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Educational Access and Social Justice

A Global Perspective

Edited by Gowri Parameswaran and Themina Kader

In 2000, the Education for All (EFA) dedication was made in Senegal at the Dakar World Education Forum. It was a call to governments around the world to make education available at all levels and for all people. The reality is that the majority of monitored countries have only marginally reduced the numbers of their illiterate citizens. Eighty million children and almost a billion adults still do not receive any education. The disproportionately large number of people without an opportunity for schooling live in the least economically developed countries.

This book is a collection of essays reporting the successes, failures, and barriers contributing to a lack of educational access in developing countries. The international contributors to this volume work in communities that are in the front lines of the battle to achieve universal access to education for everyone.
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University Press of America
Pages: 122 • Trim: 6 x 9
978-0-7618-4538-6 • Paperback • May 2009 • $44.99 • (£35.00)
Subjects: Law / General, Education / Multicultural Education, Education / Educational Policy & Reform / General, Education / Educational Policy & Reform / School Safety, Education / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects
Gowri Parameswaran is chair in the Department of Educational Studies in the School of Education at SUNY New Paltz and has contributed many book chapters and articles on diversity and social justice in education. Themina Kader teaches at undergraduate and graduate levels in the pedagogy of art education and is the author of numerous articles on the concepts of multiculturalism and diversity.
Part 1 Preface
Part 2 Introduction
Part 3 Part I: Public Schooling and Unequal Access to Resources
Part 4 Chapter 1—Education in Fiji: Is is Still a Public Service?
Part 5 Chapter 2—United Arab Emirates Pre-service Teachers' Attitudes Towards Gifted/Talented Children with Disabilities
Part 6 Chapter 3—'Poor Girls': A Comparative Analysis of their Educational Experiences in England and India
Part 7 Chapter 4—Access to Education: a Distant Dream for Many in India
Part 8 Part II: Social Justice Issues in Higher Education
Part 9 Chapter 5—Social Justice and Higher Education For All: The Bolivarian University of Venezuela
Part 10 Chapter 6—Navigating Art Education Across Three Domains: Cultural, Pedagogical and Political
Part 11 Chapter 7—Out and Abroad: GLBT Resources
Part 12 Part III: Teacher Training and Social Justice
Part 13 Chapter 8—Drama and Social Equity in Teacher Education Programs in Palestine
Part 14 Chapter 9—Measuring the Extent to which Teachers Interpret their Roles in Educational Terms
Part 15 Chapter 10—Rethinking Equal Voices in Classroom Discourse: Arab Female College Students' Views on Literacy Empowerment
Part 16 About the Authors

Educational Access and Social Justice

A Global Perspective

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Summary
Summary
  • In 2000, the Education for All (EFA) dedication was made in Senegal at the Dakar World Education Forum. It was a call to governments around the world to make education available at all levels and for all people. The reality is that the majority of monitored countries have only marginally reduced the numbers of their illiterate citizens. Eighty million children and almost a billion adults still do not receive any education. The disproportionately large number of people without an opportunity for schooling live in the least economically developed countries.

    This book is a collection of essays reporting the successes, failures, and barriers contributing to a lack of educational access in developing countries. The international contributors to this volume work in communities that are in the front lines of the battle to achieve universal access to education for everyone.
Details
Details
  • University Press of America
    Pages: 122 • Trim: 6 x 9
    978-0-7618-4538-6 • Paperback • May 2009 • $44.99 • (£35.00)
    Subjects: Law / General, Education / Multicultural Education, Education / Educational Policy & Reform / General, Education / Educational Policy & Reform / School Safety, Education / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects
Author
Author
  • Gowri Parameswaran is chair in the Department of Educational Studies in the School of Education at SUNY New Paltz and has contributed many book chapters and articles on diversity and social justice in education. Themina Kader teaches at undergraduate and graduate levels in the pedagogy of art education and is the author of numerous articles on the concepts of multiculturalism and diversity.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Part 1 Preface
    Part 2 Introduction
    Part 3 Part I: Public Schooling and Unequal Access to Resources
    Part 4 Chapter 1—Education in Fiji: Is is Still a Public Service?
    Part 5 Chapter 2—United Arab Emirates Pre-service Teachers' Attitudes Towards Gifted/Talented Children with Disabilities
    Part 6 Chapter 3—'Poor Girls': A Comparative Analysis of their Educational Experiences in England and India
    Part 7 Chapter 4—Access to Education: a Distant Dream for Many in India
    Part 8 Part II: Social Justice Issues in Higher Education
    Part 9 Chapter 5—Social Justice and Higher Education For All: The Bolivarian University of Venezuela
    Part 10 Chapter 6—Navigating Art Education Across Three Domains: Cultural, Pedagogical and Political
    Part 11 Chapter 7—Out and Abroad: GLBT Resources
    Part 12 Part III: Teacher Training and Social Justice
    Part 13 Chapter 8—Drama and Social Equity in Teacher Education Programs in Palestine
    Part 14 Chapter 9—Measuring the Extent to which Teachers Interpret their Roles in Educational Terms
    Part 15 Chapter 10—Rethinking Equal Voices in Classroom Discourse: Arab Female College Students' Views on Literacy Empowerment
    Part 16 About the Authors

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