Chapter 4 Education: Access and Success

© 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. The Foundations of Education Alexandria became a center of learning European learning was centered in the great monasteries for close to 800 years The key to education for laborers in Great Britain were apprenticeships in the 1700s Secondary education was for few; higher education was the dream of a small elite

© 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. And Who Will Care for the Children? Providing consistent schooling for all: –Remains a struggle in many places in the United States Schools are more available to everyone in urban areas around the world: –Which is one of the attractions of city life for rural migrants

© 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Table 4.1 Gender Inequality in Education: Primary School

© 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Table 4.2 Gender Inequality in Education*

© 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Figure 4.1 Countries Accelerating Progress on Girls’ Education

© 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Table 4.3 Secondary Enrollment Levels

© 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Education around the World Great Britain Japan Russia Mexico India Germany and Northern Europe China

© 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Figure 4.2 Bachelor’s Degree Recipients: Selected Countries, 1999

© 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Opening Doors, Opening Minds Human Capital Theory The School-to-Work Transition Elite and Popular Education Savage Inequalities at Home and Abroad Pedagogy of the Oppressed –Inclusive education, Equal education, Practical education, Liberal education

© 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Figure 4.3 Spending on Education: Selected Countries, 2002