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Alberto Arenas 《International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue internationale l'éducation》2004,4(2):379-395
The voucher model of financing schooling is becoming increasingly common throughout Latin America, with at least 12 countries using vouchers or voucher-like schemes. The present study focuses on the voucher models of Colombia and Chile, which have the most extensive programs of this type and those of the longest standing in the region. Using empirical evidence, the author compares the two models along four evaluative dimensions: educational quality, segregation, choice and socialization. After weighing the successes and weaknesses of each system, he concludes that, among other characteristics, the most effective and equitable voucher model features: (a) a flexible interpretation of educational quality; (b) financial grants which target solely the poor; (c) vouchers which cover the entire cost of tuition; (d) open enrolment at participating schools; (e) the participation of both secular and religious private schools; (f) accessible and meaningful information to parents; and (g) strong systems of accountability. 相似文献
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The voucher model of financing schooling is becoming increasingly common throughout Latin America, with at least 12 countries using vouchers or voucher-like schemes. The present study focuses on the voucher models of Colombia and Chile, which have the most extensive programs of this type and those of the longest standing in the region. Using empirical evidence, the author compares the two models along four evaluative dimensions: educational quality, segregation, choice and socialization. After weighing the successes and weaknesses of each system, he concludes that, among other characteristics, the most effective and equitable voucher model features: (a) a flexible interpretation of educational quality; (b) financial grants which target solely the poor; (c) vouchers which cover the entire cost of tuition; (d) open enrolment at participating schools; (e) the participation of both secular and religious private schools; (f) accessible and meaningful information to parents; and (g) strong systems of accountability. 相似文献
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美国经济学家米尔顿.弗里德曼首次提出了教育券理论。其后詹克斯对教育券理论进行了完善,他主张教育券应帮助低收入家庭学生克服困难、完成学业。而1990年的"密尔沃基家长择校计划"则是美国民众将教育券理论运用到教育实际的率先实践。美国教育券理论研究的成果和实践经验,可为我国义务教育的均衡发展提供借鉴。深入挖掘教育券理论的价值,探讨我国流动儿童进入城市公立学校、享有平等义务教育权的可行性,以及用教育券资助西部地区、贫困农村寄宿制中小学学生生活费的操作策略,对促进我国义务教育的均衡发展具有重大的现实意义。 相似文献
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Jonathan M. B. Stern 《Peabody Journal of Education》2014,89(1):43-57
The achievement gap in many developing countries is defined in terms of rich/poor and public/private. The prevailing explanation for the “developing” achievement gap is an underfunded, inefficient, and/or inadequately supplied public school sector. Via an analysis of a Colombian voucher experiment, this article examines the extent to which income-contingent vouchers can narrow the achievement gap and provide a cost-effective method for increasing secondary school enrollments. Despite structural and implementation flaws, which diminish the program's impact on achievement and enrollments, its successes strengthen the argument that implementing an income-contingent voucher program can help narrow the achievement gap in developing countries. To cost-effectively increase enrollments, however, significant modifications and expansions to the program would be necessary—as explained in the conclusion of this article. 相似文献
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《Compare》2012,42(2):187-212
In developing countries, population estimates and assessments of progress towards the Millennium Development Goals are based increasingly on household surveys. It is not recognised that they are inappropriate for obtaining information about the poorest of the poor. Typically, they omit by design: those not in households because they are homeless; those who are in institutions; and mobile, nomadic or pastoralist populations. In addition, in practice, because they are difficult to reach, household surveys will typically under-represent: those in fragile, disjointed or multiple occupancy households; those in urban slums; and may omit certain areas of a country because of security considerations. This article reviews estimates of the numbers of children in each sub-group, focussing on countries endorsed by the Fast Track Initiative, and estimates that 21 million rather than 14 million children are out-of-school in those countries; and that worldwide 115 million rather than 67.5 million are out-of-school. Methods of improving population counts are briefly discussed. 相似文献
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Youssef Tazouti Caroline Viriot-Goeldel Cornélie Matter Anémone Geiger-Jaillet Rita Carol Dominique Deviterne 《European Journal of Psychology of Education - EJPE》2011,26(2):199-213
The present article investigates the effects of individual and contextual variables on children’s early learning in French
nursery schools and German kindergartens. Our study of 552 children at preschools in France (299 children from French nursery
