Globalization and international education. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Robin Shields.
• Other Names: Shields, Robin, 1980-
• Contents: Cover; HalfTitle; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Learning and knowing; Comparative and international education; Global discourses on education; Overview of the book; Useful websites; 1 Education and International Development; Introduction; Education and colonial rule; Birth of the 'development era'; Human capital and modernization theories; Aid agencies; Case studies: Nepal and Zambia; Summary; Useful websites; 2 Redefining Development: Education for All; Introduction. Redefining development: from growth to poverty reductionThe right to education: education for all; The first decade of EFA: Jomtien to Dakar; EFA in the twenty-first century; Key issues in education for all; Case study: Education for All in Bangladesh; Summary; Useful websites; 3 Critiquing Education and International Development; Introduction; Conceptualizing development critiques; Power, politics and the donor agenda; Marxist perspectives and world systems analysis; Poststructuralism, postcolonialism and the discourse of deficiency; Case study: 'saving' Asha; Analysis: three key questions. 6 Education and the Global Knowledge EconomyIntroduction; Conceptualizing the global knowledge economy; Education in the global knowledge economy; International achievement tests; Critical perspectives on the knowledge economy; Summary; Useful websites; 7 International Discourses on ICT in Education; Introduction; Technology and education; The digital divide and ICT for development; The case for ICT in international education; Case study: One Laptop Per Child; Critical perspectives on ICT and education; Summary; Useful websites; 8 Globalization and Higher Education; Introduction. Higher education in the global knowledge economyInternational dimensions to higher education; The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) and the liberalization of higher education; Regionalization and higher education; Summary; Useful websites; 9 Conclusion; APPENDIX: INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT TIMELINE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.
• Publisher Details: New York : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 370.9; Comparative education; Education and state; Globalization; EDUCATION -- Comparative; EDUCATION -- History; Comparative education; Education and state; Globalization; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781441125040; 1441125043; 9781441111418; 1441111417; 9781283950756; 1283950758
• Related ISBNs: 9781441135766; 1441135766; 9781441150196; 1441150196
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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