Education in Urban Areas: Cross-National Dimensions

Table of contents

• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Title Page vii
• Preface ix
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
• Introduction 1
• REFERENCES 8
• PART I CONCEPTS AND TRENDS 9
• 1: Defining Urban in Educational Studies 11
• REFERENCES 27
• 2: Some Trends and Issues Affecting Education in the Urban Context 29
• 3: Urban Education and the Culture of Contentment: The Politics, Culture, and Economics of Inner-City Schooling 45
• REFERENCES 58
• PART II BUREAUCRATIC DYNAMICS IN URBAN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS 61
• 4: Safety Net or Safety Valve: How Choice Is Constructed in an Urban Dropout Program 63
• 5: Disparities in Educational Development in a Fast- Developing Chinese City: The Case of Guangzhou 83
• NOTE 100
• REFERENCES 100
• 6: Inequitable Agricultural Extension Services in the Urban Context: The Case of Tanzania 105
• REFERENCES 125
• PART III THE CITY AND EDUCATIONAL POLITICS 129
• 7: Education and Docility: The Dilemmas of Singapore and the Next Lap 131
• 8: Neighborhood Associations and the Fight for Public Schooling in Rio de Janeiro State 151
• 9: The Growth Machine and the Politics of Urban Educational Reform: The Case of Charlotte, North Carolina 169
• NOTES 192
• NOTES 193
• PART IV THE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE OF WOMEN AND MARGINAL STUDENTS 197
• 10: Rural Students in Urban Settings in Africa: The Experience of Female Students in Secondary Schools 199
• NOTES 216
• NOTES 217
• 11: The Effects of War Trauma on Central American Immigrant Children 233
• APPENDIX B: TEACHERS OBSERVATION SCALE FOR CHILDREN WITH POST TRAUMIC STRESS DISORDER 234
• REFERENCES 234
• 12: Street Children and Their Education: A Challenge for Urban Educators 237
• REFERENCES 259
• Index 263
• About the Editor and Contributors 269

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