Investing in the Future: Setting Educational Priorities in the Developing World - Hardcover

Hallak, J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0080407935 ISBN 13: 9780080407937

Publisher: Pergamon, 1990

Synopsis

This publication is intended to synthesize fundamental policy issues affecting education today. The concept for a publication about setting educational priorities in the developing world emerged from discussions between UNDP and the International Institute for Educational Planning. This book, addressed first and foremost to national policy-makers, describes how educational policies can be formulated, the priorities for educational development established, and appropriate strategies designed. It should not be interpreted as prescribing a uniform course of action for all societies, but rather as describing a rich mosaic of experiences and approaches from which developing countries may draw in their search for appropriate, relevant and sustainable solutions.

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Review

...this book will stimulate discussion among scholars, researchers, and individuals committed to improving eduacation in the developing world.
Higher Education in Europe
...a well-referenced glimpse into the educational process that are deemed crucial as lesser-developed nations strive to provide quality education in an ever changing multicomplex global community.
Choice
The most impressive part of the book is the frank analysis of the experience of others. Details of success and failure, the ramification of decisions and the critical significance of cultural and economic factors provide valuable counterpoints to the inevitable generalisations often associated with global statements on education.
Higher Education Review
The arguments that permeate Hallak's work are straightforward and persuasively presented: The policy suggestions which flow from the analysis are important. Hallak is realistic about the challenges to be faced. His highly readable book illustrates the challenge of the educational planner to study, to choose, and to negotiate changes in plans. This volume could help a great many policy decisions to be made more easily and more wisely.
Educational Studies

Edition details

• Publisher: Pergamon
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0080407935
• ISBN 13: 9780080407937
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 303