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These essays 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.
In response to evidence of the widening disparity between conventional academic practices and societal needs, the role of universities in fostering the public good has come under rigorous scrutiny recently (Fairweather, 1996; Tierney, ...
The notion of globalisation and its relation to education is widely being discussed among politicians, philosophers, scholars, educators and students throughout the world. Some fully reject and refuse to accept...
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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.
This edited collection explores the historical determinants of the rise of mass schooling and human capital accumulation based on a global, long-run perspective, focusing on a variety of countries in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Africa ...
La universidad en México hoy: gubernamentalidad y modernización [University in Mexico today: Gubernamentality and modernization]. UNAM, UAM y Unión de Universidades de América Latina. Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM).
5, use a series of interviews with local policy experts and government officials to illustrate the processes of international donors – both negative and positive – in play in the development of local education policy in basic education ...
The author illuminates the process of "Latinization" currently underway in the U.S., tracing the largest migration in the history of the Americas--the movement north of large numbers of people from Latin America.