Table Of ContentEducation in Mexico, Central
America and the Latin Caribbean
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Education in Mexico, Central
America and the Latin Caribbean
Edited by C. M. Posner, Christopher Martin
and Ana Patricia Elvir
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Title: Education in Mexico, Central America and the Latin Caribbean / edited
by C.M. Posner, Christopher Martin and Ana Patricia Elvir.
Description: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2017. | Series:
Education around the world | Includes bibliographical references and index.
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(epub) | ISBN 9781474267700 (epdf) | ISBN 9781474267687 (hardback)
Subjects: LCSH: Education–Mexico. | Education–Central America. |
Education–Caribbean Area. | Educational change–Mexico. | Educational
change–Central America. | Educational change–Caribbean Area. | Comparative
education. | BISAC: EDUCATION / Comparative. | EDUCATION / Reference.
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Contents
Series Editor’s Foreword ix
Notes on the Contributors x
1 Introduction: Regional Overview C. M. Posner 1
Part 1 Mexico
2 Mexico: An Introduction to the Contemporary State of
Education C . M. Posner, Christopher Martin and Elsa Guzm á n 29
3 Mexico: Th e Education Reform Project Carlos Ornelas 41
4 Mexico: Improving Educational Quality through Professional
Teacher Development D avid Turner and Mar í a Guadalupe
Gonz á lez de Turner 59
5 Mexico: Obstacles to Educational Reform Bonifacio Barba 74
6 Mexico: Assessing the Current Educational Reforms
Rodolfo Ram í rez 88
7 Mexico: Summary and Conclusions Christopher Martin,
Charles Posner and Elsa Guzm á n 106
Part 2 Central America and Panama
8 Costa Rica: Education as a Tool for Social Mobility
Luis Carlos Morales Zú ñ i ga 119
9 El Salvador: Past, Present and Prospects of Education
D. Brent Edwards Jr., Pauline Martin and Irene Flores 141
10 Guatemala: A Failing System C. M. Posner 169
11 Honduras: Contemporary Education Reform Javier Luque 191
12 Nicaragua: Education for Sustainable Human Development
Cefas Asensio Fl ó rez with the collaboration of Ana Patricia Elvir 215
13 Panama: An Overview Rolando de la Guardia Wald 238
viii Contents
Part 3 Th e Latin Caribbean
14 Cuba: Th e Impact of the Cuban Revolution R osi Smith 265
15 Dominican Republic: An Overview Molly Hamm
and Rebeca Mart í nez 283
16 Haiti: Education at the Crossroads P ierre Lubin and
Roselor Fran ç ois 306
Subject Index 331
People Index 347
