How Educational Ideologies Are Shaping Global Society: Intergovernmental Organizations, NGOs, and the Decline of the Nation-State

by Spring, Joel

• ISBN13: 9780805849165
• ISBN10: 0805849165
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-03-31
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau

Summary

Examines current educational ideologies&how they are shaping global society.This discussion is placed w/in the framework of the current decline of education as a function of the nation-state as a result of the growing influence of intergovernmental econo

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
1 Nationalist Education in the Age of Globalization: Global Workers Carrying Their Nations in Their Hearts	1	(27)
Western Models of the Nation-State and Schooling	2	(5)
National Schooling and the Secular Religion of the State	7	(3)
The Nation-State and Globalization	10	(1)
Globalization and the Nation-State: Singapore	11	(2)
Nationalism and Multiculturalism: Unity Through Diversity	13	(2)
Nationalist Education: Identity, Icons, and Heroes	15	(4)
Economic Nationalism: Pride, Self-Sacrifice, and Providing a Safe Haven	19	(2)
Cultural Diversity and Economic Nationalism	21	(2)
Three Parts of National Education: Unity Through Diversity; Identity, Icons, and Heroes; and Economic Nationalism	23	(3)
Conclusion: "Think Global, But Be Rooted to Singapore"	26	(2)
2 Schooling Workers for a Global Free Market: The World Bank	28	(38)
The Global Community, the World Bank, and the Civil Society	29	(3)
Educating for World Citizenship in a Global Civic Society	32	(1)
The World Bank and Antiglobalization	33	(4)
The Global Community and Education	37	(3)
The World Bank's Global Vision	40	(2)
The World Bank, Education, and International Women's Organizations	42	(3)
Education and the Causes of Global Change	45	(3)
Western Educational Classification	48	(1)
The Three Pillars of a Good Education System	49	(3)
Drawing Botswana	52	(1)
World Bank Strategies: Trapped by a Vision of Education and Development	53	(3)
The World Bank in Latin America and the Caribbean: Three Startling Facts	56	(2)
Latin America and the Caribbean: Schooling and Economic Inequality	58	(3)
Latin America and the Caribbean: Colonialism and the Neoliberal State	61	(1)
The World Bank: East Asia and the Pacific	62	(1)
Online Learning and The African Virtual University	63	(1)
Conclusion: The World Bank: Extending the Reach of Colonialism	64	(2)
3 Globalizing Morality: Human Rights Education	66	(34)
Human Rights Educators as a Global Teaching Force	67	(1)
A Global Culture of Human Rights	68	(3)
A Global Human Rights Culture and Cultural Diversity	71	(3)
Teaching About Cultural Differences	74	(2)
Human Rights as the Morality of a Global Civil Society	76	(4)
Human Rights Education and the Nation-State	80	(6)
The United Nations Cyberschoolbus	86	(5)
Peace Education As Global Manners	91	(7)
Conclusion: Human Rights NGOs and Creating the Rules of Conduct for a Civil Society	98	(2)
4 Love the Biosphere: Environmental Ideologies Shaping Global Society	100	(30)
The Biosphere: Formulating the New Paradigm	102	(2)
Environmental Education and a Global Civil Society	104	(3)
A Global Environmental Ethic	107	(2)
Differing Approaches to an Environmental Ethic	109	(19)
Speciesism	109	(1)
Naturalism and Deep Ecology	110	(2)
Humanism and Sustainability	112	(3)
Indigenous Cultures	115	(2)
Spiritualism	117	(2)
World Ethic for Sustainable Future	119	(3)
A New Consumerism?	122	(2)
Ecotourism	124	(4)
Conclusion: Environmental Education and a Global Ethic	128	(2)
5 Educating for a Global Environmental Ethic	130	(34)
The Radical Aspects of Environmental Education	131	(3)
The Radical Educational Paradigm Shift	134	(7)
Global Education for Sustainable Development and Civic Action	141	(4)
Radical Public Education: Demonstrations, Civil Disobedience, and Ecotage	145	(3)
Models of Environmental Education	148	(14)
Civic Activism and the Global Rivers Environmental Education Network	148	(2)
Cultivating Awareness of Global Problems	150	(2)
Cultivating Awareness Through Consumption	152	(2)
National Parks	154	(4)
Acajatuba and Uakari Lodges	158	(4)
Conclusion: The Paradigm Shift and Global Civil Society	162	(2)
6 The Future of Education in Global Society	164	(19)
The Clash of Educational Ideologies	164	(4)
The Language of Earth	168	(6)
Religion and the Clash of Civilizations	174	(6)
Conclusion: Environmentalism as the Critical Global Educational Ideology	180	(3)
Notes	183	(22)
Author Index	205	(4)
Subject Index	209