Product Description
Equal educational opportunities – issues and challenges
Authors: C Russo, J Beckmann, J Jansen
Format: Physical Hardcopy
This interesting text is based on the papers read at the commemorative conference (held at Misty Hills in South Africa in April 2004) and critically examines the progress that South Africa and the United States have made towards realising equal educational opportunities for all.
Contents:
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PART A: REFLECTIONS, RECOLLECTIONS AND PERSPECTIVES
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Chapter 1. Equal educational opportunities and the Constitutional Court
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Chapter 2. Religion in public schools: some observations on the South African national policy on religion and education
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Chapter 3. Increasing access to education throughout European society
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Chapter 4. Non-discrimination and equal educational opportunities: UNESCO’s normative action
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Chapter 5. Brown v. Board of Education: A restoration of equity in public education
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PART B: THEMATIC ISSUES Section I: Equal educational opportunities defined: the constitutional framework Chapter 6. The Constitution and equal educational opportunities Chapter 7. Equal educational opportunities: An American point of view
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Section II: Education financing: Funding Chapter 8. Some aspects of equity in the funding of public schooling in South Africa Chapter 9. The American paradox: How constitutional values inhibit the achievement of quality education
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Section III: Education financing: privatization Chapter 10. A critical analysis of school choice, educator accountability and the new desegregation in American public schools Chapter 11. Privatization of elementary and secondary education in America
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Section IV: Values Chapter 12. From equality of opportunity to equality of treatment as a value-based concern in education Chapter 13. Religion and American public education: An overview
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Section V: Discipline Chapter 14. A South African perspective of the impact of discipline on access to equal educational opportunities Chapter 15. Student discipline and equal educational opportunities in the United States
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Section VI: Language Chapter 16. The language perspective Section VII: Accountability Chapter 17. Towards an analytical framework for accountability regarding equal educational opportunities
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Synthesis
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