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(Ebook) Expanding Opportunities and Building Competencies for Young People A New Agenda for Secondary Education 1st Edition by World Bank ISBN 9780821361696 0821361694

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Authors:World Bank
Pages:332 pages.
Year:2005
Editon:1
Publisher:World Bank, The
Language:english
File Size:3.42 MB
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ISBNS:9780821361696, 0821361694
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ISBN 10: 0821361694
ISBN 13: 9780821361696
Author: World Bank

Annotation The report offers policy options to support developing countries and transition economies in adapting their secondary education systems to the demands arising from the successful expansion of primary education and the socio-economic challenges presented by globalization and the knowledge-based economy. The work is the result of an extensive consultative process that involved education specialists worldwide

(Ebook) Expanding Opportunities and Building Competencies for Young People A New Agenda for Secondary Education 1st Edition Table of contents:

Chapter 1: Secondary Education – From Weakest Link to Cornerstone

  • Historical Background

  • The U.S. Template for Expansion of Secondary Education

  • European Patterns of Expansion

  • Asian Patterns of Expansion

  • Definition and Organizational Structures

  • Differential Traits

  • Duration of Study

  • School-to-Work Transition

  • The Policy Paradox of Secondary Education

Chapter 2: The Importance of Investing in Secondary Education

  • Direct Benefits and Externalities

  • Contribution to Growth and Poverty Reduction

  • Contribution to Health, Gender Equality, and Living Conditions

  • Contribution to Democracy

  • Contribution to Primary and Tertiary Education

  • The Soaring Demand for Quality Secondary Education

  • Demand for More Educated Workers

  • Demand for Enhanced Relevance and Quality

  • Effects and Side Effects of Expansion

Chapter 3: Twin Challenges – Expanding Access and Improving Quality

  • From Elitism to Inclusiveness

  • Equity Considerations

  • Regional and Country Disparities

  • Demand-Side Interventions

  • Low Retention and Completion

  • Incorporating Adults into the System

  • Attainment Levels

  • Low Quality and Relevance

Chapter 4: Similar Challenges, Differing Realities

  • A Framework for Grouping Countries

  • Applying Porter’s Model to Education

Chapter 5: Responding to Challenges – Curriculum and Assessment

  • Intended vs. Implemented Curriculum

  • The Irrelevance of Current Curricula

  • Building Metacognitive and Creative Capital

  • Building Social Capital and Preventing Conflict

  • General vs. Vocational Curricula

  • The Politics of Curriculum Content

  • Trends in Curriculum Reform

  • Measuring Student Learning

  • National Exams and Their Functions

  • International Comparative Studies

  • National Assessments

  • Summary: Local, National, Global Assessment Balance

Chapter 6: Teachers, Teaching, and Technology

  • Teacher Shortages, Identity, and Training

  • Value of Preservice Teacher Training

  • Matching Teaching with Key Competencies

  • Teaching and Learning with Technology

  • ICT and Distance Education

  • Computers and Internet for Quality Improvement

  • Potential and Promise

  • Challenges and Risks

  • Conclusion and Options for Change

Chapter 7: Financing Secondary Education

  • Fiscal Trends in Expansion

  • Approaches to Improved Financing

  • Benchmarks for Investment Adequacy

  • Private and Community Funding

  • Fees and Cost Recovery

  • Formula Funding

Chapter 8: Governance – Managing Expansion and Quality

  • Steering Secondary Education

  • Center–Local Relations

  • Regulations and Parental Decisions

  • Managing Political–Professional Tensions

  • Organizational Challenges in Schools

  • Organizing Principles and School Effectiveness

  • Role of Principals

  • Engaging Parents and Communities

Epilogue: Rethinking Secondary Education

  • The Case for Transforming Policy and Practice

  • Trade-offs in Policy Approaches

  • The Political Dimension of Change

Appendices

  • A: Structure of Education Systems and Compulsory Education

  • B: Grade Completion by Income Group and Gender

  • C: Educational Attainment by Income Group and Gender

  • D: Selected Education Pyramids

  • E: Gross Enrollment and Attainment by Income Level

  • F: Road Map of Teacher Competencies

  • G: Public-Private Partnerships

  • H: Formula Funding: Country Examples

  • I: Asymmetric Decentralization: Colombia and South Africa

  • J: World Bank Support for Secondary Education

Boxes, Tables, and Figures (Selected Highlights)

  • 1.1 Country Responses to Vocational Ed.

  • 2.1 HIV Prevalence by Education Level

  • 3.1 India’s Secondary Ed. Success

  • 3.3 China’s Expansion Policies

  • 3.9 Student Performance and GDP (PISA)

  • 5.1 Curriculum Overload in Eastern Europe

  • 6.2 Teacher Competency Framework

  • 7.4 Fees in Africa and Chile

  • 8.6 Sweden’s Decentralization

  • J.1 Regional Secondary Education Priorities

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