Globalization of Education: An Introduction

by Spring; Joel

• ISBN13: 9780415989473
• ISBN10: 0415989477
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2008-11-18
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

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. Spring introduces readers to the processes, institutions, and forces by which schooling has been globalized and examines the impact of these forces on schooling in local contexts. Designed for courses on globalization and education, international and comparative education, educational foundations, multicultural education, and educational policy, the text is written in a clear narrative style to engage readers in thoughtful consideration of topics discussed. Each chapter includes "Key Points" that summarize the content and suggest issues and questions for critical analysis, discussion, and debate.

Author Biography

Joel Spring is Professor of Education, Queens College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xiii
Globalization of Education	p. 1
Globalization of Education	p. 2
Global and Comparative Education	p. 4
Global Flows and Networks	p. 6
World Educational Culture: The Work of World Culture Theorists	p. 8
World System and Postcolonial/Critical Theories	p. 13
Culturalist: Educational Borrowing and Lending	p. 14
Human Capital World Model	p. 16
Progressive Education World Model	p. 18
Religious Education World Models	p. 19
Indigenous Education World Models	p. 19
Examples of the Diffusion of Global Educational Models	p. 21
Examples of Educational Borrowing and Lending: The Case of South America	p. 23
Conclusion: Different Lenses for Interpreting Global Education	p. 27
Global Education Networks and Discourses: The World Bank and the Knowledge Economy	p. 29
The World Bank	p. 30
World Bank and the United Nations' Networks	p. 32
Public-Private Partnership Networks and Multinational Corporations	p. 33
Networking with the Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership	p. 34
The World Bank Group and Public-Private Partnerships Networks	p. 36
The World Bank and the Discourse About the Knowledge Economy	p. 37
The World Bank and the Ideal Personality for the Knowledge Economy	p. 40
Schooling for the Knowledge Economy	p. 44
The World Bank's Schools of Tomorrow	p. 47
The World Bank and Lifelong Learning	p. 49
Criticisms of Education for the Knowledge Economy	p. 50
Conclusion	p. 54
The Cyberschoolbus and Sesame Street Meet the Global Knowledge Economy: OECD and the United Nations	p. 55
OECD	p. 55
Birth Rates, Female Workers, and Lifelong Learning	p. 59
UNESCO and Lifelong Learning: A Different Vision	p. 66
Competing Global Discourses	p. 72
A Global Curriculum: Cyberschoolbus	p. 74
Educating Global Citizens: Cyberschoolbus and Sesame Street	p. 76
Sesame Street: Global Preschool for Social Justice	p. 78
Conclusion: Spreading a World Education Culture: Human Capital and Progressive Educational Models	p. 80
The Marketing of Knowledge: Multinational Learning Corporations, Global Assessment, and Higher Education	p. 83
The WTO, GATS, and TRIPs	p. 84
Global Marketing of For-Profit Education and Knowledge Industries	p. 88
Global Testing Services: Standardization of Subjects and Global Intercultural English	p. 92
The Apollo Group and the University of Phoenix: A New Model for a Global University?	p. 97
The Globalization of Higher Education	p. 100
The Global Marketing of Higher Education	p. 104
Higher Education and English	p. 108
Higher Education Networks	p. 109
A Global University Through Higher Education Networks?	p. 112
Conclusion: Name Brands and a Global University	p. 116
From the Global to the Local: Global Progressive Education Models and INGOs	p. 117
Global Uniformity or Diversity of Educational Practices and Policies?	p. 118
Culturalists: The Anthropologists	p. 118
Culturalists: Comparative Education	p. 121
Culturalists: Examples of Borrowing and Policy Transformations	p. 122
Global Forms of Progressive Education	p. 126
International Nongovernment Organizations (INGOs)	p. 131
Human Rights INGOs and the Global Progressive Education Model	p. 133
Environmental INGOs and Progressive Education	p. 137
Conclusion: Local Transformation of the Global Education Superstructure	p. 143
Religious and Indigenous Education Models: A Clash of Civilizations?	p. 144
The Existence of Knowledges	p. 145
The Clash of Civilizations and the Role of Religion	p. 149
Religious Educational Models: A Rejection of Secular Modernity?	p. 153
Religious Content in National School Systems	p. 154
Education and Religious Nationalism	p. 156
Sarvodaya: The Welfare of All	p. 159
Education and Liberation Theology	p. 161
State Supported Islamic Education	p. 166
Indigenous Models of Education	p. 171
Conclusion: Rejecting the Industrial-Consumer Paradigm?	p. 175
Global Migration and Language Policies	p. 177
Global Migration: International and National	p. 178
The Children of Global Migrants in OECD Countries	p. 183
The Knowledge Economy: Brain Drain, Gain, and Circulation	p. 185
Brain Waste	p. 188
Remittances and Unskilled Labor	p. 190
Global Migration and Multicultural Education	p. 191
Educational Responses to Multicultural and Multilingual Populations	p. 196
Conclusion: A World in Motion	p. 198
Globalization and Complex Thought: Is There a Theory of Educational Globalization?	p. 200
Notes	p. 207
Index	p. 239
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