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South Africa's Education Legislation, Quasi-Markets and 'De Facto' School Choice. Research Article

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Title: South Africa's Education Legislation, Quasi-Markets and 'De Facto' School Choice. Research Article
Language: English
Authors: Woolman, Stuart, Fleisch, Brahm
Source: Perspectives in Education. Jun 2006 24(2):1-24.
Availability: Perspectives in Education. Faculty of Education, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa. Tel: +27-12-420-4732; Fax: +27-12-420-3003; e-mail: perspect@postino.up.ac.za; Web site: http://journals.sabinet.co.za/pie/index.html
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 24
Publication Date: 2006
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Choice, Educational Change, Educational Legislation, Policy Analysis, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Effectiveness, Educational Policy, Politics of Education
Geographic Terms: Africa, South Africa, United States
ISSN: 0258-2236
Abstract: School choice is often identified with right-leaning, voucher-happy, market-oriented public school systems like those found in the United States. Thus the proposition that a social democratic state such as South Africa will offer many primary and secondary school learners far greater choice strikes many as counter-intuitive and implausible. The authors demonstrate how three major pieces of education framework legislation conspire to create South Africa's unintended experiment in school choice.
Abstractor: Author
Entry Date: 2006
Access URL: https://journals.sabinet.co.za/pie/index.html
Accession Number: EJ745723
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:School choice is often identified with right-leaning, voucher-happy, market-oriented public school systems like those found in the United States. Thus the proposition that a social democratic state such as South Africa will offer many primary and secondary school learners far greater choice strikes many as counter-intuitive and implausible. The authors demonstrate how three major pieces of education framework legislation conspire to create South Africa's unintended experiment in school choice.
ISSN:0258-2236