Chapter 15 State, Civil Society, and Market in the Configuration of School Systems in the South Cone of Latin America: The Argentine, Chilean, and Brazilian cases

Abstract

The present chapter accounts for the current demands for reaching universal attendance to secondary school in Latin American countries. National frameworks of education in three countries of the American South Cone – Brazil, Argentina, and Chile – are analyzed, in order to advance in the understanding of the challenges that must be faced to universalize the secondary school. Its elitist origin and the profound cultural changes that are taking place in these societies represent major problems that have to be addressed to achieve the desired aim. A brief presentation of the alternatives of change that are being implemented is made. We reflect specially on the implications for the principals of educational institutions in the performance of their daily tasks, both in the countries selected and in other sociocultural contexts.

Citation

Tiramonti, G. and Nobile, M. (2013), "Chapter 15 State, Civil Society, and Market in the Configuration of School Systems in the South Cone of Latin America: The Argentine, Chilean, and Brazilian cases", Slater, C.L. and Nelson, S.W. (Ed.) Understanding the Principalship: An International Guide to Principal Preparation (Advances in Educational Administration, Vol. 19), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 345-364. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-3660(2013)0000019019