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Public School Reform in Puerto Rico

Sustaining Colonial Models of Development

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Public School Reform in Puerto Rico

Sustaining Colonial Models of Development

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Puerto Rico's colonial history under the United States has shaped the character of development and education in that territory. In 1898, when the United States invaded Puerto Rico, the language, culture, and development of the latter was arrested by a colonialist mandate involving the social, political, and economic spheres. The role that the development of a mass public school system would play in sustaining colonial relationships was seen as paramount. Since then the developments in public school reform policies have contributed to and have been defined and determined within the linguistic and ideological framework of the colonizers' conceptualization of development for Puerto Rico. If development is more than growth, and if it includes self-determination and cultural expression within the context of political and economic arrangements, then Puerto Rico remains a classic example of colonialism 500 years after Columbus.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Self-determination and Puerto Rico
Development: Two Models
Reconstituting the Economy: "Orthodox" Development as a Form of Control
Silencing the Culture
Economic Growth and Underdevelopment
Changing Schools in a Changing Economy: The Response of Vocational Education Initiatives
Looking Ahead: Current School Reform Initiatives
Bibliography
Index

Product details

Published 21 Apr 1994
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 184
ISBN 9780313289781
Imprint Praeger
Dimensions 235 x 156 mm
Series Contributions to the Study of Education
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Jose Solis

JOSE SOLIS is Assistant Professor of Education at…

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