Education in Mexico

Paper Summary:

This review of E.Weiling's article addresses issues in the educational opportunities available to children in Oaxaca, Mexico. Weiling's study focuses on the question of why some families go to great lengths to continue their children's education, despite low financial means and economic status. Weiling reports the methods and results of interviews with eleven families in an effort to understand why children in these families received varying levels of education. Additionally, the study is put into context with a historical background on education in Mexico and Oaxaca in particular. Finally, the study also illustrates three theories that discuss how beneficial or possible additional education can be to families such as those discussed.

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Analysis
Interpretation
Conclusions
Personal Response

From the Paper:

"A variety of families with children of varying education levels were interviewed, with the number of each chosen to be representative of a larger group. It was found that education was considered to be important by all families, and that family members were willing to sacrifice many things to increase the education of other members. This included effort from the parents and children, as well as other siblings. Family and cultural pride played a role in the decision to continue a child's education, as did a better outlook for upward mobility for the child or family. Families expressed strong collectiveness values that played a part in their decisions. Additional factors found to be involved in preventing or hindering children from attending additional school were school politics, financial barriers, changes in the Mexican economy, and prejudice of poorer families."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Economist Intelligence Unit. (2004, March 11). Mexico: Education. Economist Intelligence Unite: Country ViewsWire. Available: http://web3.infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/200/546/110971363w3/purl=rc1_ITOF_0_A114139710&dyn=8!xrn_25_0_A114139710?sw_aep=denver [6 April 2006]
• McGraw-Hill. (2006, March 13). Learning is earning. Business Week, 3975, 52.
• Weiling, E. (2003). Do returns on investment for educating children in Oaxaca de Juarez, Mexico, pay off? A qualitative analysis. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 16(6), 817-834.

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