Education in Developing Countries: Review of Educational Theories and Research

Education in Developing Countries: Review of Educational Theories and Research

INTRODUCTION

The field "education" of developing countries presents a critical condition. Placed at the prospect of creating 80 million additional seats for school children, the issue presents itself to be a difficult task, especially since it is still necessary to improve the quality of education. Given the increasing demand for teachers and the problems HIV / AIDS, the challenge is ambitious. Huge efforts are to be maden in developing countries around the world, to try to counter the problems and meet these challenges in the context of collaboration (Gilbert, 2009).

Thesis Statement

Education is the backbone for the development of any country and thus needs to be taken seriously by developing countries in order to be successful in their development phase.

DISCUSSION

Education and literacy in the "Third World"

We now turn to the problems of education in developing countries. Living in the West, we are used to a situation where the vast majority of the population can read and write, and for several years individuals are able to study at the schools. But universal education is not so widespread throughout the world. Over the last quarter century, the educational systems in most developing countries has increased rapidly, but still there are some countries (African, Asian countries), where almost half of the children received no education. Literacy - the ability to read and write with a particular knowledge of basics of the language - is the foundation of education. Therefore, it can be said that without schooling, getting literacy is impossible (Gilbert, 2009). We take for granted that in the West, almost all literate, but as already mentioned, only a few centuries ago, the situation was reversed.

In 1986, it was estimated that 30% of people in developing countries are illiterate. In India alone, according to government estimates, over 250 million people could not read and write. Even if the spread of primary education will correspond to the rate of population growth, illiteracy will continue for years to come, since a large proportion of illiterate adults accounted for (Gilbert, 2009). The total number of those who can not read and write, in fact is growing. Many countries have established programs to combat illiteracy, but for the most part this is just a small contribution to a huge problem. TV, radio and other electronic media can be used, where possible, to transfer education directly illiterate people without these people go through time-consuming process of learning to read. However, educational programs far less popular than commercial entertainment (Hermanson, 2010).

In the days of colonial rule, the authorities looked to education with some suspicion. Up to XX century indigenous population was considered mostly too primitive to enjoy the fruits of education, although education was seen as one of the ways of the local elite, sensitively perceives the interests of Europeans and their way of life. At the same time, it was recognized that the education of peoples in the colonial rule, could contribute to ...