International Handbook on Globalisation, Education and Policy Research: Global Pedagogies and Policies

Table of Contents......Page 6
Dedication......Page 5
Foreword......Page 10
Preface......Page 13
Acknowledgements......Page 15
Overview and Introduction......Page 17
Contributors......Page 31
1. Globalisation, Education and Policy: Changing Paradigms......Page 43
2. Policy Borrowing in Education: Frameworks for Analysis......Page 65
3. Comparative Education Policy and Globalisation: Evolution, Missions and Roles......Page 77
4. The Education and Training of Knowledge Workers......Page 91
5. Tacit Skills and Occupational Mobility in a Global Culture......Page 107
6. Development, Globalisation and Decentralisation: Comparative Research towards a Theory for Managing Diversity......Page 126
7. Globalisation and the Governance of National Education Systems......Page 134
8. Rethinking Globalisation and the Future Role of Education in Africa......Page 149
9. Neoliberalism, Globalisation, and Latin American Higher Education: The Challenge to National Universities......Page 170
10. Globalisation and Higher Education Policy Changes......Page 185
11. Globalisation and Education Reforms in Hong Kong: Paradigm Shifts......Page 203
12. The Impact of Globalisation on the Mission of the University......Page 226
13. Globalisation, Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism: Australia......Page 243
14. Globalisation and Higher Education in Chile and Romania: The Roles of the International Monetary Fund, World Bank, and World Trade Organization......Page 257
15. Globalisation and Educational Policy Shifts......Page 271
16. Convergence or Divergences? Comparing Education Reforms in Hong Kong and Singapore......Page 289
17. Globalisation and Its Effects on Educational Leadership, Higher Education and Educational Policy......Page 315
18. The New Partnership for African Development: Implications for Skills Development......Page 329
19. Globalisation and Pre-Service Teacher Education in Australia: A New Dimension......Page 351
20. PISA in Germany: A Search for Causes and Evolving Answers......Page 363
21. Globalisations, Research and Policies Regarding Gender Issues......Page 373
22. Employment Equity and Higher Education: Policy Borrowing and the Politics of Language......Page 387
23. Minorities and Indigenous Groups in Education......Page 402
24. Islamic Education......Page 412
25. National Initiatives in Human Rights Education: The Implementation of Human Rights Education Policy Reform in Schools......Page 424
26. The Educational Reform and Transformation in Russia......Page 440
27. Globalisation and Public Education Policies in Latin America: Challenges to and Contributions of Teachers and Higher Education Institutions......Page 466
28. Educational Reform: Who are the Radicals?......Page 477
29. The GATS and Trade in Educational Services: Issues for Canada in the Pan-American Context......Page 490
30. Education and Globalisation......Page 513
31. Inside but Below: The Puzzle of Education in the Global Order......Page 533
32. Globalisation, Education Reforms and Policy Change in Africa: the Case of Nigeria......Page 549
33. The Interaction of Human Development, Economic Development and Nation-Building on the Industrial Staircase......Page 569
34. Language-in-Education Policies and Practices in Africa with a Special Focus on Tanzania and South Africa – Insights from Research in Progress......Page 580
35. Reinventing English: Text Lists and Curriculum Change in Ireland and Australia......Page 597
36. Decentralisation of Education Policies in a Global Perspective......Page 613
37. Educational Decentralisation: Rhetoric or Reality......Page 629
38. Education as a Fault Line in Assessing Democratisation: Ignoring the Globalising Influences of Schools......Page 643
39. The Edge of Chaos: Explorations in Education and Conflict......Page 661
40. Current Reforms in Special Education: Delusion or Solution?......Page 673
41. School and University Partnerships in Australia: Tentative Beginnings......Page 689
42. Addressing the Challenge of Principalship in Australian Catholic Schools......Page 701
43. Education for Democracy: Some Basic Definitions, Concepts, and Clarifications......Page 714
44. The Politics of Rewriting History: New School History Textbooks in Russia......Page 722
45. Change and the “Lapsed Reforms”: Senior Secondary Education in Italy......Page 746
46. Globalisation and Policy Reforms: Science Education Research......Page 761
47. Cultural and Social Capital in Global Perspective......Page 773
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