schools) and Germany (253 children from German kindergartens) measured skills that facilitate the learning of reading, writing
and arithmetic at primary school. We also evaluated educational family practices and parents’ expectations of their children’s
pre-school education. In order to take into account the hierarchical structure of our data, multilevel models were used in
the analysis, which was carried out using MLwiN software version 2.02 (Rasbash et al. 2005). Although French nursery schools emphasise academic learning, we did not find any significant differences in overall performances
between the French and German samples. However, significant differences were obtained for some subscale results. In addition,
our results indicate that individual and contextual variables have an impact on the differences observed between children
from the two countries. 相似文献
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Rebecca Holmes 《Prospects》2011,41(2):223-236
This article examines the role of social protection in supporting education in conflict-affected contexts. In recent years,
social protection has gained popularity as a mechanism to reduce poverty and vulnerability, in part by enabling households
to better access and use basic services as a result of increased household income. In conflict-affected countries the costs
of accessing services are significant and the direct and indirect costs of sending children to school can be the most substantial
factor contributing to children’s exclusion from education. While social protection has the potential to play an important
role in supporting greater access to education through a variety of instruments, they have not been widely implemented and
education remains a secondary objective in the majority of social protection programming. A number of institutional and implementation
challenges must be overcome if social protection is to be effective in conflict-affected contexts. 相似文献
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Despite costly global efforts to improve and reward teacher qualifications like education and experience, little international
evidence exists on the relationship between these attributes and student achievement. It is also unclear whether these attributes
are more important for disadvantaged children, or in lower-income countries. This article examines the relationships among
teacher characteristics (experience, education, readiness to teach, and gender), student background, and fourth grade students’
mathematics and science achievement across 25 diverse countries participating in the 2003 Trends in International Mathematics
and Science Study. The analysis revealed limited evidence that the teacher characteristics deemed important in teacher upgrading
and compensation are systematically related to student test scores, or that these characteristics are more important for lower-income
students. It also found no relationship between national income and the importance of these characteristics. These results
add to increasing evidence that efforts to improve teacher quality must look beyond simply increasing and rewarding measurable
teacher qualifications like education and experience. Further, those who design cross-national studies should consider developing
richer measures of teacher skill and knowledge. 相似文献
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Valerie Hey 《教育政策杂志》2013,28(1):67-84
In 2009, the South African Department of Education extended tuition fee abolition to schools serving the poorest 60% of students, increased from 40% in 2007. This policy intends to increase access to and longevity in school for the poorest households by removing fees as a barrier and replacing private revenue with increased state funds. Despite this progressive expansion of fee-free schooling, the reported frequency of non-attendance attributable to school fees increased from 2008 to 2009, particularly among poor females and primary-aged children. This paper attempts to explain this phenomenon by presenting three constraints that hamper the potential benefits of fee abolition: (1) the rationalization of educational expenditures; (2) perverse incentives for schools to exclude non-paying children; and (3) the poor targeting mechanisms of fee abolition and government spending. As a result, we find significant lags in the implementation of fee elimination and that many poor households are still required to pay user fees. Several finance policy options are recommended for the South African schooling system. Data originate from South Africa’s National Treasury and General Household Survey. 相似文献
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This study presents new evidence on the effect of technology funding on school-level student proficiency. I exploit exogenous variation in school-level technology funding using the California Education Technology K-12 Voucher Program. The program provided eligible schools with technology vouchers to purchase qualifying hardware and software products and services. Using a regression discontinuity difference-in-difference design and data on voucher eligibility, voucher use, and school-level student proficiency, I find that voucher eligibility had no significant impact on school-level student proficiency, while voucher use had positive impacts on school-level student proficiency. The voucher use results are driven entirely by schools using the voucher funds for technology resources, but reallocating dollars initially earmarked for technology to other school inputs. 相似文献
