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Enabling environments for equity, access and quality education post-2015 : Lessons from South Africa and Tanzania
2016
In this paper we seek to contribute to the post-2015 education agenda by shifting the focus from considerations of what education goals and targets should be to a people-centred exploration of enabling environments, within and beyond education, for equity, access and quality. Theoretically, the paper draws on the capabilities approach. Empirically, we present data from two independent qualitative studies conducted in South Africa (n = 40) and Tanzania (n = 10) with university students who accessed higher education despite trends of low participation for their social class and/or gender. The paper highlights the importance of taking account of both instrumental and intrinsic values of educat…
Enabling environments for equity, access and quality education post-2015: Lessons from South Africa and Tanzania
2016
Abstract In this paper we seek to contribute to the post-2015 education agenda by shifting the focus from considerations of what education goals and targets should be to a people-centred exploration of enabling environments, within and beyond education, for equity, access and quality. Theoretically, the paper draws on the capabilities approach. Empirically, we present data from two independent qualitative studies conducted in South Africa (n = 40) and Tanzania (n = 10) with university students who accessed higher education despite trends of low participation for their social class and/or gender. The paper highlights the importance of taking account of both instrumental and intrinsic values …
Equidad y educación de la primera infancia en la agenda educativa mundial
2019
Resumen (descriptivo): El presente trabajo se inspira en la necesidad de abordar un análisis de la equidad en la etapa de educación infantil desde un enfoque holístico, para contribuir al debate actual sobre la importancia de la equidad en la nueva agenda educativa y sus metas para la primera infancia. Parte de fundamentos del estudio teórico de la equidad en educación desde un enfoque holístico que permita aplicar este análisis a la educación de la primera infancia en las sociedades iberoamericanas, en aras de aportar una perspectiva más amplia en la discusión de sus logros y desafíos. Finalmente, este entendimiento posibilita la interpretación de los límites y posibilidades de los objetiv…