Education Reforms and Teachers' Unions: Avenues for Action

Education Reforms and Teachers' Unions: Avenues for Action
ISBN-10
9280312804
ISBN-13
9789280312805
Category
Education
Pages
100
Language
English
Published
2005
Publisher
United Nations Educational
Authors
International Institute for Educational Planning, Denise Vaillant

Description

This publication examines the situation of teachers' unions in Latin America and their role in the implementation of recent education reforms. It highlights the importance of collaboration between policy-makers and unions and makes relevant recommendations. While significant progress has been made in terms of educational coverage, ensuring the quality of the education imparted remains a priority, and depends largely on teachers - more particulary on their knowledge, methods and motivation. A major concern of planners, managers and decision-makers is to establish a better understanding of teachers' unions and to work with them as closely as possible. The booklet describes how teachers' unions in Latin America operate and discusses their foremost preoccupations, as well as presenting some strategies to appease conflicts and potential solutions to current problems.

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