The global business of education approaches, issues and critical directions Marcelo Parreira do Amaral, Sieglinde Jornitz, S. Karin Amos, editors

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Amaral, Marcelo Parreira do, editor.

Jornitz, Sieglinde, 1971- editor.

Amos, S. Karin (Sigrid Karin), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Economic aspects.

Education--Finance.

Privatization in education.

Proprietary schools.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland Springer [2026]

Summary:

"This book addresses issues related to viewing education as a business endeavor. It introduces the readers to central conceptual issues and relates them to the pedagogical, educational and social issues at various levels and sectors of education. The book offers paradigmatic approaches and theories used to model and examine education as a business endeavor. Business of Education is a global phenomenon that has experienced an exponential growth during the past decades; it goes well beyond the influence of private interests in shaping policymaking or the expansion of private schooling and encompasses policy, practice, and research in the field of education. The work includes both classical positions and newer viewpoints challenging mainstream debates to approach the diverse manifestations of the business of education and the varying responses across the globe. The volume assesses the impact of business activities at various levels/sectors of education – lifelong learning, vocational education, supplementary education, higher education, teacher education and focuses on different issues and challenges, from financing to sustainability, from geopolitics to reform and on different geographical areas, such as Australia, Brazil, Chile, and Germany. The analyses draw on different frameworks – philanthropy, racial capitalism, transhumanism, neoliberalism – and go well beyond a materialist perspective of the topic at hand to include other important dimensions since controversies abound as to the impact and/or side-effects of these developments beyond their purely economic import. The book also critically discusses the future of the field by showcasing research that deliberate on different directions and that reflect on possible futures for (the business of) education. The research presented has strong global perspective and integrates in-depth conceptual analyses with real-world examples and case studies that aim at contributing to a more comprehensive understanding of the business of education across different contexts and regions"-- Springer Nature Link

Contents:

The global business of education : introduction / Sieglinde Jornitz, Marcelo Parreira do Amaral, and S. Karin Amos

Conceptualizing the global business of education : key approaches, debates and challenges / Marcelo Parreira do Amaral, S. Karin Amos, and Sieglinde Jornitz

The global education industry through the lens of market intelligence : drivers and trends shaping the sector / Mauro C. Moschetti and Antoni Verger

Economy and “economisms” in education / Volker Bank

The public and the private in education : state subsidies to private schools as an election dilemma for political parties / Rita Nikolai and Bernard Brown

Education as human capital : application, critique and alternatives / Danilo Leite Dalmon

Education as markets : efficiency and equity as critical challenges / Pedro Luís Silva and Pedro Nuno Teixeira

The dialectics of racial capitalism and education / Tinesh Indrarajah and tavis d. jules

The gross educational product. political arithmetic in the education system / Frank-Olaf Radtke

The financialisation of compulsory education and the intensification of privatisation : insights from Brazil / Theresa Adrião and José Quibao Neto

The education-industrial complex and national policy : underfunding and economization. selected insights from both the German education system and a global perspective / Ansgar Klinger

The fragile landscape of higher education : exploring academic capitalism in Peru / Jose I. Távara Martin and Luis M. Valdiviezo Arista

Chilean schools and the challenges of learning in the logic of the new global knowledge industry / Sebastián Donoso-Díaz

Philanthrocapitalism and education / Emma E. Rowe

Exploring the consequences of policy discourses on ed-tech lock-in : the case of the EU digital education action plan and Google for education / Hanna Carlsson and Fredrik Hanell

The business of international education assessment and the innovation rhetoric gap / Camilla Addey

The emerging business of teacher education / Benedict Kurz and Paul R. Fossum

Anomie and anomalies of lifelong learning / Ulpukka Isopahkala-Bouret

Vocational education as export / Susanne Peters and Matthias Pilz

Profit in the shadows : business patterns and entrepreneurial dynamics in private supplementary tutoring / Mark Bray and Wei Zhang

Pulling the strings of the education market : private and governmental interests in indicator inflation and deflation / Tiago Neves and Gil Nata

Education’s dichotomous “business” : transhumanist dreams of liberation and bleak realities of incarceration / S. Karin Amos

Whole sustainability and business in education : exploring a methodology of sustaining tensions / Dell Delambre

People farming in academia : tracking, surveillance and control in higher education / Renke Siems

Academic entrepreneurs in higher education : new demands, old manners? / Jozef Zelinka and Sebastiano Benasso

Of takins, doughnuts, and the commons : thinking of new relationships between economy and education / Marcelo Parreira do Amaral and Sieglinde Jornitz

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

Online resource; title from PDF Title page (Springer Nature Link, viewed June 22, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version Global business of education

ISBN:

9783032255648

3032255643

OCLC:

1596632530

Access Restriction:

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