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Handbook of International Development and Education
Edited by Pauline Dixon, Steve Humble and Chris Counihan
This Handbook considers the myths and untruths that currently exist in international development and education. Using historic and contemporary evidence, this compendium redefines the international development narrative through a new understanding of 'what works', drawn from pragmatic ideas and approaches.
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- Published in print:
- 26 Jun 2015
- ISBN:
- 9781783473533
- eISBN:
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- Pages:
- c 560
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- Handbook of International Development and Education
- Copyright
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1: Introduction to part I
- Chapter 2: The economic impact of educational quality
- Chapter 3: Development and education
- Chapter 4: The role of human capital in economic development
- Chapter 5: Introduction to part II
- Chapter 6: Delivering education: a pragmatic framework for improving education in low-income countries
- Chapter 7: Affordable learning: transforming education at the bottom of the pyramid
- Chapter 8: The private schools revolution in Patna, Bihar, India
- Chapter 9: Private schooling and development: an overview
- Chapter 10: Low-cost private schools in the slums of Colombia
- Chapter 11: Improving the status and quality of teachers in developing countries
- Chapter 12: Education in post conflict zones: a case study of South Sudan
- Chapter 13: Introduction to part III
- Chapter 14: Teachers – an indispensable asset: examining teacher effectiveness in South Asia
- Chapter 15: Teaching reading skills through synthetic phonics: an example from Nigeria
- Chapter 16: Endogenous education in India and the implications of universal peer teaching in the 19th century
- Chapter 17: Baseline assessment in an international context
- Chapter 18: Locality, observability and community action (LOCUM) in test development and use in emerging education settings
- Chapter 19: In search of human capital – identifying gifted children in poor areas of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Chapter 20: From Hole in the Wall to school in the cloud
- Chapter 21: Introduction to part IV
- Chapter 22: Why Africa remains poor
- Chapter 23: Voucher policies and the response of for profit and religious schools: evidence from Chile
- Chapter 24: Examining the role of the entrepreneur in development and education
- Chapter 25: Private school choice in developing countries: experimental results from Delhi, India
- Chapter 26: International aid and schooling for the poor
- Chapter 27: Formulating the recipe for the ideal low-cost private school – hints on the ingredients
- Chapter 28: Community participation and School Based Management
- Index
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- 26 June 2015
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- Handbook of International Development and Education
- Copyright
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1: Introduction to part I
- Chapter 2: The economic impact of educational quality
- Chapter 3: Development and education
- Chapter 4: The role of human capital in economic development
- Chapter 5: Introduction to part II
- Chapter 6: Delivering education: a pragmatic framework for improving education in low-income countries
- Chapter 7: Affordable learning: transforming education at the bottom of the pyramid
- Chapter 8: The private schools revolution in Patna, Bihar, India
- Chapter 9: Private schooling and development: an overview
- Chapter 10: Low-cost private schools in the slums of Colombia
- Chapter 11: Improving the status and quality of teachers in developing countries
- Chapter 12: Education in post conflict zones: a case study of South Sudan
- Chapter 13: Introduction to part III
- Chapter 14: Teachers – an indispensable asset: examining teacher effectiveness in South Asia
- Chapter 15: Teaching reading skills through synthetic phonics: an example from Nigeria
- Chapter 16: Endogenous education in India and the implications of universal peer teaching in the 19th century
- Chapter 17: Baseline assessment in an international context
- Chapter 18: Locality, observability and community action (LOCUM) in test development and use in emerging education settings
- Chapter 19: In search of human capital – identifying gifted children in poor areas of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Chapter 20: From Hole in the Wall to school in the cloud
- Chapter 21: Introduction to part IV
- Chapter 22: Why Africa remains poor
- Chapter 23: Voucher policies and the response of for profit and religious schools: evidence from Chile
- Chapter 24: Examining the role of the entrepreneur in development and education
- Chapter 25: Private school choice in developing countries: experimental results from Delhi, India
- Chapter 26: International aid and schooling for the poor
- Chapter 27: Formulating the recipe for the ideal low-cost private school – hints on the ingredients
- Chapter 28: Community participation and School Based Management
- Index