Education for Development

COURSE OUTLINE
EDUCATION FOR DEVELOPMENT
Teacher: Francis Steier
Academic Year 2015/2016: Spring semester
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Francis Steier is a consultant on higher education reform. He is a member of the Education and Training
Committee of the Institut Français des Administrateurs (IFA).
Previously he was the Director of the Education Department at the Centre International d’Etudes
Pédagogiques in Sèvres. He also spent 16 years at the World Bank, where he led teams analyzing sector
issues in education and designing projects supporting higher education reform. He was a member of the
Bank’s Core Team of higher education experts providing guidance throughout the institution and around the
world.
COURSE OUTLINE
Note: contents of weeks #3 through 12 may be modified to accommodate Team Projects
Week 1: Introduction. Course Overview and Methodology. A Brief World History of
Education (Part 1)
Course overview and methodology. Guided tour: weekly themes, reading lists. Required readings not
available on line will be included in a course reader available at the beginning of the semester. They are to
be complemented by the student’s selection from the other 2 categories (suggested reference books,
recommended readings). Additional resources will be indicated during the semester.
Setting the stage: actors, stakeholders, paradigms and issues.
World history of education (Part 1): selected highlights.
Suggested reference books
 Maarten Simons, Mark Olssen, Michael A. Peters, Eds. 2009. Re-Reading Education Policies: A
Handbook Studying the Policy Agenda of the 21st Century. Rotterdam, Boston, Taipei: Sense
Publishers.
 Jean Vial. 2010. Histoire de l’éducation. Paris: Collection “Que sais-je”, PUF (4e édition).
Required readings
 Thomas Friedman.2014. ‘How to Get a Job at Google’. The New York
Times.http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/23/opinion/sunday/friedman-how-to-get-a-job-atgoogle.html?_r=0
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 Robert Giusepi, ed. 2007. The History of Education. http://history-world.org/history_of_education.htm
 Peter Gray. 2008. A brief history of education. Psychology Today Blog (Aug. 8).
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/freedom-learn/200808/brief-history-education
 Walter Isaacson. 2014. The Innovators. Simon & Schuster. Ch. 12 PP. 429 - 488.
Weeks 2 and 3: A Brief World History of Education (Part 2) - The Philosophy and
Practice of Education.
(Student selection of Team Projects to be completed by Week 2)
World history of education (Part 2): the case of France.
Contributions to education - then and now - of selected thinkers, from Plato to Rogers. Religion and
Education. Ethics and Education.
Suggested reference books
 Marie-Claude Blais, Marcel Gauchet, Dominique Ottavi. 2013. Pour une philosophie politique de
l’éducation. Pluriel, Librairie Arthème Fayard.
 CIEP. 2004. ‘École et religion.’ Revue internationale d’éducation de Sèvres. No. 36 (Juillet).
 Ronald Gross, ed. 1963. The Teacher and the Taught: Education in Theory and Practice from Plato to
James B. Conant. New York: Dell Publishing.[Out of print]
 David T. Hansen, ed. 2007. Ethical Visions of Education: Philosophies in Practice. New York:
Teachers College Press.
 Jean Houssaye. 2013. Quinze pédagogues: Idées principales et textes choisis. Paris: Editions Fabert.
Required readings
 David Hansen. 2007. Ch. 1: John Dewey on Education and the Quality of Life in Hansen (2007).
 John Dewey. 1990. Ch. 1: ‘The school and social progress’ in Dewey(1990).
 Andrew Geber and Monte Joffee (2007). Ch. 4: ‘Value Creation as the Aim of Education: Tsunesaburo
Makiguchi and Soka Education’ in Hansen (2007).
 Johann Henrich Pestalozzi. ‘An Experiment in Education’ in Gross, ed. (1963).
 Jean-Jacques Rousseau. ‘The Evils of Education’ in Gross, ed. (1963).
Recommended readings
 Marguerite Altet. 1998. Les pédagogies de l’apprentissage. PUF.
 Dayle M. Bethel. 1973. Makiguchi, the Value Creator. New York and Tokyo: Weatherhill.
 Marie-Claude Blais, Marcel Gauchet, Dominique Ottavi. 2010. Quatrième partie: ‘Une éducation sans
société ? L’expérience quotidienne de l’enfant’ in Conditions de l’éducation. Pluriel, Librairie Arthème
Fayard.
 Mohamed Charfi. 1999. Ch. IV: ‘Éducation et modernité’ in Islam et liberté: le malentendu historique.
