International Perspectives on the Goals of Universal Basic and Secondary Education

<p>Although universal schooling has been adopted as a goal by international organizations, bilateral aid agencies, national governments, and non-profit organizations, little sustained international attention has been devoted to the purposes or goals of universal education. What is universal primary and secondary education intended to accomplish? This book, which grew out of a project of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, offers views from Asia, Africa, Europe, North America and South America on the purposes of universal education while considering diverse cultures, religions, and professions. It is the first book in which renowned authors from around the world have proposed, considered, and debated goals of basic and secondary education, engaging in a constructive dialogue on one of the most pressing issues facing education today. </p> <p><strong>Introduction</strong> 1. Goals of Universal and Basic Secondary Education <em>Joel E. Cohen</em>. <strong>Educational Goals for Tomorrow's Society</strong> 2. Education for All, But for What? <em>Kai-ming Cheng </em>3. Goals of Universal Primary and Secondary Education in the 21st Century: Reviving the Spirit of Socrates. <em>Kishore Mahbubani </em>4. What Will Be the Near-Future Goals of Education? <em>William K. Cummings</em>. <strong>Educational Priorities in Poor Countries</strong> 5. Quality Education: The Work of Optimists <em>Beryl Levinger</em> 6. Achieving Education of High Quality in Islamiyya Schools of Nigeria <em>Mallam Bala Ahmed </em>7. Nurturing Learning Ability: The Goals of Universal Primary and Secondary Education <em>Camer Vellani</em> 8. Quality, the Heart of Equity <em>Vimala Ramachandran</em>. <strong>Empowering Children through Art and Science </strong>9. The <em>dia </em>Program: The Development of Intelligence through Art <em>Claudia Madrazo </em>10. Educational Goals: Art, Science, Love, and the Importance of Binocular Vision <em>Joel E. Cohen.</em> <strong>The Special Role of Skepticism as Universal Educational Goal </strong>11. What Does "Universal" Education Mean? <em>James Carroll </em>12. Teaching Tolerance and Open-Minded Approaches to Understanding Sacred Texts <em>Mohamed Charfi and Hamadi Redissi</em> 13. Educating All the People for Democratic Governance: A U.S. Perspective <em>Deborah Meier</em>. <strong>Educating Global Citizens</strong> 14. Educating for Global Competency <em>Fernando Reimers </em>15. Education and the Globalization Paradigm <em>Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco. </em><strong>Perspectives on Assessment and Educational Goals </strong>16. Evaluating Basic and Secondary Education <em>Ana Carolina Letichevsky </em>17. For What Should Schools Be Held Accountable? <em>Richard Rothstein and Rebecca Jacobsen</em> <strong>Defining Educational Quality as a Basis for Educational Policy</strong> 18. Quality Education: A UNESCO Perspective <em>Mary Joy Pigozzi </em>19. Quality Education - What Is It and Who Decides? Briefing Paper for a Policy Maker <em>George M. Ingram</em>. 20. The Challenge of Defining a Quality Universal Education: Mapping a Common Core <em>Laura Hersh Salganik and Stephen J. Provasnik</em> </p>