Syllabus/achievement requirements

SPECIALISATION AREA A: Education and Development

Theme 1: International Collaboration and Education for All

International Organisations and Education for All

Chabott, C.: Constructing Education for Development. International Organisations and Education for All, 2003. Falmer: Routledge Falmer. 180 pages.

Jones, P. W. 2007. WCEFA: A Moment in the History of Multilateral Education. In: Baker, David P. and Alexander W. Wiseman (eds.), Education for All: Global Promises, National Challengs, pp. 521-538 (17 pp)

King, K. 2007. Multilateral agencies in the construction of the global agenda on education. Comparative Education, Vol. 43, No. 3, August 2007, pp. 377-391. (14 pp)

Mundy, K. 2007. Education for All: Paradoxes and Prospects of a Global Promise. In: Baker, David P. and Alexander W. Wiseman (eds.), Education for All: Global Promises, National Challenges, pp. 1-30 (30 pp)

Mundy, K. and L. Murphy. 2001. Transnational Advocacy, Global Civil Society? Emerging Evidence from the Field of Education. Comparative Education Review 45, 1, pp. 85-126. (21 pp) Fronter

The Practice of Educational for All

Rose, P. 2003. From the Washington to the Post-Washington Consensus. The Influence of International Agendas on Education Policy and Practice in Malawi. Globalisation, Societies and Education Vol. 1 No. 1, pp. 67-86. (19 pp)

Semali. L. M. 2007. Challenges of Rebuilding Education in Crisis. Access to Universal Primary Education in Africa. In: Baker, David P. and Alexander W. Wiseman (eds.), Education for All: Global Promises, National Challenges, pp. 395-425. (18 pp)

Smith, H. 2005. Ownership and Capacity: do current donor approaches help or hinder the achievement of international and national targets for education? International Journal of Educational Development 25, pp. 445-455. (10 pp)

Steiner-Khamsi, G. 2004. The Global Politics of Educational Borrowing and Lending. New York: Teachers College Press, pp. 1-6. (5 pp)

Stromquist, N. P. 2007. State and Civil Society Response to Education for All: Linking Global Dreams to National Realities in Peru. In: Baker, David P. and Alexander W. Wiseman (eds.), Education for All: Global Promises, National Challenges, pp. 257-278. (18 pp)

Yamada, S. 2007. Making Sense of the EFA from a National Context: Its Implementation, and Impact on Households in Ethiopia. In: Baker, David P. and Alexander W. Wiseman (eds.), Education for All: Global Promises, National Challenges, pp. 453-491. (35 pp)

Literacy and Education for All

Freire, P. 1970. Cultural Action for Freedom. London: Penguin Books, pp. 13-88 (75 pp)

Oxenham, J. 2008. Effective literacy programmes: options for policy-makers. Fundamentals of Educational Planning n o. 91. Paris: UNESCO/International Institute of Educational Planning, pp. 15-54. (39 pp).

Number of pages for Theme 1: 481

Recommended supplementary reading

Oxenham, J. 2008. Effective literacy programmes: options for policy-makers. Fundamentals of educational planning no. 91. UNESCO/International Institute for Educational Planning. Remainder to pages indicated above.

UNESCO. 2006. EFA Global Monitoring Report 2006. Literacy for Life. Paris: UNESCO. Especially chapters 5 and 9.

World Bank Studies on Literacy and Nonformal Education for Adults and Youths 1998-2003. Google: World Bank Adult Outreach Education.

Theme 2: Access and Equity

Rights, capabilities and social justice

Kabeer, N. 2000. Social Exclusion, Poverty and discrimination. Towards an Analytical Framework. IDS Bulletin Vol. 31 No 4, pp. 83-97. (12 pp)

Sen, A. 1999. Development as Freedom. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 87-110. (23 pp)

Sen, A. 1992. Inequality reexamined. New York: Russell Sage Foundation., pp. 12-30. (18 pp)

Tomasevski, K. 2003. Education denied. Costs and remedies. London: Zed Books. 1-199. (199 pp)

Unterhalter, E. 2005. Global inequality, capabilities, social justice: The millennium development goal for gender equality in education. International Journal of Educational Development, 25, pp. 111-122. (11 pp)