Albin Michel.
 Hillary Rodham Clinton. 1996. It Takes a Village. New York: Touchstone, Simon and Schuster.
 Jacques Delors. 1996. Learning: the Treasure Within: Report to UNESCO of the International
Commission for the Twenty-First Century. UNESCO Publishing.
http://www.unesco.org/education/pdf/15_62.pdf Ch. 4: The Four Pilars of Education.
 John Dewey. 1990. The School and Society. The Child and the Curriculum. Chicago and London: The
University of Chicago Press.
 John Dewey. 1927. The Public and Its Problems. Swallow Press.
 Jim Garrison, Larry Hickman, Daisaku Ikeda. 2014. Living as Learning: John Dewey in the 21st
Century. Cambridge, Mass.: Dialogue Path Press.
 Françoise Mayeur. 1979. L’éducation des filles en France au XIXe siècle. Perrin.
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Mona Ozouf. 2014. Jules Ferry: La liberté et la tradition.. Gallimard.
Henri Pena-Ruiz. 2005. Qu’est-ce que l’école ? Gallimard: Collection Folio Actuel.
F. Pisani-Ferry. 1981. Monsieurl’instituteur: L’école primaire a 100 ans. J. C. Lattès.
Van Zanten, A. 2005. “Bourdieu as education policy analyst and expert: a rich but ambiguous legacy.”
Journal of Education Policy 20 (6) PP. 671-686.
 Wang Weija and Zhang Kaiyuan. 2007. ‘Tao Xingzhi and the Emergence of Public Education in
China.’ In Hansen (2007).
Week 4: The Political Economy of Education Policy
Actors, stakeholders, institutions revisited. Economics of education: an overview. Political, economic, social
dimensions of education policy.
Suggested reference books
 Brian Keeley. 2007. Human Capital: How What You Know Shapes Your Life. OECD https://www-oecd-ilibrary-org.acces-distant.sciences-po.fr/education/human-capital_9789264029095-en
 Alain Mingat, Jee-Peng Tan. 1988. Analytical Tools for Sector Work in Education. Baltimore and
London: The Johns Hopkins University
Press.http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EDUCATION/Resources/278200-1099079877269/5476641099079934475/547667-1135281504040/tools_ED_policy_analysis.pdf
 George Psacharopoulos and Maureen Woodhall. 1985. Education for Development: An Analysis of
Investment Choices. Oxford University Press.
 Fernando Reimers and Noel McGinn. 1997. Informed Dialogue: Using Research to Shape Education
Policy Around the World. Westport, Connecticut: Praeger.
Required readings
 Robert B. Reich. 2001. Ch. 10: ‘The Community as Commodity’ in The Future of Success. Alfred A.
Knopf.
 Reimers and McGinn (1997): Chapters 1, 2, 3.
 Keeley (2007): Chapters 1, 2, 6, 7.
Recommended readings
 Nicholas Barr, ed. 1994. Chapters 1, 2, 11 in Labor Market and Social Policy in Central and Eastern
Europe. Oxford University Press.
 Gary Becker. 1993 (3rd d.) Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special
Reference to Education. The University of Chicago Press.
 Sue E. Berryman and Thomas R. Bailey. 1992. The Double Helix of Education and the Economy. New
York: The Institute on Education and the Economy, Teachers College.
 Mike Bottery. 2009. ‘Critical professional or branded technician? Changing conceptions of the
education worker.’ In Simons, Olssen and Peters (2009).
 CIEP. 2014. ‘Le financement de l’éducation.’ Revue internationale d’éducation de Sèvres. No. 65
(avril)
 Philip H. Coombs, Jacques Hallak. 1987. Cost Analysis in Education: A Tool for Policy and Planning.
Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press. http://wwwwds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2000/03/23/000178830_981019110
1015/Rendered/PDF/multi_page.pdf
 S. P. Heyneman. 1995. Economics of education: disappointments and potential. Prospects 24(4): PP.
559-583. http://www.vanderbilt.edu/peabody/heyneman/PUBLICATIONS/199501.pdf
 Jacob Mincer. 1974. Schooling, Experience and Earnings. NBER.
http://papers.nber.org/books/minc74-1
 George Psacharopoulos. 1995. Building Human Capital for better Lives. The World Bank.
http://documents.banquemondiale.org/curated/fr/1995/07/697217/building-human-capital-better-lives
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 Theodore W. Schultz. 1982. Investing in People: The Economics of Population Quality. University of
California Press.
