Learning to educate
Subtitle: proposals for the reconstruction of education in Latin America
By: Ernesto Schiefelbein F., Noel F. McGinn
Contributors: McGinn, Noel F., 1934-
Series: Studies in comparative education; Studies in comparative education (Paris, France)
Publisher: Unesco, International Bureau of Education
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Number of pages: 393
ISBN-13: 9789231040849
Subjects: Education; Teachers; Training of; Education and state; Éducation; Aspect politique; Enseignants; Formation; Politique gouvernementale; Political aspects
Description: This publication suggests that, if Latin America is to catch up with the rest of the world, a broader view of education, and particularly teaching, is required. This book includes a close examination of learning and teaching in the classroom, the administration of schools and school districts, the management of systems of education in ministries, and the political processes that generate educational policy and law and consensus. The authors propose five major strategies for a radical improvement in the quality of teaching and learning in Latin America: greater emphasis on learning how to learn; converting teachers from producers of learning to managers of learning; fundamental improvements in teacher training; shifting the emphasis for change from the central to the local level; and emphasizing learning that will lead to increased freedom for all.--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Introduction: Teaching-the foundation for education; title: Learning and teaching; title: The measurement of learning; title: Models of teaching; title: How to get and keep good teachers; title: The educational tasks of every society; title: The origins of Latin America's systems of education; title: Education and the transformation of society; title: Models of the school as organization; title: Issues in the financing of an education system; title: The builders and shapers of systems of education; title: The process of shaping an education system; title: Strategies for the improvement of teaching and learning.