Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-220) and index.
Contents:
1. Conceptions of Education Policy 2. Perpsectives on Globalization 3. Globalizing Education Policy Analysis 4. Education Policy and the Allocation of Values 5. Curriculum, Pedagogy and Evaluation 6. From Government to Governance 7. Equity Policies in Education 8. Mobility and Policy Dilemmas 9. Imagining Other Globalizations.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)
Publisher's Summary:
Leading authors in the field explore the key global drivers of policy change in education and argue that globalization has transformed the terrain within which educational policies are developed and, informed by a range of neo-liberal precepts, affect the ways we think about educational governance. The book provides an overview of critical issues in educational policy, to which this hegemonic view of globalization has grown, including: devolution and decentralization new forms of governance balance between public and private funding of education access, equity and the education of girls curriculum, and teaching English language and technology pedagogies global trade in education. (source: Nielsen Book Data)