In recent years educational policy makers and planners have devoted considerable attention to improving educational access for youth and adults who may have little or no formal schooling. The primary strategy for extending educational opportunity for adults has been through the creation of innovative educational activities based on cost-effective instructional technologies and learning systems appropriate for adults. The Mexican parallel education system (SNEA) is such an innovation. / While it is commonly believed that education is the key to modern industrial development, recent research concerning the role of education in the development process suggests that education--innovative or traditional--may serve functions quite inconsistent with this development purpose. / The present study provides evidence to suggest that the assumptions commonly held concerning the educational and development nexus may be as problematic as critics contend. For instance, while SNEA has definitively provided a second chance to many adults, these adults represent only a small proportion of those who have not completed their basic education. While the older generation comprises most of the target population, SNEA students tend to be young. On the other hand, the group is mostly comprised of females, suggesting that women may be using SNEA more effectively than men. / There is, with a few exceptions, a modest relationship between class background and academic achievement which suggests that SNEA may indeed mitigate against the influence of social background on academic achievement. / A critical review of Mexican census data and other related research provides ample, albeit indirect, information that suggests that male students who do not have a job may actually reduce their chances of becoming employed when they graduate from primary or secondary SNEA programs. However, this data does show that those students who already have jobs may increase their income and improve their occupational status following graduation from SNEA programs. / While these findings suggest that SNEA may be falling short of its economic and social objectives, only careful follow-up or tracer studies of SNEA graduates could confirm the extent to which SNEA outcomes are consistent or inconsistent with its original social and economic purposes. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 44-12, Section: A, page: 3583. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1983.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75250 |
| Contributors | PENA DE LA MORA, EDUARDO., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 209 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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