附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-291) and index.
Secondary Education: From Weakest Link to Cornerstone -- Historical Background -- The U.S. Template for Expansion of Secondary Education -- European Patterns of Expansion of Secondary Education -- Asian Patterns of Expansion of Secondary Education -- Definition and Organizational Structures of Secondary Education -- Differential Traits of Secondary Education -- Duration of Study -- School-to-Work Transition -- The Policy Paradox of Secondary Education -- The Importance of Investing in Secondary Education -- Direct Benefits and Externalities -- Contribution to Growth and Poverty Reduction -- Contribution to Improvements in Health, Gender Equality, and Living Conditions -- Contribution to Realization of Democracy -- Contribution to Primary and Tertiary Education -- The Soaring Demand for Quality Secondary Education -- Demand for More Educated Workers -- Demand for Enhanced Relevance and Quality -- Effects and Side Effects of the Expansion of Secondary Education -- The Twin Challenges in Secondary Education: Expanding Access and Improving Quality and Relevance -- From Elitism to Inclusiveness: Expanding Access to Secondary Education -- Equity Considerations -- Regional and Country Disparities -- Demand-Side Interventions -- Low Retention and Completion in Secondary Education -- Incorporating Adults into the Secondary Education System -- Secondary Education Attainment -- Low Quality and Relevance -- Similar Challenges, Differing Realities -- A Framework for Grouping Countries -- Application of Porter's Model to Secondary Education -- Responding to the Twin Challenges: Curriculum and Assessment -- Curricula-Intended and Implemented -- The Unbearable Irrelevance of the Secondary School Curriculum -- Building Metacognitive Capital and Creative Capital -- Building Social Capital, Preventing Social Conflict, and Learning to Live Together -- The Shifting and Fading Frontier between the General and Vocational Curricula -- Dialectics of General and Vocational Secondary Educa
Routine and Nonroutine Task Input, United States, 1969-98 -- Categories Contributing to Pedagogical Content Knowledge -- Secondary School Teacher Competencies -- Decision Pathways for Financing Secondary Education -- Gross Enrollment Rates for the Countries with the Lowest and Highest GDP per Capita Growth Rates, 1970-2000 and 1980-2000 -- The Governance of Education -- Evolution of Models of Education Governance in Relation to Admission Models, Europe, Late 1970s to Present -- Grade Completion by Income Group and Gender, Arab Republic of Egypt, 1995-6 -- Grade Completion by Income Group and Gender, Chad, 1998 -- Grade Completion by Income Group and Gender, Indonesia, 1997 -- Grade Completion by Income Group and Gender, India, 1996 -- Grade Completion by Income Group and Gender, Colombia, 1995 -- Grade Completion by Income Group and Gender, Turkey, 1993 -- Grade Completion by Income Group and Gender, Uzbekistan, 1996 -- Education Pyramids, Population Age 15 and Older -- Organizational Models in Secondary Education -- Model of Instructional Organization, Kindergarten through Grade 12 (K-12) -- Duration of Secondary Education Cycle by Region -- Illustration of Classification by Economic Status and Absorptive and Innovative Capacity -- Secondary Education Supply and Demand in Factor-Driven Economies -- Secondary Education Supply and Demand in Partial Investment-Driven Economies -- Secondary Education Supply and Demand in Full Investment-Driven Economies.
Percentage of Countries Offering Secondary-Level Programs of Study in Selected Educational Fields by Region, 1960s, 1980s, and 2000 -- Prevalence of Upper Secondary Track Types by Region, circa 2000 -- Private Supplementary Tutoring in Selected Economies -- Key Competencies Identified by the Definition and Selection of Competencies Project -- Distance Education for Secondary Equivalence in Africa -- Rates of Growth of Primary and Secondary Enrollment, Selected Countries and Periods -- Options for Funding Secondary Schools -- Mean Gross Enrollment Rates by Subsequent Economic Growth Record -- Stylized Patterns of Response in Gross Enrollment Rates to an Increase in the Next-Lower Educational Level, after 10 Years -- Per-Student Spending as a Proportion of GDP per Capita by Country Group, Late 1990s -- Typical Per-Student Cost Patterns by Educational Level, Economic Growth Record, and Growth Pattern of Education System -- Suggested Criteria for Analyzing a School Fees or Contributions Regime -- Application of Financing Tools and Options to Access, Quality, and Equity Goals -- Direction of Change in the Role of the National Government in Education -- Government-Initiated Partnerships Using Various Financial Support Schemes -- Changing Roles of School Principals -- Secondary Principals' Behavior as Instructional Leaders: Four Composite Portraits -- Educational Attainment of Males Age 15-19 by Income Group, Selected Countries -- Educational Attainment of Females Age 15-19 by Income Group, Selected Countries -- Gross Enrollment Rates and Educational Attainment by Income Level, 2000 -- World Bank Support for Secondary Education Development by Objective and by Region, Fiscal 1990-2001 -- Synopsis of World Bank Analytical Work on Secondary Education -- World Bank Publications on Secondary Education by Year of Issue.
摘要:The report offers policy options to support developing countries and transition economies in adapting their secondary education systems to the demands arising from the successful expansion of primary education and the socio-economic challenges presented by globalization and the knowledge-based economy. The work is the result of an extensive consultative process that involved education specialists worldwide.
