Full Description
First published in 2005. By focusing on planning this Year Book follows a tradition well established in Comparative Education. This year book hopes that by drawing together into one volume contributions from many distinguished specialists, it hopes to help in the necessary organization and systematization of a field which is full of promise.
Contents
SECTION I The Theory of Educational Planning CHAPTER ONE Theoretical considerations in educational CHAPTER TWO The relationship of educational and economic educational planning? CHAPTER FOUR The basic data needed for educational planning SECTION II The Social-Demand Approach CHAPTER FIVE The Robbins Report and the reform of higher education in Britain CHAPTER SEVEN Historical trends and present patterns in educational expenditure: constraints on planning for education in developed nations SECTION III The Manpower-Requirements Approach CHAPTER EIGHT The evolution of OECD's approach to educational planning in developed countries CHAPTER NINE The OECD Mediterranean Regional Project in retrospect CHAPTER TEN A technical evaluation of OECD's Mediterranean Regional Project: methods and conclusions CHAPTER ELEVEN Educational planning in Western Germany: a case study CHAPTER TWELVE Scientific manpower planning in the United States CHAPTER THIRTEEN Educational and manpower planning in the Soviet Union SECTION IV The Cost-Benefit Approach CHAPTER FOURTEEN Primary education and employment in the rural economy with special reference to East Africa CHAPTER FIFTEEN Unemployment among school leavers in an African city CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Rates of return on investment in education: a tool for short-term educational planning, illustrated with Ugandan data SECTION V Some Examples of Educational Planning in Underdeveloped Countries CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Education planning in Zambia CHAPTER NINETEEN Training educational planners CHAPTER TWENTY Problems of educational planning in Africa: Countries with a French-type System CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE The development of education in Latin America since the Santiago Plan CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO The new educational technologies and the developing countries CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE Trends in educational expansion in developing countries SECTION VI Models CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR Models and Mathematics in educational planning CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE A computable model of the educational system: illustrated with British Data