Week 5: Sociological Considerations in Education Policy
Education, social cohesion, equality, equity, social capital,etc.: selected issues and international evidence.
Suggested reference books
 Andy Green, John Preston and Jan Germen Janmaat. 2006. Education, Equality and Social Cohesion:
A Comparative Analysis. Palgrave Macmillan.
 François Dubet, Marie Duru-Bellat, Antoine Vérétout. 2010. Les sociétés et leur école: Emprise du
diplôme et cohésion sociale. Paris: Editions du Seuil.
Required readings
 François Dubet, Marie Duru-Bellat, Antoine Vérétout. 2010. Introduction, Ch.1 and 2, and Conclusion
in Les sociétés et leur école: Emprise du diplôme et cohésion sociale. Paris: Editions du Seuil. [For
students fluent in French]
Recommended readings
 Marie-Claude Blais, Marcel Gauchet, Dominique Ottavi. 2013. Ch.4: ‘La question de l’égalité’ (PP.155196) in Pour une philosophie politique de l’éducation.
 Robert Castel, Jean-Louis Reiffers. 2010. Nous avons quelque chose à vous dire ,etc. Paroles des
jeunes des quartiers. Ch. III: “Le rapport à l’éducation: chagrins d’école.’ L’Harmattan.
 Andy Green, John Preston and Jan Germen Janmaat. 2006. Introduction and Ch. 1 (PP.1 - 54) in
Education, Equality and Social Cohesion. Palgrave Macmillan.
 Agnès Van Zanten. 2006. ‘New Positive Discrimination Policies in Basic and Higher Education: From
the Quest for Social Justice to Optimal Mobilisation of Human Resources’ in Simons, Olssen and
Peters (2006) PP. 478-494.
Week 6: Education, Citizenship and Peace
Education as a vector of citizenship and social cohesion.
Education and peace. Conflict prevention and post-conflict reconstruction.
Suggested reference books
 Fiona Leach. ed. 2005. Education in the 21st century: conflict, reconciliation and reconstruction.
Special Issue Compare.Vol. 35 No. 4 (December)
 Joel Westheimer, ed. 2007. Pledging Allegiance: The Politics of Patriotism in America’s Schools.
Teachers College Press, Columbia University.
 World Bank. 2005. Reshaping the Future: Education and Postconflict Reconstruction. The World
Bank.http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTCPR/Resources/Reshaping_the_Future.pdf
Required readings
 Jacqueline Cossentino and Jennifer A. Whitcomb. (2007) ‘Peace as a Premise for Learning: Maria
Montessori’s Educational Philosophy’ in Hansen (2007).
 Sharon Anne Cook. 2007. ‘’Patriotism, Eh?’ The Canadian version. Ch. 11 in Westheimer, ed. (2007)
 Lynn Davies. 2005. ‘Schools and War: urgent agendas for comparative and international education’ in
Compare (2005).
Recommended readings
 Introduction and Chapters 5, 8, 10, 11, 13 in Westheimer (2007).
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 Selected articles in Compare (2005) on Israel and Palestine (Plonski), Sri Lanka (Colenso), Northern
Ireland (Gallagher), Guinea, Sierra Leone and Sudan (McCaffery)
 CIEP. 2007. ‘L’élève, futur citoyen.’ Revue internationale d’éducation de Sèvres. No. 44 (Avril).
 Régis Debray. 2015. L’enseignement du fait religieux dans l’école laïque. Odile Jacob.
 Mathieu Ricard. 2013. Plaidoyer pour l’altruisme. Ch. 37 PP. 604-625. NIL Éditions.
 Mara Sapon-Servin. 2007. Widening the Circle: The Power of Inclusive Classrooms. Boston: Beacon
Press.
 Amartya Sen. 2007. Ch. 9: ‘Freedom to think’ in Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny. W.W.
Norton & Company.
 Thomas S. Popkewitz. 2009. ‘Inclusion and Exclusion as Double Gestures in Policy and Education
Sciences in Simons, Olssen and Peters (2009) PP. 531 - 548.
Week 7: Pre-School and Basic Education. Secondary Education. Vocational and
Technical Education
Key issues in pre-school and basic education, secondary education, vocational and technical education: an
international review.
Required readings
 Hillary Rodham Clinton. Chapter ‘Education = Expectations’ in It Takes a Village.
