ERIC Number: ED279571
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1986
Pages: 108
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ISBN: ISBN-92-64-12902-2
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Reviews of National Policies for Education: Spain.
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France).
Recent reforms affecting every aspect of Spain's educational system are reviewed in this report. The first part presents the observations of three educators from other European countries ("The Examiners' Report"). Part 2 is a "Record of the Review Meeting" held in Paris in December of 1985 10 months after the examiners' visit to Spain. Questions of the examiners and other attendees are addressed to the Spanish delegation (of 10 members) and partly based on the "Summary of the Background Report." The latter forms part 3 of this document, a publication of the Center for Educational Research and Documentation, Madrid (1985). The Review Meeting Report includes a brief by the Spanish Minister of Education and Science on legislative and other educational reforms underway in Spain. Subsequent discussion deals with many concerns. Questions of determining priorities are raised between capital expenditure and teacher training, both preservice and inservice. While decentralization is desirable, caution must be exercised to avoid inequalities of resources and educational opportunities between various regions. The quality of education and the reduction of the high dropout rate is the overriding concern of the reforms at the lower secondary level. At the upper secondary level the report criticizes the out-of-date curriculum for upper-ability students and low esteem and lack of resources for vocational students. The advantages of a comprehensive education and training system are discussed. Of major concern are the effects of rapid enrollment increases at teaching training institutions and the high drop-out rate in the initial years of study for prospective teachers. Ways and means of increasing the graduation success rate while enhancing the universities' research role are considered. (KWL)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Curriculum Problems, Decentralization, Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Innovation, Educational Needs, Educational Planning, Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Teacher Education
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Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France).
Identifiers - Location: Spain
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