Education, learning, training critical issues for development
Education: Fundamental human right or strategic tool in support of economic growth? How does commodity-dependence influence education policy and practice? What is the role of vocational training vis-à-vis university education in developing countries? Are MOOCs and Chinese cooperation a game changer...
| Otros Autores: | , , , , |
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden, Netherlands :
Brill
2014
2014. |
| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | International development policy ;
Volume 5. |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009428389306719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preliminary Material
- 1 International Education and Development: Histories, Parallels, Crossroads / Gilles Carbonnier , Michel Carton and Kenneth King
- 2 International Education Policies, Issues, and Challenges / Nicholas Burnett
- 3 International Investment in Education for Development: Public Good or Economic Tool? / Alexandra Draxler
- 4 Tertiary Technical Education and Youth Integration in Brazil, Colombia and Mexico / Claudia Jacinto and Ana García de Fanelli
- 5 Why Commodity Booms Have Not (Yet?) Boosted Human Capital: Bolivia’s Struggle to Create a Skilled Workforce / Fritz Brugger and Kathlen Lizárraga Zamora
- 6 Lifelong Learning in a Learning Society: Are Community Learning Centres the Vehicle? / Manzoor Ahmed
- 7 Exploring the Value of the Capability Approach for Vocational Education and Training Evaluation: Reflections from South Africa / Lesley Powell and Simon McGrath
- 8 China’s Higher Education Engagement with Africa: A Different Partnership and Cooperation Model? / Kenneth King
- 9 Western African Student Migration: A Response to the Globalisation of Knowledge / Denise Efionayi and Etienne Piguet
- 10 Boosting Higher Education in Africa through Shared Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) / Gérard Escher , Dimitrios Noukakis and Patrick Aebischer
- Index.
