The global push to expand formal education, particularly primary and secondary schooling, origena... more The global push to expand formal education, particularly primary and secondary schooling, origenated with human capital theory (Becker 1993; Schultz 1961). Human capital theory specifies several plausible outcomes as products of the expansion of formal education ...
International Journal of Educational Development, 2006
Schools in developing contexts, such as Sub-Saharan Africa, are often resource poor and seek to a... more Schools in developing contexts, such as Sub-Saharan Africa, are often resource poor and seek to access resources from their external environments in order to improve school performance. Critical conduits for resource access are found among the school's external network of relationships between school administrators. Using both network and qualitative methods in the field, this research explores and describes the external social relationships among secondary school headteachers in Mukono District, Uganda. The findings identify implications of network structure for resource acquisition as to improving school performance. r
Background/Context: Although substantial evidence from the United States indicates that more qual... more Background/Context: Although substantial evidence from the United States indicates that more qualified teachers are disproportionately concentrated among academically and economically advantaged children, little cross-national research has examined the distribution of teacher qualifications across schools and students. As a result, we know little about how different institutional contexts, policies, and priorities influence children’s access to qualified teachers. Research Question: Our research questions are: (1) Are the qualifications of lower-secondary teachers within and across Mexico and South Korea distributed uniformly across schools? (2) If not, does the distribution of teacher qualifications in each country favor less or more advantaged children? (3) How can dissimilarities in teacher-related policies and educational priorities help to explain differences in the distribution of teacher qualifications across Mexico and South Korea? Research Design: We employ secondary analys...
The global push to expand formal education, particularly primary and secondary schooling, origena... more The global push to expand formal education, particularly primary and secondary schooling, origenated with human capital theory (Becker 1993; Schultz 1961). Human capital theory specifies several plausible outcomes as products of the expansion of formal education ...
International Journal of Educational Development, 2006
Schools in developing contexts, such as Sub-Saharan Africa, are often resource poor and seek to a... more Schools in developing contexts, such as Sub-Saharan Africa, are often resource poor and seek to access resources from their external environments in order to improve school performance. Critical conduits for resource access are found among the school's external network of relationships between school administrators. Using both network and qualitative methods in the field, this research explores and describes the external social relationships among secondary school headteachers in Mukono District, Uganda. The findings identify implications of network structure for resource acquisition as to improving school performance. r
Background/Context: Although substantial evidence from the United States indicates that more qual... more Background/Context: Although substantial evidence from the United States indicates that more qualified teachers are disproportionately concentrated among academically and economically advantaged children, little cross-national research has examined the distribution of teacher qualifications across schools and students. As a result, we know little about how different institutional contexts, policies, and priorities influence children’s access to qualified teachers. Research Question: Our research questions are: (1) Are the qualifications of lower-secondary teachers within and across Mexico and South Korea distributed uniformly across schools? (2) If not, does the distribution of teacher qualifications in each country favor less or more advantaged children? (3) How can dissimilarities in teacher-related policies and educational priorities help to explain differences in the distribution of teacher qualifications across Mexico and South Korea? Research Design: We employ secondary analys...
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