Social capital, social inequality and education

Coleman, J.S. 1988. Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital. American Journal of Sociology 94. (Supplement), Supplement pp: 95-120. (26 pp)

Field, J. 2002. Social Capital. London: Routledge, pp. 11-51. (41 pp)

UNESCO. 2009. EFA Global Monitoring Report 2009. Overcoming inequality: Why governance matters. Paris: UNESCO, pp. 1-37. (37 pp)

Multiple dimensions of inequality

Breidlid, A. 2002. Education in the Sudan: The privileging of an Islamic discourse. Compare, 35, 3, pp. 247-263. (16 pp)

Heung, V. and D. Grossman. 2007. Inclusive Education as a Strategy for Achieving Education for All: Perspectives from three Asian Societies. In: Baker, D. P. and A. W. Wiseman (Eds), Education for All: Global Promises,National Challenges, pp. 155-180. (21 pp)

Kendall. N. 2008. “Vulnerability” in AIDS-affected states: Rethinking child rights, educational institutions , and development paradigms. International Journal of Educational Development, 28, pp. 365-383. (18 pp)

Midttun, Eldrid K. 2000. Education in Emergencies and Transition Phases – Still a right and more of a Need. Paper prepared for presentation 16 June 2000 at the NASEDEC conference in Oslo. (7 pp)

Mosselson, J. W. Wheaton, P. St. J. Frisoli. 2009. Education and Fragility: A Synthesis of the Literature. Journal of Education for International Development 4:1, pp. 1-17. (16 pp)

Seeberg, V., H. Ross, J. Liu and G. Tan. 2007. Grounds for Prioritizing Education for Girls: The Telling Case of Left-Behind Rural China. In: Baker, David P. and Alexander W. Wiseman (eds.), Education for All: Global Promises, National Challenges, pp. 109-154. (36 pp)

Stromquist, N. P. 2006a. What Poverty Does to Girls’ Education: The Intersection of Class, Gender and Policy in Latin America. Compare, 31, 1, pp. 39-56. (17 pp)

Access to and opportunity in education

De Groof, J. and G. Lauwers (eds). 2003. Access to and Equality in Education. Comparative Analyses. Antwerp: ELA and UNESCO, pp. 26-88. (62 pp)

Duru-Bellat, M. Social inequality at school and educational policies. Fundamentals of educational planning no. 78. Paris: UNESCO/International Institute for Educational Planning, pp. 19-92. (73 pp)

Kubow, P. K. and P. R. Fossum. 2003. Educational Access and Opportunity. In: Kubow, P.K. and P.R. Fossum, Comparative Education. Exploring Issues in International Context, pp. 125-162. (37 pp)

Lewin, K. 2007. Diversity in convergence: access to education for all. Compare Vol. 37, No. 5, pp. 577-599. (22 pp)

Liu, F. 2004. Basic education in China’s rural areas: a legal obligation or an individual choice? International Journal of Educational Development 24, pp. 5-21. (16 pp)

Rogers, A. 2006. Lifelong learning and the absence of gender. International Journal of Educational Development, 26, pp. 189-208. (19 pp)

Stromquist, N. P. 2006b. Women’s rights to adult education as a means to citizenship. International Journal of Educational Development, 26, pp. 140-152. (12 pp)

Number of pages for Theme 2: 739

Total number of pages for Specialisation A: 1220

Recommended supplementary reading:

Baron, S., J. Field and T. Schuller (eds). 2003. Social Capital: Critical Perspectives. London: Oxford University Press.

Breidlid, A. 2005. Sudanese migrants in the Khartoum area and education. International Journal of Educational Development, 25, pp. 253-268.

Dasgupta, P. and I. Serageldin. 2000. Social Capital. A Multifaceted Perspective. Washington: World Bank.

Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies. 2004. Inee minimum standards for education in emergencies, chronic crises and early reconstruction. Paris: INEE.

Lauglo, J. 2003. Social Capital Trumping Class and Cultural Capital? Engagement with School among Immingrant Youth. In: Baron, Stephen, John Field and Tom Schuller (eds), Social Capital: Critical Perspectives. London: Oxford University Press, pp. 142-167.

Portes, A. 2000. The Two Meanings of Social Capital. Sociological Forum, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 1-12.

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