Globalization and Education: Integration and Contestation Across CulturesNelly P. Stromquist, Karen Monkman The effects of globalization have long been dealt with in terms of economic and technological consequences, but what about the influence on education? Though still not a precise concept, what we understand as "globalization" is bringing forth numerous and profound changes in the economic, cultural, and political life of nations. With increased opportunities for interaction and learning, education around the world is rapidly becoming transformed. The essays contained in this comprehensive yet readable book, strive to provide a thorough examination of the impact these changes are having on how education is defined, whom it serves, and how it is assessed around the world. Globalization and Education is organized into three sections. The first addresses conceptual and theoretical issues underlying such notions as globalization, internationalization, and multilateralism. The second presents empirical data from various contries and provides examples of shifts and transformations within a specific level or modality of the educational system. The third looks at the totality of educational changes taking the nation as the unit of analysis. |
Contents
Defining Globalization and Assessing Its Implications on Knowledge and Education | 3 |
Globalization and Internationalism Democratic Prospects for World Education | 27 |
Globalization and Educational Reform | 43 |
Educational Reform Who Are the Radicals? | 63 |
Globalization and Curriculum Inquiry Locating Representing and Performing a Transnational Imaginary | 77 |
Globalization and the Social Construction of Reality Affirming or Unmasking the Inevitable? | 99 |
Alternative Responses to Globalization from European and South African Universities | 123 |
Globalization of the Community College Model Paradox of the Local and the Global | 149 |
Globalization and Universities in the Commonwealth Caribbean | 219 |
Internationalization in Japanese Education Current Issues and Future Prospects | 237 |
Globalization and Decentralization in SubSaharan Africa Focus Lesotho | 255 |
Globalization and Educational Policies in Mexico 19881994 A Meeting of the Universal and the Particular | 275 |
South African Higher Education in Transition Global Discourses and National Priorities | 299 |
The Impacts of Globalization on Education in Malaysia | 315 |
Hanging onto the Edge An Australian Case Study of Women Universities and Globalization | 333 |
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LocalGlobal Labor Markets and the Restructuring of Gender Schooling and Work | 173 |
Globalization Adult Education and Development | 197 |
About the Editors and Contributors | 359 |
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