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Globalization of Education : an Introduction.

Continuing Joel Spring's reportage and analysis of the intersection of global forces and education, this text offers a comprehensive overview and synthesis of current research, theories, and models related to the topic. Written in his signature clear, narrative style, Spring introduces the proc...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Spring, Joel
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Routledge, 2014.
Edition:2nd ed.
Series:Sociocultural, political, and historical studies in education.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Preface; 1 Globalization of Education; Global Corporatization of Education; Globalization of Education; Global and Comparative Education; Global Flows and Networks; World Education Culture: The Work of World Culture Theorists; World System and Postcolonial/Critical Theories; Culturist: Educational Borrowing and Lending; The Economic Education Model, Economization of Education, and the Audit State; Progressive Education World Model; Religious Education World Models; Indigenous Education World Models; Examples of the Diffusion of Global Educational Models.
  • Examples of Educational Borrowing and Lending: The Case of South AmericaConclusion: Different Lenses for Interpreting Global Education; 2 The World Bank: Economic Education Model, the Economization of Education, and the Audit State; The World Bank: Knowledge Bank and Networks; The World Bank Structure; The World Bank and the United Nations' Networks; The World Bank Education Strategy 2020: Investing in People's Knowledge and Skills; The World Bank Education Strategy 2020, the Audit State, and Local Autonomy; The World Bank and the Economic Value of Knowledge.
  • The World Bank and the Economic Value of Personality TraitsThe World Bank and Skill Instruction; The World Bank's Schools of Tomorrow; Lifelong Learning and the Economization of Education; Public-Private Partnership Networks; Criticisms of the Economization of Education; Conclusion; 3 The World Ministry of Education and Human Rights Education: OECD and the United Nations; OECD; Economization of Education: Better Skills, Better Jobs, Better Lives; OECD and the Economization of Personality; Economization of Family Life; International Testing and the World Culture of Education.
  • PISA: Global Testing and a World Education CultureOECD and the World Bank; OECD and World Education; UNESCO and Lifelong Learning: A Different Vision; Sustainable Development and World Culture; A Global Human Rights Curriculum: Cyberschoolbus; Sesame Street: Global Preschool for Social Justice and World Education Culture; United Nations and Millennial Goals: A Network of World Education Culture; Conclusion: Spreading a World Education Culture-Economization and Human Rights; 4 The World Trade Organization and the Global Culture of Higher Education; GATS and TRIPS.
  • GATS and the Globalization of Higher EducationCross-Border Supply: E-Learning and World Education Culture; Consumption Abroad: Foreign Students and Globalization of Higher Education; Global Rankings, English, and World Higher Education Culture; Reinforcing the Global Role of English; Consumption Abroad: Global Marketing of Higher Education; Commercial Presence: Branch Campuses; Global Concepts of Higher Education; Global Marketing of For-Profit Higher Education; The Apollo Group and the University of Phoenix: A New Model for a Global University?; Higher Education Networks.