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Formalistic schooling system in Papua New Guinea
pp. 105-126
Abstrakt
In small developing countries, a few training institutions without many teacher trainers can have a rapid and long-lasting impact on the school system. In setting up courses, teacher trainers make decisions on type and level of education to be included, partly in response to the style of teacher that they wish to shape. However, tertiary courses that intend to change primary and secondary school teaching styles may be culturally inappropriate if detailed evaluation of teaching styles has not been undertaken and national criteria established. If decisions on courses are inappropriately based on the Progressive Education Fallacy, then all the arguments in this book about teleology and westernisation apply with equal force.
Publication details
Published in:
Guthrie Gerard (2011) The progressive education fallacy in developing countries: in favour of formalism. Dordrecht, Springer.
Seiten: 105-126
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-1851-7_6
Referenz:
Guthrie Gerard (2011) Formalistic schooling system in Papua New Guinea, In: The progressive education fallacy in developing countries, Dordrecht, Springer, 105–126.