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Las Universidades Argentinas En El Contexto De Las Políticas De Los 90s: El Caso De La Licenciatura De Articulación En Ciencias De La Educación De La Unicen, Iris Richmond
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This article analyses the changes caused by the implementation of an articulated degree in Educational Sciences at the Universidad Nacional at Centro de la Provincia in Buenos Aires (Argentina). This educational program should be understood within the framework provided by the structural reforms of the educational system, promoted by the national government in the 1990’s with the intention of restructuring the State–Society relations. This program that appeared to be promoting the democratization of access to the university system was transformed into a market mechanism, for the provision of financial resources to the university by selling “knowledge” to graduates from teacher …
Problemas Técnicos Y Usos Políticos De Las Evaluaciones Nacionales En El Sistema Educativo Argentino, Silvina Gvirtz, Silvina Larripa, Verónica Oelsner
Problemas Técnicos Y Usos Políticos De Las Evaluaciones Nacionales En El Sistema Educativo Argentino, Silvina Gvirtz, Silvina Larripa, Verónica Oelsner
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This article presents results from different research investigations which have explored the relations between the technical and the political dimension of the assessment of educational systems. The case study taken on for this matter is the national evaluation system in force in Argentina since 1993. In the first part we present some technical problems which the implementation of this system has encountered in this country. In the second part we carry out an analysis of these technical inconveniences, within the political context of educational reform in which the evaluation system arises and develops. In addition, we present an analysis of …
Los Contratos-Programa En Las Universidades: Lecciones De La Comparación Internacional, Ana M. García De Fanelli
Los Contratos-Programa En Las Universidades: Lecciones De La Comparación Internacional, Ana M. García De Fanelli
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In 2005, the Ministry of Education of Argentina launched a new policy to allocate public funds to national universities: the contractualization policy. Its purpose is to allocate funds to improve teaching quality based on an institutional plan defined by each university. It is expected that this plan addresses the main weaknesses detected during the external assessment coordinated by the National Committee of University Assessment and Accrediting (CONEAU). This paper presents the main findings of a research project carried out to help in the design of this contractualization policy. The two most important antecedents, the French and the Catalonian cases, are …