Contemporary Issues in Comparative Education: A Festschrift in Honour of Professor Emeritus Vernon Mallinson (Routledge Library Editions: Comparative Education) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1138545112 ISBN 13: 9781138545113

Publisher: Routledge, 2019

Synopsis

Originally published in 1985. In the last two decades education in the Third World has greatly expanded, raising many important issues. Some less developed countries have emulated the West in the style and organisation of their academic systems, hence, it could be said, increasing their dependence. Others have deliberately avoided this path, experimenting with systems more relevant to development and often in a radical way. At a theoretical level, Marxist and neo-Marxist development theorists argue that education systems dependent on the West are evidence of economic dependency and of the correctness of Marxist development theories; while others argue that the evidence points to an interdependent world and that dependency theories do not apply to education. Interestingly two key Marxist Third World Countries, China and Cuba, have very conservative education systems. This book discusses the problems of dependence and interdependence in education throughout the world.

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Keith Watson, Raymond Wilson

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138545112
• ISBN 13: 9781138545113
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 238
• Editor: Watson Keith, Wilson Raymond