Comparative Education: The Dialectic of the Global and the LocalComparative Education: The Dialectic of the Global and the Local, Third Edition brings together many of the outstanding scholars in the field of comparative and international education to provide new perspectives on the dynamic interplay of global, national, and local forces as they shape the functioning and outcomes of education systems in specific contexts. Various chapters in the book call for a rethinking of the nation-state as the basic unit for analyzing school-society relations; provide new ways of conceptualizing equality of educational opportunity and outcomes; call attention to the need to study social movements in relation to educational reform; emphasize the value of feminist, postcolonial, and culturally sensitive perspectives to comparative inquiry into the limitations as well as potential of education systems to contribute to individual development and social change; and provide detailed critical accounts of how various international financial and technical assistance agencies shape educational policy and practice in specific regions of the world. |
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... Education : The Dialectic of the Global and the Local Robert F. Arnove 1 Technocracy , Uncertainty , and Ethics : Comparative Education in an Era of Postmodernity and Globalization Anthony Welch 2 Institutionalizing International ...
... Education : The Dialectic of the Global and the Local Robert F. Arnove 1 Technocracy , Uncertainty , and Ethics : Comparative Education in an Era of Postmodernity and Globalization Anthony Welch 2 Institutionalizing International ...
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... global and the local . Understanding this interactive process , the tensions and contradictions , is central to recasting or " reframing " the field of comparative and international education . I believe that the adoption of a focus on ...
... global and the local . Understanding this interactive process , the tensions and contradictions , is central to recasting or " reframing " the field of comparative and international education . I believe that the adoption of a focus on ...
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... international donor agencies as well as by national elites — lead to greater equality , effi- ciency , and quality ... education systems in creating citizens . As the loci of economic production , political decision making , and group ...
... international donor agencies as well as by national elites — lead to greater equality , effi- ciency , and quality ... education systems in creating citizens . As the loci of economic production , political decision making , and group ...
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... learning materials can make a difference.19 This research has played a role in convincing major international technical assistance and financial aid agencies such as the World Bank that certain key inputs ( e.g. , well - prepared ...
... learning materials can make a difference.19 This research has played a role in convincing major international technical assistance and financial aid agencies such as the World Bank that certain key inputs ( e.g. , well - prepared ...
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... education or vocational education ... [ were ] greater than elemen- tary education in Pakistan , Brazil , Botswana ... International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement . This fascination with the Japanese school ...
... education or vocational education ... [ were ] greater than elemen- tary education in Pakistan , Brazil , Botswana ... International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement . This fascination with the Japanese school ...
Contents
Technocracy Uncertainty and Ethics Comparative Education in an Era of Postmodernity and Globalization | 21 |
Institutionalizing International Influence | 47 |
The State Social Movements and Educational Reform | 79 |
Culture and Education | 101 |
The Question of Identity from a Comparative Education Perspective | 117 |
Equality of Education A HalfCentury of Comparative Evidence Seen From a New Millennium | 129 |
Womens Education in the TwentyFirst Century Balance and Prospects | 151 |
Control of Education Issues and Tensions in Centralization and Decentralization | 175 |
Higher Education Restructuring in the Era of Globalization Toward a Heteronomous Model? | 257 |
Education in Latin America Dependency Underdevelopment and Inequality | 277 |
Education in Asia Globalization and its Effects | 295 |
Education in the Middle East Challenges and Opportunities | 311 |
Russia and Eastern Europe | 333 |
Education for All in Africa Still a Distant Dream | 357 |
Comparative Education The Dialectics of Globalization and Its Discontents | 389 |
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Beyond Schooling The Role of Adult and Community Education in Postcolonial Change | 197 |
The Political Economy of Educational Reform in Australia England and the United States | 217 |
About the Contributors | 417 |
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Page 1 - Globalisation can thus be defined as the intensification of worldwide social relations which link distant localities in such a way that local happenings are shaped by events occurring many miles away and vice versa.