Educational Import : Local Encounters with Global Forces in Mongolia / by G. Steiner-Khamsi, I. Stolpe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Steiner-Khamsi, Gita.

Contributor:

Stolpe, Ines.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chemistry, Organic.

Anthropology.

Ethnology.

Education.

International education.

Comparative education.

Education and state.

Organic Chemistry.

Sociocultural Anthropology.

International and Comparative Education.

Educational Policy and Politics.

Local Subjects:

Organic Chemistry.

Anthropology.

Sociocultural Anthropology.

Education.

International and Comparative Education.

Educational Policy and Politics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 246 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed. 2006.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.

Language Note:

English.

Summary:

This book addresses students, practitioners and scholars in educational policy studies. The authors use Mongolia as a case to illustrate how global influences shape domestic developments in education, and how imported education reforms are locally modified, re-contextualized, or 'Mongolized'.

Contents:

Part I: Introduction From Socialism to Post-Socialism, From Second to Third-World, From Lender to Borrower Part II: Global Forces in Post-Socialist Mongolia: Four Case Studies of Local Encounters Speaking the Language of the New Allies: Decentralizing Educational Management and Finance The Long Decade of Neglect (1990-2003): Stalemates in Nomadic Education The Fear of Falling Behind: The Policy Talk and the Enactment of Vouchers in Teacher Education *The Mongolization of Student-Centered Teaching Part III: Conclusion Globalization in Education: Real or Imagined?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-240) and index.

ISBN:

9786611369606

9781281369604

1281369608

9781403982971

140398297X

OCLC:

567962810