Education Flashcards
How can an education help a small scale farmer in Nepal?
They’ll know how to grow/sustain crops and plough land more efficiently.
How can an education help raise life expectancy? (2)
People can find jobs with more stability and safety.
People are more educated on nutrition & healthcare - healthy childhoods are beneficial later in life.
How can education help industry?
If they’re educated, people can ‘kick away the ladder’ and leave their home country, helping industry abroad, unless they return to build companies in their home country.
CASE STUDY - DELTA REGION (NIGERIA)
How are MDGs trying to achieve ‘universal primary education’? (3)
Free tuition in primary/secondary schools
Compulsory school - parents get fined/jailed for letting children stay home.
Provide debt relief to govt on condition schools are set up the way the donors want.
Modernisation theory:
Education is _______ to _________.
A ________ education ______ is ____ to spread ______ values.
______ education is _______ to ____ future _______/________ leaders.
‘_________’ - ______ are a countries _______ source of _____.
By _______ its ______, a country can ______ its _________.
a) essential, development
b) western-style, system, best, modern
c) higher, essential, train, political/business
d) ‘human capital’, people, potential, income
e) educating, people, increase, human capital
What do believers in dependency theory argue about education?
(3)
Education is a form of cultural imperialism, imposing Western values.
Education is one of the main ways colonial powers exercise over their colonies.
Copying Western-style education systems today is not appropriate when the situation of developing countries is so different.
What theories link to modernisation theory?
Functionalist, neoliberal, postmodern
What theories link to dependency theory?
Marxist