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Jessica T. Shiller 《The Urban Review》2009,41(5):461-485
This article examines a recent reform effort that has opened hundreds of small high schools in poor urban communities in New
York City, The New Century Schools Initiative (NCSI). Founders hoped that the small schools strategy would create personalized
environments where relationships could develop between teachers and students, leading to improved outcomes for poor students
and students of color. Looking at three of the NCSI high schools in the Bronx, this ethnographic study reveals that small
schools size does not always lead to relationship-building between teachers and students. Teachers need support and training
which is currently missing from NCSI’s theory of action. The study suggests that NCSI can be strengthened with incentives
and support for teachers to develop relationships with their students. 相似文献
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Luke Akaguri 《Compare》2014,44(2):140-161
The paper uses data from a household survey of three rural communities and interviews in the Mfantseman Municipality in the Central Region of Ghana to investigate the costs incurred by households that choose either fee-free public schools or low-fee private schools. The paper shows that both provisions impose costs that place those with lower household incomes at a disadvantage since the poorest cannot afford the costs for several children. Although fee-free public education has led to the elimination of payments such as tuition, exams and extra classes fees, other direct costs such as feeding and school uniform consume a large part of the household expenditure on education for the poor. Low-fee for profit private schools remain out of reach and are not affordable by the poorest. The paper concludes that fee-free public schooling still leaves households with significant costs, which constitute a barrier to access for children from poor households. The findings indicate the need for the government of Ghana, and those other countries with similar circumstances, to develop and implement policies that are pro-poor and ensure that there are no costs to the poorest households since this is the only way all children will enjoy a full cycle of basic education as mandated by commitments to Education for All. 相似文献
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Pauline Davey Zeece 《Early Childhood Education Journal》2008,35(6):565-569
Using an example of a toddler’s developing understanding of an apple, this article illustrates how children integrate all
elements in their interpersonal and built environments to support their emerging literacy skills. Otto (2007) and others provide evidence from emergent literacy research that documents observations and exploration by infants, toddlers,
and young children and suggest that the ways in which children participate in early literature-related activities influence
the knowledge they construct. Twenty-two children’s books—including five for apple discoverers—are recommended and reviewed. 相似文献
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Scholars disagree on the extent to which low-fee private schools can adequately supply education to poor children in developing countries. This article contributes to the debate with a qualitative study in the Chinese context where privatization of education intersects with rural-urban migration. Using grounded theory approach, I examine how these schools aid or hinder migrant children’s settlement and integration in the host city. Fieldwork in the country’s interior region reveals that migrant schools are oriented toward meeting the immediate needs of migrant families but at the cost of children’s future prospects. The conclusion discusses implications for equitable urbanization. 相似文献
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This article investigates how school building design can support primary school feeding programmes in low- and middle-income countries. Furthermore it argues for schools to become community “development hubs”; incorporating both local access to education and also to programmes for nutrition, ICT, health education and other services, outside of school hours. It reviews the literature on school feeding programmes. Data from field research on schools in Ghana and South Africa is used to identify the key design issues for schools delivering feeding programmes. It considers how national education policies can affect school planning and building priorities. The article concludes by calling for the evolution of a new school design model, in which the school site becomes a “development hub”, supporting children” education, associated support activities including school feeding, and importantly also, integrated community development outreach activities. 相似文献
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Aviva Klieger Yehuda Ben-Hur Nurit Bar-Yossef 《Journal of Science Education and Technology》2010,19(2):187-198
The study examines the professional development of junior-high-school teachers participating in the Israeli “Katom” (Computer
for Every Class, Student and Teacher) Program, begun in 2004. A three-circle support and training model was developed for
