Globalization and Education Integration and Contestation across Cultures

by Stromquist, Nelly P.; Monkman, Karen; Blackmore, Jill; Buenfil, Rosa Nidia; Carnoy, Martin; Corneilse, Carol; Currie, Jan; Gough, Noel; Hickling-Hudson, Anne; Odora Hoppers, Catherine A.; Jones, Phillip W.; Kelly, Peter; Kenway, Jane; N. Lee, Molly N.; Mo

• ISBN13: 9780847699193
• ISBN10: 0847699196
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-09-06
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Abbreviations and Acronyms	xv
Part 1 Conceptual Issues
Defining Globalization and Assessing Its Implications on Knowledge and Education	3	(24)
Nelly P. Stromquist
Karen Monkman
Globalization and Internationalism: Democratic Prospects for World Education	27	(16)
Phillip W. Jones
Globalization and Educational Reform	43	(20)
Martin Carnoy
Educational Reform: Who Are the Radicals?	63	(14)
Val D. Rust
Globalization and Curriculum Inquiry: Locating, Representing, and Performing a Transnational Imaginary	77	(22)
Noel Gough
Globalization and the Social Construction of Reality: Affirming or Unmasking the ``Inevitable''?	99	(24)
Catherine A. Odora Hoppers
Part 2 Globalization Impacts in Various Educational Sectors
Alternative Responses to Globalization from European and South African Universities	123	(26)
Jan Currie
George Subotzky
Globalization of the Community College Model: Paradox of the Local and the Global	149	(24)
Rosalind Latiner Raby
Local/Global Labor Markets and the Restructuring of Gender, Schooling, and Work	173	(24)
Jane Kenway
Peter Kelly
Globalization, Adult Education, and Development	197	(22)
Shirley Walters
Part 3 National Case Studies of Globalization Impacts
Globalization and Universities in the Commonwealth Caribbean	219	(18)
Anne Hickling-Hudson
Internationalization in Japanese Education: Current Issues and Future Prospects	237	(18)
Lynne Parmenter
Globalization and Decentralization in Sub-Saharan Africa: Focus Lesotho	255	(20)
William M. Rideout, Jr.
Globalization and Educational Policies in Mexico, 1988-1994: A Meeting of the Universal and the Particular	275	(24)
Rosa Nidia Buenfil
South African Higher Education in Transition: Global Discourses and National Priorities	299	(16)
Crain Soudien
Carol Corneilse
The Impacts of Globalization on Education in Malaysia	315	(18)
Molly N. N. Lee
``Hanging onto the Edge'': An Australian Case Study of Women, Universities, and Globalization	333	(20)
Jill Blackmore
Index	353	(6)
About the Editors and Contributors	359