 Lant Pritchett. 2013. Introduction and Ch. 1, 2 and 6 in The Rebirth of Education: Schooling Ain’t
Learning. Center for Global Development. Introduction at
http://www.cgdev.org/sites/default/files/rebirth-education-introduction_0.pdf
 Keeley (2007): Chapters 3 and 4.
Recommended readings
 Jean-Michel Blanquer. 2014. L’école de la vie. Odile Jacob.
 CIEP. 2014. Country papers delivered at the RIES 2014 Conference on Education in Asia. Available at
http://ries.revues.org/3899
 CIEP. 2006. Ecole primaire, école de base. Revue internationale d’éducation de Sèvres. No. 41
(Avril).
 Alexandra Draxler. 2008. New Partnerships for EFA: Building on Experience. UNESCO-IIEP and
World Economic Forum. http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0015/001567/156753e.pdf
 François Dubet, Marie Duru-Bellat. 2015. 10 Propositions pour changer d’école. Seuil.
 Indermit S. Gill, Fred Fluitman and Amit Dar. 2000. Vocational Education and Training Reform:
Matching Skills to Markets and Budgets. Oxford University Press for the World Bank.
http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/abs/10.1596/0-1952-1590-7
 Peter Gumbel. 2010. On achève bien les écoliers. Grasset.
 John B. Knight, Richard H. Sabot. 1990. Education, Productivity and Inequality: The East African
National Experiment. Oxford University Press.
 John Middleton, Adrian Ziderman and Arvil Van Adams. 1993. Skills for Productivity: Vocational
Education and Training in Developing Countries. Oxford University Press for the World Bank.
http://documents.banquemondiale.org/curated/fr/1993/06/437284/skills-productivity-vocationaleducation-training-developing-countries
 OECD. 2012. Let’s Read Them A story! The Parent Factor in Education.
OECD.http://www.oecd.org/pisa/pisaproducts/Parent%20Factor_e-booknew%20logo_FINAL_new%20page%2047.pdf
 Isabelle Peloux et Anne Lamy. 2014. L’école du colibri: La pédagogie de la coopération. Actes Sud.
 Robert Rosenthal, Leonor Jacobson. 1992 and 1968. Pygmalion in the Classroom: Teacher
Expectations and Pupils’ Intellectual Development. Crown House Publishing Limited.
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 UNESCO and ILO. 2002. Technical and Vocational Education for the Twenty First Century: UNESCO
and ILO Recommendations. http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0012/001260/126050e.pdf
 Mary Eming Young. 1996. Early Child Development: Investing in the Future. The World Bank.
http://econ.worldbank.org/external/default/main?pagePK=64165259&theSitePK=475520&piPK=64165
421&menuPK=64166093&entityID=000009265_3961219104956
Week 8: Higher Education. Adult and Continuing Education
The effects of globalization on higher education and lifelong learning. Academic rankings, winners and
losers.
Suggested reference books
 AFPA. 2014. ‘S’étonner pour apprendre’. Éducation Permanente. No. 200.
 Ben Wildavsky. 2010. The Great Brain Race: How Global Universities Are Reshaping the World.
Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press.
 World Bank. 2003. Lifelong Learning in the Global Knowledge Economy: Challenges for Developing
Countries. Washington, DC: The World
Bank.http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTLL/Resources/Lifelong-Learning-in-the-Global-KnowledgeEconomy/lifelonglearning_GKE.pdf
Required reading
 Jamil Salmi. 2009. The Challenge of Establishing World-class Universities. World Bank
Publications.http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EDUCATION/Resources/2782001099079877269/547664-1099079956815/547670-1237305262556/WCU.pdf
 Francis Steier. 2003. The Changing Nexus: Tertiary Education Institutions, the Marketplace and the
State. Higher Education Quarterly, Volume 57 No. 2 (April)
Recommended readings
 Martin Anderson. 1996. Impostors in the Temple: A Blueprint for Improving Higher Education in
America. The Hoover Institution Press.
 François Garçon. 2011. Enquête sur la Formation des Élites. Essais Docs Société.
 François Garçon. 2014. Formation: L’autre miracle suisse. Presses polytechniques et universitaires
romandes.
 Yves Gingras. 2014. Les dérives de l’évaluation de la recherche: Du bon usage de la bibliométrie.
Éditions Raisons d’Agir.
 Stéphanie Grousset-Charrière. 2012. La face cachée de Harvard ; la socialisation des élites dans les
sociétés secrètes étudiantes. La Documentation Française.
 Peter Gumbel. 2013. Elite Academy: Enquête sur la France malade de ses grandes écoles. Denoël
Impacts.
