The handbook of global education policy / edited by Karen Mundy [and three others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mundy, Karen (Karen Elizabeth), 1962- editor.

Series:

Handbook of global policy series.

THEi Wiley ebooks.

Handbooks of Global Policy

THEi Wiley ebooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--International cooperation.

Education.

Education and state--United States.

Education and state.

Educational change--Government policy.

Educational change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (729 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, England : Wiley Blackwell, 2016.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Access using campus network via VPN at home (THEi Users Only).

Summary:

This innovative new handbook offers a comprehensive overview of the ways in which domestic education policy is framed and influenced by global institutions and actors. * Surveys current debates about the role of education in a global polity, highlights key transnational policy actors, accessibly introduces research methodologies, and outlines global agendas for education reform * Includes contributions from an international cast of established and emerging scholars at the forefront of the field thoughtfully edited and organized by a team of world-renowned global education policy experts * Each section features a thorough introduction designed to facilitate readers' understanding of the subsequent material and highlight links to interdisciplinary global policy scholarship * Written in an accessible and engaging style that will appeal to domestic and international policy practitioners, social scientists, and education scholars alike

Contents:

Educational policies in the face of globalization : whither the nation-state? / Martin Carnoy

World society and the globalization of educational policy / Francisco O. Ramirez, John W. Meyer, and Julia Lerch

The global diffusion of education privatization : unpacking and theorizing policy adoption / Antoni Verger

Economic growth in developing countries : the role of human capital / Eric Hanushek

Education, poverty and the 'missing link' : the limits of human capital theory as a paradigm for poverty reduction / Xavier Bonal

Gender and education in the global polity / Elaine Unterhalter

The global educational reform movement and its impact on schooling / Pasi Sahlberg

Global convergence or path dependency? : skill formation regimes in the globalized economy / Marius R. Busemeyer and Janis Vossiek

Education and social cohesion : a panglossian global discourse / Andy Green and Jan Germen Janmaat

Policies for education in conflict and post-conflict reconstruction / Sarah Dryden-Peterson

Human rights and education policy in South Asia / Monisha Bajaj and Huma Kidwai

Early childhood education and care in global discourses / Rianne Mahon

Education for all 2000-2015 : the influence of global interventions and aid on EFA achievements / Aaron Benavot, Manos Antoninis, Nicole Bella, Marco Delprato, Joanna Harma, Catherine Jere, Priyadarshani Joshi, Nihan KoseleCi Blanchy, Helen Longlands, Alasdair McWilliam, David Post and Asma Zubairi

The politics of language in education in a global polity / M. Obaidul Hamid

The global governance of teachers' work / Susan L. Robertson

The global construction of higher education reform / Simon Marginson

The historical evolution and current challenges of the United Nations and global education policy-making / Francine Menashy and Caroline Manion

The World Bank and the global governance of education in a changing world order / Karen Mundy and Antoni Verger

The changing organizational and global significance of the OECD's education work / Bob Lingard and Sam Sellar

The policies that shaped PISA, and the policies that PISA shaped / Andreas Schleicher and Pablo Zoido

Dragon and the tiger cubs : China-ASEAN relations in higher education / Rui Yang and Jingyun Yao

An analysis of power in transnational advocacy in education / Ian Macpherson

The business case for transnational corporate participation, profits, and policy making in education / Zahra Bhanji

New global philanthropy in education and philanthropic governance in education in a post-2015 world / Prachi Srivastava and Lianna Baur

Rational intentions and unintended consequences : on the interplay between international and national actors in education policy / Timm Fulge, Tonia Bieber, and Kerstin Martens

Policy and administration as culture : organizational sociology and global and cross-national educational trends / Patricia Bromley

Ethnography and the localization of global education policy / Amy Stambach

Global education policy and the postmodern challenge / Stephen Carney

Policy responses to the rise of Asian higher education : a postcolonial analysis / Fazal Rizvi

Joined-up policy : network connectivity and global education governance / Carolina Junemann, Stephen J. Ball and Diego Santori

A vertical case study of global policy-making : early grade literacy in Zambia / Lesley Bartlett and Frances Vavrus

Global indicators and local problem recognition : an exploration into the statistical eradication of teacher shortage in the post-socialist region / Gita Steiner-Khamsi.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781118468043

111846804X

9781118468005

1118468007

9781118468012

1118468015

9781118468036

1118468031

OCLC:

933386226