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Book SynopsisThe seemingly amorphous phenomenon we call globalization involves concrete realities that make it a major source of social change in our contemporary world. Bringing globalization alive for students, this book uses examples and perspectives from economics, technology, and mass media to show how globalization is producing unprecedented impacts on education and culture. Education at all levelsfrom primary school to university educationis undergoing a world wide transformation of its objectives, values, and practices. New technologies and communication practices have promoted the West''s optimism that market forces can replace the former governmental responsibilities for social welfare and the inclusion of diverse cultures. New emphasis on competition, quality control, parental choice, marketing, and the linkage of education to work means that schools all over the world face innovations and challenges to established practices. Meanwhile, the worldwide expansion of entertainment and adver
Trade ReviewA comprehensive and robust examination of the subject. * British Journal of Educational Studies *
This valuable book is a welcome addition to the burgeoning globalization literature. * Population and Development Review *
Critical, yet balanced, this book provides a very impressive synthesis of key themes related to education and globalization from a comparative perspective. Passionate, but not strident, the author's style is accessible, especially given the remarkable range of the materials covered. Valuable for middle level undergraduate through graduate level students. -- Raymond Morrow, University of Alberta
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 I. Theorizing Globalization Chapter 3 II. The Twinning of Ideas and Material Conditions: Globalization, Neoliberalism, and Postmodernism Chapter 4 III. Educational Impacts of Economic and Cultural Globalization Chapter 5 IV. Consequences of Communication Technologies on Culture and Education Chapter 6 V. Transnational Corporations and the Creation of Values and Citizenship Chapter 7 VI. The University as the Spearhead of Globalization Chapter 8 VII. Gender within Globalized Education Chapter 9 VIII. Agency and Resistance in the Globalization Era Chapter 10 IX. Reframing the Future Chapter 11 Appendix A