teachers’ professional development. The first circle applies to all teachers in the program; the second, to all teachers at
individual schools; the third to teachers of specific disciplines. The study reveals and describes the attitudes of science
teachers to the integration of laptop computers and to the accompanying professional development model. Semi-structured interviews
were conducted with eight science teachers from the four schools participating in the program. The interviews were analyzed
according to the internal relational framework taken from the information that arose from the interviews. Two factors influenced
science teachers’ professional development: (1) Introduction of laptops to the teachers and students. (2) The support and
training system. Interview analysis shows that the disciplinary training is most relevant to teachers and they are very interested
in belonging to the professional science teachers’ community. They also prefer face-to-face meetings in their school. Among
the difficulties they noted were the new learning environment, including control of student computers, computer integration
in laboratory work and technical problems. Laptop computers contributed significantly to teachers’ professional and personal
development and to a shift from teacher-centered to student-centered teaching. One-to-One laptops also changed the schools’
digital culture. The findings are important for designing concepts and models for professional development when introducing
technological innovation into the educational system. 相似文献
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Angela K. Salmon 《Early Childhood Education Journal》2008,35(5):457-461
Conscious of the interplay between nature and nurture in determining a child’s individuality and success in life, the author
embarked a group of teachers in an action research project towards nurturing a culture of thinking in young children. Considering
the positive effects of routines in early learning experiences, the research consisted in implementing thinking routines to
engage young children’s minds in thinking activities. The study took place in two Reggio-inspired schools where participating
teachers documented children’s work as part of their teaching. The documentation was a key element to make children’s thinking
visible as they installed the culture and language of thinking in their classrooms. The study found that thinking routines
build up positive attitudes about thinking and learning. By re-visiting their documented work children developed metacognitive
and critical thinking skills which make them more alert to situations that call for thinking. 相似文献
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Identity and biography as mediators of science and mathematics faculty’s involvement in K-12 service
This article explores aspects of science and mathematics faculty identities and biographies that mediated their involvement
in K-12 service. Faculty expressed five motivations for participating in K-12 service—advancing their research agenda, advocating
environmental consciousness, desiring to be involved in their children’s schools, aspiring to improve their pedagogical practices
and promoting equity and social justice. 相似文献
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This article describes an evaluation of universal resources designed to support motor development in Reception and Year 1 children. Four schools (Year R–Year 6) in the South East of England, three with high numbers of disadvantaged children participated. Senior leadership influenced take up of the initiative. Health and well-being practitioners and occupational therapy students contributed to ‘roll out’ of the resources with support provided by the authors over 12 weeks. Interview and focus group data from participating staff were gathered alongside examples of schoolwork from pupils. School staff needed access to support when incorporating universal strategies. The initiative contributed to schools working towards Healthy Schools targets. At the end of 12 weeks, improvements in children's sitting position, handwriting and lunchtime skills were noted, warranting further exploration of this approach to address the needs of children with poor motor skills at school entry. 相似文献
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What Jim Crow’s Teachers Could Do: Educational Capital and Teachers’ Work in Under-resourced Schools
Hilton Kelly 《The Urban Review》2010,42(4):329-350
This article explains how Jim Crow’s teachers—former teachers of legally segregated schools for blacks—prepared and motivated
disadvantaged students in spite of funding and resource deprivation. According to the author, black teachers fashioned situated
pedagogies for the acquisition of educational capital that could be used in exchange for jobs, rights, and social power. Findings
reveal three strategies of opportunity which provide some clues to how urban teachers today can educate poor children of color
in under-resourced schools, such as generating materials and supplies, situating curriculum and instruction, and mobilizing
human resources. The analysis draws upon 44 oral history interviews with former teachers in the coastal plains of North Carolina,
as well as secondary historical sources. 相似文献