1st Edition

Dependence and Interdependence in Education International Perspectives

Edited By Keith Watson Copyright 1984
4 Pages
by Routledge

236 Pages
by Routledge

244 Pages
by Routledge

This volume provides an international perspective on educational dependency in considering both theories and actual developments throughout the world. Some less developed countries, in expanding their education systems, have emulated Western academic-style systems and have increased their dependence on Western models in various respects including examination validation. Others have deliberately... Read more

1 Introduction: Dependence, Interdependence and Educational Development Keith Watson. Issues and Perspectives 2 Dependence and Interdependence in Education – An Overview James Porter 3 Educational Dependency – Two Lines of Enquiry Martin McLean 4 External and Internal Obstacles to Educational Development Keith Watson National and Regional Case Studies 5 Examination Reform and Educational Change in Sri Lanka, 1972-1982: Modernisation or Dependent Underdevelopment? Keith Lewin and Angela Little. 6 Dependence or Independence in Higher Education: Comments on the 1917 Calcutta University Commission J H Higginson Response and Commentary Homa Katouszian 7 Institutional Transfer and Educational Dependency: An Indian Case Study Neelu Sancheti 8 Dependency Perspectives On the Impact of Education on Family Livelihood Strategies in Rural Areas of Andean America Rosemary Preston. 9 Knowledge and Culture in the Middle East: Some Critical Reflections Barbara Meyer 10 The Meaning of Relevance in Education in Africa Jack Sislian 11 Dark Side of the Moon – A Study in the Context of Passing or Failing First Year Examinations by African Male Students in The University of Zimbabwe Ron Dicklinson 12 Dependence and Interdependence in The British Isles Nigel Grant 13 Educational Inequality of Children of Caribbean Background in Britain Peter Figueroa.

Biography

Keith Watson