Chapter 15 International Education Viewing recommendations for Windows: Use the Arial TrueType font and set your screen area to at least 800 by 600 pixels with Colors set to Hi Color (16 bit). Viewing recommendations for Macintosh: Use the Arial TrueType font and set your monitor resolution to at least 800 by 600 pixels with Color Depth set to thousands of colors

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company15–2 Common Elements in Education Around the World Social-Class Link to School Success Multicultural Populations and Problems Teaching Approaches and Conditions –Frustrations with time pressure, conflicting demands, unsupportive administrators –Rewards from student relationships and accomplishments

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company15–3 Differences Among Educational Systems Around the World National Resources Devoted to Education Centralization versus Decentralization Curriculum Content and Instructional Emphasis Vocational versus Academic Education Nonpublic Schools

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company15–4 Worldwide School Enrollment Nearly half of males and females in North America and Europe, about one-fifth in Latin America, around ten percent in Asia, around fifteen percent in Africa College Level Nearly all males and females in Europe, about three-fourths in North America, around half in Latin America and Asia, about one- third in Africa Secondary Level Nearly all boys and girls in every region except Africa, where 85% of boys and 71% of girls attend school Elementary Level

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company15–5 Difficulties with International Achievement Comparisons Scores may reflect differing cultural and school emphasis on subject areas such as math Social-class differences between countries’ students, especially at secondary level, are linked to achievement scores Comparisons do not acknowledge improvement within a country

Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company15–6 Special Problems of Education in Developing Countries National poverty limits educational investments Challenges posed by multilingual students in some countries Some nations face political instability “Brain drain” fueled by a lack of high- paying jobs