Globalisation, Policy and Comparative Research: Discourses of Globalisation (Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research Book 5)

This book critically examines the overall interplay between comparative education discourses, globalisation, and education. It draws upon recent studies in relevant areas and explores conceptual frameworks and methodological approaches. It demonstrates the neo-liberal ideological imperatives of education and policy reforms, and illustrates the way the relationship between the State and education policy affects current models and trends in education reforms and schooling globally. Various chapters critique the dominant debates and the newly constructed and re-invented models of neo-liberal ideology in education. Using a number of diverse paradigms in comparative education research, ranging from critical theory to globalisation, the authors, by focusing on globalisation, ideology and democracy, examine both the reasons and outcomes of education reforms, policy change and transformation and provide a more informed critique on the Western-driven models of accountability, quality and school effectiveness. Globalisation, Policy and Comparative Research, which is the fifth volume in the 12-volume book series Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research, presents scholarly research on major discourses in comparative education research. It provides an easily accessible, practical yet scholarly source of information about the international concern in the field of globalisation, and comparative education. Above all, the book offers the latest findings to the critical issues concerning major discourses in comparative education in the global culture. It is a sourcebook of ideas for researchers, practitioners and policy makers in education, globalisation and equity and access in schooling around the world. It offers a timely overview of current issues affecting comparative education and education policy research in the global culture. It provides directions in education, and policy research, relevant to transformational educational reforms in the twenty-first century. The book critically examines the overall interplay between comparative e- cation discourses, globalisation, dominant ideologies and education. It draws upon recent studies in the areas of globalisation, equity, social justice and the role of the State (Zajda et al. , 2006; Zajda et al. , 2008a). It explores conceptual fra- works and methodological approaches applicable in the research covering the State, globalisation, equity and education. It demonstrates the neo-liberal id- logical imperatives of education and policy reforms, and illustrates the way the relationship between the State and education policy affects current models and trends in education reforms and schooling globally. Front Matter....Pages i-xiv Globalisation, and Comparative Research: Implications for Education....Pages 1-12 Comparative Education in an Increasingly Globalised World....Pages 13-34 Globalisation and Its Malcontents: In Pursuit of the Promise of Education....Pages 35-48 To Compare Is Human: Comparison as a Research Methodology....Pages 49-60 Globalisation and Marginalisation in Higher Education....Pages 61-75 Globalisation of Education Policy: Its Effects on Developing Countries....Pages 77-92 Globalization and the Challenges for Education in Greece....Pages 93-100 Organizational Trends of Chinese Higher Education: The Influence of Strategy and Structure at Ten Case Study Universities....Pages 101-123 Intellectual Property and the Cultural Aspects of Collaboration in the Global Culture: Comparisons Between Mexico and the United State....Pages 125-138 Globalisation and Mathematics Teaching: The Global Importance of Local Language Contexts....Pages 139-156 States, Markets and Higher Education Reform: The Netherlands and England....Pages 157-170 Back Matter....Pages 171-180