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Title Effective schools in developing countries / edited by Henry M. Levin and Marlaine E. Lockheed
Published London : Routledge, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (v, 179 pages) : illustrations
Series Routledge library editions. Education ; v. 8
Routledge library editions. Education ; v. 8.
Contents EFFECTIVE SCHOOLS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; Copyright; Effective Schools in Developing Countries; Copyright; Contents; Chapter 1: Creating Effective Schools; Chapter 2: The Condition of Primary Education in Developing Countries; Chapter 3: How Can Schooling Help Improve the Lives of the Poorest? The Need for Radical Reform; Chapter 4: The New School Program: More and Better Primary Education for Children in Rural Areas in Colombia; Chapter 5: CIEP: A Democratic School Model for Educating Economically Disadvantaged Students in Brazil?
Chapter 6: Improving Educational Effectiveness in a Plantation School: The Case of the Gonakelle School in Sri LankaChapter 7: Local Initiatives and Their Implications for a Multi-Level Approach to School Improvement in Thailand; Chapter 8: Providing Quality Education When Resources are Scarce: Strategies for Increasing Primary School Effectiveness in Burundi; Chapter 9: Accelerated Schools in the United States: Do They Have Relevance for Developing Countries?; Index
Summary This volume brings together eight case studies which describe a variety of initiatives to create more effective schools for children of poverty, especially in the Third World. The initiatives reviewed published and unpublished documents and both qualitative and statistical studies were examined. Countries include Brazil, Burundi, Colombia, Ghana, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand and the United States. Each initiative was developed independently to address unique challenges and situations but taken as a group, the features of the approaches described in this volume can be viewed as a basis for con
Notes Originally published in 1993 by Falmer Press
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Education, Elementary -- Developing countries -- Case studies
School management and organization -- Developing countries -- Case studies
EDUCATION -- Elementary.
Education, Elementary
School management and organization
Developing countries
Genre/Form Electronic books
Case studies
Form Electronic book
Author Levin, Henry M
Lockheed, Marlaine E
ISBN 9781136722271
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