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Secondary Education at the Crossroads

Publication year: 2006

ISBN: 978-1-4020-4668-1

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Education is a universal priority. Currently, it is at a crossroad. In every society it is valued as a major road to produce more productive, more harmonious and healthier citizens. Yet, in every setting there is deep dissatisfaction with the overall performance of education and there are major moves towards reform, sometimes superficial but more often fundamental. These reform processes have had only moderate and very uneven success. Too often they are episodic, reflecting a short-term approach which is frequently changed for the latest enthusiasm or the most recent administration. In Asia and the Pacific countries many systems are in the process of construction or reconstruction.


Subject: Humanities, Social Science and Law / Europe / European Union (EU) / Evaluation / curriculum / education / education policy / education reform / quality / school