Education Cultures and Economics

This edited volume reviews the conflict between economic prescriptions for improved education in the developing world and local cultures. Among the issues reviewed are: conceptions of culture and economics in development and education literature, economic considerations of school systems to promote cultural goals, the differentiation of schools from other sites of cultural reproduction, learning experiences of various cultural groups, and the cross-cultural work of development agencies. Part I PART I INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1 Development and Education, AngelaLittle; Chapter 2 CHAPTER 2 Economics and Culture, R. L.Stirrat; Chapter 3 CHAPTER 3 Meanings of Culture in Development, Brian V.Street; Chapter 4 CHAPTER 4 Different Eyes, KonaiHelu-Thaman; Part II PART II THE ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL GOALS OF DEVELOPMENT: WHOSE GOALS MATTER?; Chapter 5 CHAPTER 5 Learning versus Development, MunirFasheh; Chapter 6 CHAPTER 6 Alternative Development and Education, SheilaAikman; Chapter 7 CHAPTER 7 Local Accountability to Rural Communities, RobertSerpell; Part III PART III THE COSTS OF CULTURE AND THE CULTURE OF COSTS; Chapter 8 CHAPTER 8 Language Policy in Ethiopian Education, CHRISTINEMCNAB, PETERSTOYE; Chapter 9 CHAPTER 9 The Costs of Culture, KeithLewin; Chapter 10 Community Financing of Education, MarkBray; Chapter 11 CHAPTER 11 Educational Financing Strategies in Developing Countries, MercyTembon; Chapter 12 CHAPTER 12 Educating Girls in Pakistan, IffatFarah, KazimBacchus; Part IV PART IV CULTURES OF KNOWLEDGE AND LEARNING; Chapter 13 CHAPTER 13 Alternative Cultures of Knowledge in Higher Education in the Australia-Pacific Region, J.I.TEASDALE, G.R.TEASDALE; Chapter 14 CHAPTER 14 Cultural Ambiguity and the Primary School Teacher, MIKAELPALME; Chapter 15 Chapter 15 Economic Imperatives and Cultural Discontinuities in Science Education, LOWE JOHN; Chapter 16 Chapter 16 Cultural Perceptions of the Role of Mathematics and Mathematics Education in Economic Development, Nyamu Florence Kiragu; Chapter 17 CHAPTER 17 Women and Mathematics, MaryHarris; Chapter 18 Chapter 18 Education, Social Identity, and Occupational Aspirations in Brazil, TerezinhaNunes, AntonioRoazzi; Part V PART V DILEMMAS FOR EDUCATIONAL AID; Chapter 19 CHAPTER 19 Whose Rules Apply?, MICHAELDELENS; Chapter 20 CHAPTER 20 Dilemmas Between Economics and Culture in Educational Aid, FIONALEACH; Index;