Education and Development Policy Builder: AQA A Level Sociology – Global Development
The Sociology Guy
Education is often seen as central to development because it can improve literacy, skills, health, employment, gender equality and political participation. Modernisation theorists, such as Rostow, would argue that education helps countries develop by creating the skilled workforce needed for industrialisation, economic growth and “take-off”. From this view, Western-style schooling, science, technology and formal qualifications […]