 Simon Marginson (2009). ‘University Rankings, Government and Social Order: managing the Field of
Higher Education According to the Logic of the Performative Present-As-Future.’ InSimons, Olssen
and Peters (2009).
 Michaela Martin and Antony Stella. 2007. External Quality Assurance in Higher Education: Making
Choices. UNESCO: International Institute for Educational
Planning.http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0015/001520/152045e.pdf
 Jacques Mazeran et al. 2007. Short-term Vocational Higher Education: A Global Challenge in
Education. Hachette Éducation.
 Elizabeth Olson. 2014. Student loan debt burdens more than just young people. The New York Times
( September 12) http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/13/business/student-loan-debt-burdens-more-thanjust-young-people.html?_r=0
 Hermann Röhrs, Ed. 1987. Tradition and Reform of the University under an International Perspective.
Frankfurt am Main: Verlag Peter Lang.
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 Jacques Steinberg. 2002. The Gatekeepers: Inside the Admissions Process of a Premier College.
Penguin Books.
 UNESCO and World Bank. 2000. Higher Education in Developing Countries: Perils and Promise. The
World Bank. http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EDUCATION/Resources/2782001099079877269/547664-1099079956815/peril_promise_en.pdf
 World Bank. 2002. Constructing Knowledge Societies: New Challenges for Teriary Education. The
World Bank.
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/TERTIARYEDUCATION/Resources/Documents/ConstructingKnowledge-Societies/ConstructingKnowledgeSocieties.pdf
Week 9: International Organizations. Analytical Tools. Education and Other
Indicators. International Comparisons
International Organizations (UNESCO, UNICEF, UNDP, World Bank, European Commission and related
institutions, Regional Development Banks) as viewed through their mission statements, governance and
education agenda.
Millenium Development Goals and Sustainable Development Goals (MDGs and SDGs). Education for All
(EFA).
Measuring educational achievement. Education indicators. The case of PISA.
Suggested reference books
 Georges Felouzis, Samuel Charmillot. 2012. Les enquêtes PISA. Paris: Collection “Que sais-je”, PUF.
 OECD. 2014. PISA 2012 Results in Focus. OECD. http://www.oecd.org/pisa/keyfindings/pisa-2012results-overview.pdf
Required readings
 Nancy C. Alexander. 2001. ‘Paying for Education: How the World Bank and International Monetary
Fund Influence Education in Developing Countries.’ In Stephen P. Heyneman, ed.. Global Issues in
Education. Peabody Journal of Education. Vol. 76, Nos. 3 & 4.
 Xavier Bonal, Aina Tarabini. 2009. Global Solutions for Global Poverty? The World Bank Education
Policy and the Ant-Poverty Agenda. In Simons, Olssen, Peters, eds. (2009).
 Susan Robertson. 2009. Producing the ‘Global Knowledge Economy’: the World Bank, the Knowledge
Assessment Methodology and Education. In Simons, Olssen, Peters, eds. (2009).
Recommended readings
 Nathalie Bulle. 2011. Comparing OECD educational models through the prism of PISA. Comparative
Education. Vol.47, No.4, PP.503-521. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03050068.2011.555117
 European Commission. 1996. Teaching and Learning: Towards the Learning Society.(White Paper)
 Marie Duru-Bellat. 2012. Usages et mésusages des enquêtes PISA dans l’évaluation et le pilotage
des systèmes éducatifs. LIEPP Policy Brief No.3, PP.1-6.
http://www.sciencespo.fr/liepp/fr/content/usages-et-mesusages-des-enquetes-pisa-1
 Sotiria Grek. 2009. “Governing by numbers: the PISA ‘effect’ in Europe.” Journal of Education Policy.
24(1): PP.23-37.http://www.research.ed.ac.uk/portal/files/14608705/Governing_by_Numbers.pdf
 OECD. 2014. Education at a Glance 2014: OECD Indicators. OECD.
http://www.oecd.org/edu/Education-at-a-Glance-2014.pdf
 OECD. 2012. Lessons from PISA for Japan. Strong Performers and Successful Reformers in
Education. OECD
Publishing.http://www.oecd.org/edu/school/programmeforinternationalstudentassessmentpisa/498026
16.pdf
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 OECD. 2002. Education Policy Analysis. OECD.
http://www.oecd.org/education/school/programmeforinternationalstudentassessmentpisa/33691620.pd
f
 OECD. 2002. Knowledge and Skills for Life: First Results from PISA 2000. OECD.
