首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
职业资格
The relationship between formal education and economic growth in poor countries is widely misunderstood by economists and politi
The relationship between formal education and economic growth in poor countries is widely misunderstood by economists and politi
admin
2017-03-25
26
问题
The relationship between formal education and economic growth in poor countries is widely misunderstood by economists and politicians alike. Progress in both areas is undoubtedly necessary for the social, political and intellectual development of these and all other societies; however, the conventional view that education should be one of the very highest priorities for promoting rapid economic development in poor countries is wrong. We are fortunate that is it, because new educational systems there and putting enough people through them to improve economic performance would require two or three generations. The findings of a research institution have consistently shown that workers in all countries can be trained on the job to achieve radical higher productivity and, as a result, radically higher standards of living.
Ironically, the first evidence for this idea appeared in the United States. Not long ago, with the country entering a recessing and Japan at its pre-bubble peak. The U.S. workforce was derided as poorly educated and one of primary cause of the poor U.S. economic performance. Japan was, and remains, the global leader in automotive-assembly productivity. Yet the research revealed that the U.S. factories of Honda, Nissan, and Toyota achieved about 95 percent of the productivity of their Japanese counterparts—a result of the training that U.S. workers received on the job.
What is the real relationship between education and economic development? We have to suspect that continuing economic growth promotes the development of education even when governments don’t force it. After all, that’s how education got started. When our ancestors were hunters and gatherers 10,000 years ago, they didn’t have time to wonder much about anything besides finding food. Only when humanity began to get its food in a more productive way was there time for other thing.
As education improved, humanity’s productivity potential increased as well. When the competitive environment pushed our ancestors to achieve that potential, they could in turn afford more education. This increasingly high level of education is probably a necessary, but not a sufficient, condition for the complex political systems required by advanced economic performance. Thus poor countries might not be able to escape their poverty traps without political changes that may be possible only with broader formal education. A lack of formal education, however, doesn’t constrain the ability of the developing world’s workforce to substantially improve productivity for the forested future. On the contrary, constraints on improving productivity explain why education isn’ t developing more quickly there than it is.
The author quotes the example of our ancestors to show that education emerged______.
选项
A、when people had enough time
B、prior to better ways of finding food
C、when people no longer went hungry
D、as a result of pressure on government
答案
C
解析
细节题。短文第三段最后一句指出“Only when humanity began to get its food in a moreproductive way was there time for other thing.”,即当人类能够更高效的获取食物时,才有时间做其它的事情.由此可判断出,只有人们不会挨饿了才会有能力去发展教育。故答案为C。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/OB3v777K
本试题收录于:
英语学科知识与教学能力题库教师资格分类
0
英语学科知识与教学能力
教师资格
相关试题推荐
15世纪,意大利人开始用各种地方通俗语言文字翻译拉丁文《圣经》,这一现象说明()。
Thesenserelationofthefollowingpairofsentences(seeXandY)is______.X.MaryhasbeentoJapan.Y.MaryhasbeentoAsia
Whichofthefollowingisanaccuracy-orientedspeakingactivity?
Whichofthefollowingisanexampleofteachers’indirectcorrectivefeedback?
Socialchangeismorelikelytooccurinsocietieswherethereisamixtureofdifferentkindsofpeoplethaninsocietieswhere
JuliaGillard,aseducationministerandthenprimeminister,identifiedtheGonskiReportonschoolfunding,laterrenamedthe
Drunkendriving,sometimescalledAmerica’ssociallyacceptedformofmurder,hasbecomeanationalepidemic.Everyhourofever
Beingsociablelookslikeagoodwaytoaddyearstoyourlife.Relationshipswithfamily,friends,neighbors,evenpets,willa
Mr.Wilsonsaidthathedidnotwantto______anyfurtherresponsibilities.
随机试题
在PowerPoint2003中,可以使幻灯片上的文本、图形、图表或其他对象具有动画效果。设置动画效果时,除采用“自定义动画”功能外,还可以采用“________________”功能简化动画设计。
关于类风湿关节炎的相关描述,说法不正确的是
临床常用的莨菪生物碱类解痉药,大多是从茄科植物中分离的,分子中含有(S)一莨菪酸与莨菪醇所成的酯。有此化学结构的药物是()。
在我国,为证券交易提供清算、交收和过户服务的法人机构是()。
下列各种分步法中,不必进行成本还原的有()。
长江公司系甲公司的母公司,2×16年6月30日,长江公司向甲公司销售一件产品,销售价格为1000万元,增值税税额为170万元,账面价值为900万元,相关款项已收存银行。甲公司将购入的该产品作为管理用固定资产(增值税进项税额可抵扣)核算,并于当日投入使用,预
下面是两位中学教师关于“质量守恒定律”的教学过程实录【张老师的教学实录】【提出问题】复习化学变化的实质(分子拆分,原子重新组合),引出问题:在化学变化中物质发生变化。那么,在化学变化中,参加反应的物质质量有没有变化?【做出假设】学生根据已有经验,提出
文化不是有钱人的游戏,以为就如只要有钱就能买到名牌包包一样,瞬间即可完成。文化也不是幻想者的梦想,以为就如魔术里的鸡变鸭一样,立刻即可________。如今,谈论文化、投资文化成为时髦。很多人以为,在我们的经济得到长足发展之后,文化就能一下子_______
请在【答题】菜单下选择【进入考生文件夹】命令,并按照题目要求完成下面的操作。注意:以下的文件必须都保存在考生文件夹下。文档“北京政府统计工作年报.docx”是一篇从互联网上获取的文字资料,请打开该文档并按下列要求进行排版及保存操作:
In2011,manyshoppersoptedtoavoidthefreneticcrowdsanddotheirholidayshoppingfromthecomfortoftheircomputer.Sale
最新回复
(
0
)