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Successes and Failures of Latin American Education in the Twentieth Century (特集 転換期における教育社会学の課題--諸外国の事例から)
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Torres, Carlos A. |
| Copyright Year | 2006 |
| Abstract | The Twentieth century is marked by the expansion of educational opportunities in Latin America. Particularly in the last five decades public resources, although limited, have been spent in the provision of basic education for children, youth and adults; the years of obligatory schooling are extended significantly; initial education is provided to an increasingly broad gamut of families; access for children with learning deficiencies or disabilities is facilitated in classrooms; and opportunities for the poor, immigrants and indigenous peoples, as well as for girls and women are substantially improved. Along with the expansion of opportunities, the efficiency is enhanced; more students remain in the primary and secondary levels and advance to post-secondary schools. The expansion and universalization of education has been seen as a condition for social justice and individual responsibilities in Latin America. It means that they accept the argument of the Enlightenment, the modern premise which is reinforced with developments of economics of education as reviewed later. In their belief there is no social advance without more investments in education. A more educated population is supposed to be more tolerant and convivial and more productive and competitive in the markets. Toward the end of the century, however, Latin American states, still healing the wounds external debt and fiscal crisis since the 1980's, (2) could no longer attack the problems on the equity and relevance of education. The difficulties in financing and emerging philosophies of privatization seem to drive states to abandon responsibilities in financing public education, obscuring the triumphs |
| Starting Page | 399 |
| Ending Page | 412 |
| Page Count | 14 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.11151/eds1951.78.399 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/eds1951/78/0/78_0_399/_pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://dl.ndl.go.jp/view/download/digidepo_10615653_po_ART0007922303.pdf?alternativeNo=&contentNo=1 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.11151/eds1951.78.399 |
| Volume Number | 78 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
