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E10 1 Section 4 October 3, 2012

E10 1 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 Emma and Georgia lead part of section EFA if time permits

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E10 1 Section 4 October 3, 2012

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  1. E101 Section 4October 3, 2012 Education and Development and Education as a Human Right

  2. Agenda • Situating Ourselves in the Course (2 minutes) • Discussion of Friday’s lecture: the World Values Survey • Emma and Georgia lead part of section • EFA if time permits • Paper 1 Questions (10 minutes) • Housekeeping (5 minutes)

  3. Seminar on How to Conduct Research Online Mary, the research librarian at Grossman library, confirmed the information session around research online, for tomorrow (Thursday - 4th Oct.) from 5 - 6 p.m. (US EST).Please come prepared with questions/clarifications, so that she can best support you.The link you can use to enter the room is https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?password=M.FADFA5871A46A185083C240679F5D0&sid=2007009

  4. Course Overview • 1 • Introduction to Comparative and International Education • 2 • The Process of Policy Analysis • 3 • Education Policy Options

  5. 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

  6. Let’s discuss • Discuss the two quotes (from Julius Nyerere and Joseph Stalin) at the beginning of the chapter. • Discuss the assumption that “there is a positive relationship between an educated population and national development in all its forms, and that education can be used as a “weapon” against poverty and and other forms of underdevelopment” (p.60)

  7. What framework(s) inform the way you understand the role of education in national development? Economist Anthropologist Social Justice Perspective Human Rights Perspective

  8. 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)

  9. 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)

  10. WVS Over Time 2005-2008 1999-2004

  11. Emma and Georgia’s Presentation

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. Seminar on How to Conduct Research Online Mary, the research librarian at Grossman library, confirmed the information session around research online, for tomorrow (Thursday - 4th Oct.) from 5 - 6 p.m. (US EST).Please come prepared with questions/clarifications, so that she can best support you.The link you can use to enter the room is https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?password=M.FADFA5871A46A185083C240679F5D0&sid=2007009

  15. 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!

  16. 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)

  17. Turning in Your Paper • Save your file: HUID_Country or Region_Issue For example: 12345678_Thailand_GirlsEducation Or 12345678&234567890_LatinAmerica_PrimaryQuality

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