 UNDP. Selected years. United Nations Development Report.
 World Bank. 2011. Education Strategy 2020. Washington, DC.
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EDUCATION/Resources/ESSU/Education_Sector_Strategy_draft_f
or_comment.pdf
 World Bank. 1995. Priorities and Strategies for Education. A World Bank Review.
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EDUCATION/Resources/278200-1099079877269/5476641099080118171/Priorities_and_Strategies_for_Ed_WB_Review.pdf
 World Bank. Selected years. World Development Report.
http://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/wdr2015/wdr-reports
Week 10: Development Work and Education Policy Design
Designing and implementing quality improvements and policy reforms: case study of a World Bank education
project, from A to Z and back.
Required readings
 World Bank. Official Documents for a selected education project (tbd): Project Appraisal Document,
Supervision Reports, Mid-Term Review, Implementation Completion and Results Report, Project
Performance Assessment Report.
Nota: All except Supervision reports and Mid-term review are available on the World Bank website.
Recommended readings
 Wadi D. Haddad. 1994. The Dynamics of Education Policy Making: Case Studies of Burkina Faso,
Jordan, Peru and Thailand. The World
Bank.http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1994/05/698401/dynamics-education-policy-makingcase-studies-burkina-faso-jordan-peru-thailand
 Jacques Hallak and Muriel Poisson. 2007. Corrupt schools, corrupt universities: What can be done?
UNESCO Publishing. http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0015/001502/150259e.pdf
 George Psacharopoulos. 1990. Why Educational Policies Succeed or Fail: An Overview of Selected
African Experiences. World Bank Discussion Papers: Africa Technical department Series No. 82..
http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1990/07/439202/educational-policies-can-fail-overviewselected-african-experiences
 Reimers and McGinn (1997). Chapters 7 to 12 (country case studies).
Week 11: The Future is Now: Alternative Education Paths
From home schooling to MOOCs: a “new” landscape?
Recommended readings
 Mary Gordon. 2005. Roots of Empathy: Changing the World Child by Child. Thomas Allen & Son.
 Daniel Greenberg. 1995. Free at Last: The Sudbury Valley School. Sudbury Valley School Press.
 Emmanuel Davidenkoff. 2014. Le tsunami numérique. Stock.
 Frances Farrer. 2000. A Quiet Revolution: Encouraging Positive Values in Our Children. Rider.
 Salman Khan. .2012. The One World Schoolhouse: Education Re-Imagined. London: Hodder.
 Pierre Léna. 2012. Enseigner, c’est espérer: Plaidoyer pour l’école de demain. Editions le Pommier.
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 Maria Montessori. 2012. The Montessori Method. (Various editions)
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/39863/39863-h/39863-h.htm
 Marilyn Price-Mitchell. 2011.The Fallacy of Good Grades: Why tests don't measure your child's most
important strengths. In The Moment of Youth (Aug. 15).
 Andrew Ross Sorkin. 2014. “So Bill Gates has this idea for a history class ...”. The New York Times
Magazine (Sept. 5) http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/07/magazine/so-bill-gates-has-this-idea-for-ahistory-class.html?_r=0
Week 12: Concluding Thoughts or Unfinished Business?
TEAM PROJECTS
For their Team Project, students in groups of three will choose a topic, either from the suggested list below or
one of their own with instructor’s approval. They will work as a team to research the topic, present findings to
the class, and lead the ensuing discussion. Guidance will be provided to each team or to fine tune the title of
the topic, suggest research leads, provide balance between scholarly research and practical investigation ...
as well as manage expectations (!)
Possible topics include the following (titles to be finalized by Teams):
1. Education history of (a) selected countr(y)ies
2. Life and work of (a) selected education thinker(s)
3. Education for the handicapped: challenges and opportunities, review of international experience
4. Education for citizenship: international review
5. Pre-school education and early childhood development: international comparisons
6. The Millenium Development Goals and Education for All: lessons of experience
7. The NCLB Act in the US: from theory to practice
8. Technical education and vocational training: an international review
9. The teaching profession: an international perspective
10. The school principal: role and challenges
11. School autonomy: international review
12. The education of girls: issues and opportunities
13. School and family
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14. Competition and cooperation in global higher education: winners and losers?
15. The admissions process to a higher education institution: an international review
16. The education of elites: an international review
17. The work of international organizations in education: complementary or competing?
18. ‘MOOCS’: challenges and opportunities
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