / Ibtisam Abu-Duhou -- the mirror of China: questions of quality and equality / R.F. Price -- Reflections upon issues of class and inequality in Chinese education / Irving Epstein -- Education and mutuality: an action perspective / Jane Orton -- "Post Marxist" discourse and the rethinking of third world education reform / Anne Hickling-Hudson -- Qualifications, quality, and equality: a political economy of Sri Lankan education, 1971-1993 / Angela Little -- the search for quality and equality: the case of Papua New Guinea / Sheldon G. Weeks -- The state, adult literacy policy, and inequality in Botswana / Frank Youngman -- The struggle for quality and equality in Iranian education: problems, progress, and prospects / Gholam A. Tavassoli, Anthony R. Welch, and K. Houshyar
Summary This book debunks the argument that quality in education can only be achieved by limiting, or trading off, equality. This book argues that any worthy definition of quality education must include the interest of the underprivileged
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Education -- Developing countries -- Cross-cultural studies
Educational equalization -- Developing countries -- Cross-cultural studies
Academic achievement -- Developing countries -- Cross-cultural studies
EDUCATION -- History.
EDUCATION -- Comparative.
Academic achievement
Education
Educational equalization
Onderwijsbeleid.
Developing countries
Ontwikkelingslanden.
Genre/Form Electronic books
Cross-cultural studies
Interculturele vergelijkingen (vorm)
Form Electronic book
Author Welch, Anthony R
ISBN 0203906322
9780203906323
0203905083
9780203905081
9780815313946
0815313942