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Urban Education: Views from 3 Continents A Response

Urban Education: Views from 3 Continents A Response. Discussant: Prof. Yin Cheong CHENG President-elect, World Educational Research Association Vice-President (RD) & Chair Professor of Leadership & Change, Hong Kong Institute of Education WERA Symposium at ECER 2011 Confernce

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Urban Education: Views from 3 Continents A Response

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  1. Urban Education: Views from 3 Continents A Response Discussant: Prof. Yin Cheong CHENG President-elect, World Educational Research Association Vice-President (RD) & Chair Professor of Leadership & Change, Hong Kong Institute of Education WERA Symposium at ECER 2011 Confernce Berlin, 13-16 September 2011

  2. Prof Aslam Fataar • Social spatial analysis on changing school landscape in a post apartheid city- Cape Town /South Africa • Mobility and subjectivities in schooling • Prof Ricardo Cuenca • Trend analysis of demand and supply in public /private ed across in metropolitan Lima/ South America • Growth of private ed & decline of public ed.: Future of public ed? • Prof Belmira Bueno • Historical Perspective on Urban Education in Latin America • Social and Political Factors, Longitudinally Past, Present & Future Problems & Solutions in Developing Urban Education

  3. Overall Observations • Different Perspectives: from 3 Continents (Latin America, South Africa, South America) with Different Cultural & Political Backgrounds • Different Approaches: (a)Historical Analysis, (b) Social-Spatial Analysis, (c)Trend Analysis of Demand and Supply • Different Targets: (a) Overall Development of Latin American Countries, (b) Changing School Landscape in A Post Apartheid City- Cape Town, (c) Trends of Private Ed/ Public Education in Lima

  4. Shared Common Concerns • Role: What are the key roles of urban education, in particular, public & private education? • Development:What is happening to the development & management of urban education in a fast changing context? • Challenges: What are the dilemmas, problems and challenges? How to solve them? For future?

  5. Reflectionsin Local & Global Contexts 1. What are key +ve or –ve functions of urban education? • Economic development, urbanization, industrialization & modernization,? • Social equality, equity, mobility, & consolidation? • Political socialization, democratization, & class gaps reduction? • Cultural/ human capital building for future developments in globalization, localization, individualization & technology advancement?

  6. 2. What are key features of provision & management of urban education ? • Marketization, privatization, central planning? Parental choice? • Provision of private and public schools in achieving the diverse functions of urban education? • Decentralization, site-based management, quality assurance, accountability, & community participation? • Diversification of education provision to multiple expectations?

  7. 3. What challenges in reforming & developing urban education? • Inconsistencies between the expected multiple roles of urban education? across social classes? Roles of Urban Education: • Economic development, urbanization, industrialization & modernization, • Social equality, equity, mobility, & consolidation • Political socialization, democratization, & class gaps reduction • Cultural capital building for future developments Inconsistencies & Dilemmas? Across social classes?

  8. Management Means of Urban Education • Marketization , privatization or central planning • Provision of private and public schools • Decentralization, quality assurance, accountability, & community participation • Diversification of education provision Roles of Urban Education Economic development, urbanization, industrialization & modernization,? Social equality, equity, mobility, & consolidation? Political socialization, democratization, & class gaps reduction? Cultural/ capital building for future developments? • Conflicts & interactions between the management means and the espoused aims of urban education? Conflicts? Interactions?

  9. Impacts of Globalization (incl. International Competitions) and Local Contexts (incl. social, political, economic factors, reform initiatives, etc. ) Features of Urban Education Management Means of Urban Education • Marketization , privatization or central planning • Provision of private and public schools • Decentralization, quality assurance, accountability, & community participation • Diversification of education provision Roles of Urban Education Economic development, urbanization, industrialization & modernization,? Social equality, equity, mobility, & consolidation? Political socialization, democratization, & class gaps reduction? Cultural/ capital building for future developments? Conflicts? Interactions?

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