education and globalization cross-cultural studies
Genre
Scientific literature/Ғылыми әдебиет/Научная литература
Summary
We offer in this book a collection of chapters that reflect a broad range of issues linking globalization to education in an accessible yet theoretically grounded and detailed form. The authors analyze phenomena on the global plane, in local spaces, and in the connections between the global and the local
Contents
Defining globalization and assessing its implications on knowledge and education / Nelly P. Stromquist and Karen Monkman -- Globalization and interntionalism / Phillip W. Jones -- Globalization and educational reform / Martin Carnoy -- Educational reform / Val D. Rust -- Globalization and curriculum inquiry / Noel Gough -- Globalization and the social construction of reality / Catherine A. Odora Hoppers -- Alternative responses to globalization from European and South African universities / Jan Currie and George Subotzky -- Globalization of the community college model / Rosalind Latiner Raby -- Local/global labor markets and the restructuring of gender, schooling and work / Jane Kenway and Peter Kelly -- Globalization and universities in the Commonwealth Caribbean / Anne Hickling-Hudson -- Internationalization in Japanese education / Lynne Parmenter -- Globalization and decentralization in Sub-Saharan Africa / William M Rideout, Jr. -- Globalization and educational policies in Mexico, 1988-1994 / Rosa Nidia Buenfil -- South African higher education in transition / Crain Soudien and Carol Corneilse -- Impacts of globalization on education in Malaysia / Molly N. N. Lee -- Hanging onto the edge / Jill Balckmore
