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A-801 Section 4 October 3, 2012. Education and Development and Education as a Human Right. Agenda. Situating Ourselves in the Course (2 minutes) Discussion of Friday’s lecture: the World Values Survey (15 minutes) GMR (15 minutes ) Paper 1 Questions (10 minutes)
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A-801 Section 4October 3, 2012 Education and Development and Education as a Human Right
Agenda • Situating Ourselves in the Course (2 minutes) • Discussion of Friday’s lecture: the World Values Survey (15 minutes) • GMR (15 minutes) • Paper 1 Questions (10 minutes) • Housekeeping (5 minutes)
Course Overview • 1 • Introduction to Comparative and International Education • 2 • The Process of Policy Analysis • 3 • Education Policy Options
Course Overview • 1 • Introduction to Comparative and International Education • Week 1 – The Purpose of comparison. What is comparative education? What is international education? • Week 2 – What is education policy? • Week 3 – Comparative and cross-national Studies • Week 4 – Education and Development and Education as a Human Right • Week 5 – Current Global Education Issues
What framework(s) inform the way you understand the role of education in national development? Economist Anthropologist Social Justice Human Rights
The World Values Survey • “This association has been founded in order to help social scientists and policy-makers better understand worldviews and changes that are taking place in the beliefs, values and motivations of people throughout the world.” (Values Change the World brochure) • “The WVS has over the years demonstrated that people’s beliefs play a key role in economic development” (Wikipedia: World Values Survey)
The World Values Survey • “The Traditional/Secular-rational values dimension reflects the contrast between societies in which religion is very important and those where it is not.” (Values Change the World brochure) • (Survival to Self-Expression Countries) “Their priorities have shifted from an overwhelming emphasis on economic and physical security toward increasing emphasis on subjective well-being, self-expression and quality of life.” (Values Change the World brochure)
WVS Over Time 2005-2008 1999-2004
The EFA Global Monitoring Report • EFA predates MDGs • Established in 1990 in Jomtien, Thailand • Development in the 1980 was all about short term economic development, so the 1990 Jomtien conference was a response
The EFA Global Monitoring Report Chapter 1: The Fix EFA Goals • Goal 1: Expand Early Childhood Care and Education • Goal 2: Provide free and compulsory primary education for all • Goal 3: Promote learning and life skills for young people and adults • Goal 4: Increase adult literacy by 50 per cent • Goal 5: Achieve gender parity by 2005, gender equality by 2015 • Goal 6: Improve the quality of education
Paper Format • Times New Roman, size 12 font in black ink • Double-spaced • 1” margins on all sides (top, bottom, left right) • APA format including • Title page • Running head • Use APA in-text citations, as well as APA Bibliography • Cite every claim you make that is not common knowledge • Word documents, not PDFs!
Turning in Your Paper • Put your student ID on the paper, not your name. • Put all of the student IDs of the members of the group that you worked with. • Only submit one paper • Paper are turned in via dropbox on the course isite(on the “Assignments” tab)
Turning in Your Paper • Save your file: HUID_Country or Region_Issue For example: 12345678_Thailand_GirlsEducation Or 12345678&234567890_LatinAmerica_PrimaryQuality
Housekeeping • Reading groups • Showing up to class on time • Office Hours