Second International Handbook on Globalisation, Education and Policy Research

This handbook presents a global overview of developments in education and policy change during the last decade. It provides an accessible, practical and comparative source of current research that examines the intersecting and diverse discourses of this important issue.
Divided into two parts, the handbook first examines globalisation and education policy reforms, including coverage of main trends as well as specific policy issues such as gender, equity, minorities and human rights. Next, the handbook offers a comparative perspective that evaluates the ambivalent and problematic relationship between globalisation, the state and education reforms globally. It features coverage on curricula issues and education reforms in schools around the world as well as the curriculum in the global culture.
Now more than ever there is a need to understand and analyse both the intended and the unintended effects of globalisation on economic competitiveness, educational systems, the state and relevant policy changes--all as they affect individuals, the higher education sector, schools, policy-makers and powerful corporate organisations across the globe. By examining some of the major education policy issues, particularly in the light of recent shifts in education and policy research, this handbook offers readers a comprehensive picture of the impact of globalisation on education policy and reforms. It will serve as a vital sourcebook of ideas for researchers, practitioners and policy makers in education.

List of contents

Dedication
Foreword - Peter W. Sheehan, AO
Preface - Joseph Zajda
Acknowledgements
Globalisation, Education and Policy Research: Overview and Introduction - Joseph Zajda (Australian Catholic University, Melbourne Campus)
Contributors


part one

GLOBALISATION: EDUCATION AND POLICY REFORMS

SECTION 1: MAIN TRENDS AND ISSUES
Section editor-Joseph Zajda (Australian Catholic University, Melbourne Campus) & Suzanne Majhanovich, University of Western Ontario

1.1 Globalisation, Education and Policy Research

1. Globalisation and Neoliberalism: A New Theory for New Times? Marko
Ampuja (University of Helsinki)
2. Globalisation, Hegemony and Education Policies Holger Daun (University of
Stockholm)
3. Globalisation and Social Change John P. Keeves (Flinders University) & I Gusti
Ngurah Darmawan & Petra N. Lietz (University of Adelaide)
4. Working with the Discontentment around Globalisation: In Pursuit of the Promise
of Education Crain Soudien (University of Cape Town)
5. Globalisation and Public Education Policies in Latin America Robert Arnove
(Indiana University)
6. Globalisation and its Impact on Education and Policy Joseph Zajda (Australian
Catholic University, Melbourne Campus)
7. Globalisation, Education and Policy Research David Turner (University of South
Wales)
8. Policy Borrowing in Education: Frameworks for Analysis David
Phillips (Oxford University)

1.2 Globalisation and Higher Education

9. Globalisation and Higher Education Policy Reform W. James Jacob
(University of Pittsburgh)
10. Globalisation and Global University Rankings Val D. Rust & Stephanie
Kim (UCLA)
11. Globalisation, Policy Directions, and Higher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa Kingsley Banya (University of the West Indies)
12. Neoliberalism, Globalisation, and Latin American Higher Education Robert A. Rhoads, Carlos A. Torres and Andrea Brewster (UCLA)
13. Globalisation and Hong Kong Educational Reforms Cheng Yin-cheong (Hong
Kong Institute of Education)
14. The Impact of Globalisation on the Mission of the University M'hammed Sabour
(University of Joensuu)
Section 2: Globalisation and Education Policy Reform
Section Editors: Val Rust ((University of California, Los Angeles) & Joseph Zajda (Australian Catholic University, Melbourne Campus)

2.1 Globalisation, Education Policy and Change
15. Globalisation, the Brain Drain and Poverty Reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa
Kingsley Banya (University of the West Indies) & Joseph Zajda (Australian Catholic University)
16. Globalisation and the Future Role of Education in Africa MacLeans Geo-JaJa (Brigham Young University) & Joseph Zajda (Australian Catholic University, Melbourne Campus)
17. The Globalisation of Low-Fee Private Schools Geoffrey Walford (University of Oxford)
18. Globalisation and Global Relief Education Carine Allaf (Teachers College, Columbia University)
19. The Globalism of an Empirical Mutual Identity: Culture and Thinking in Comparative Education Niranjan Casinader (Monash University)
20. Globalisation and the Business of Educational Reform Duncan Waite, Gregory Rodríguez & Akinyi Wadende (Texas State University, San Marcos)
21 Reconstructing Education and Knowledge: Scientific Management,
Educational Efficiency, Outcomes Based Education, and the Culture of Performativity Howard Lee & Gregory Lee (Massey University, New Zealand)
22. Governance and Policy Reform in a Challenging World Paul Carlin & Helga
Neidhart (Australian Catholic University)

2.2 Policy Issues: Gender, Equity, Minorities and Human Rights

23. The Right to Education Iris BenDavid-Hadar (Bar Ilan University, Israel)
24. Minorities and Education Policies Reform in Central Asia Joseph Zajda (Australian Catholic University, Melbourne Campus)
25. Globalisation and Islamic Education Holger Daun (Stockholm University)
26. The Transformative Potential of Global Gender and Education Policy Karen Monkman (DePaul University) & Kate Webster ((DePaul University)
27. Gender Inequality and Education: Changing Local/Global Relations in a 'Post Colonial' World and the Implications for Feminist Research Jill Blackmore (Deakin University)
28. Globalisation, Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism: Australia Margaret Secombe & Jerzy Smolicz (University of Adelaide)
29. Globalisation and National Policy Initiatives in Human Rights Education in Schools Yvette Lapayese (Loyola Marymount University)
30. Human Rights Education in Australia Sev Ozdowski (University of Western Sydney)

part TWO

GLOBALISATION, EDUCATION AND POLICY RESEARCH: CHANGING SCHOOLS

SECTION 3: GLOBALISATION AND EDUCATION POLICY: COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE

Section Editors: Joseph Zajda (Australian Catholic University) & Rea Zajda (James Nicholas Publishers)

3. Education, Policy and Curricula Issues
31. Education in the Global Order Crain Soudien (University of Cape Town)
32. Global Pedagogy of Peace Svi Shapiro (University Of North Carolina At
Greensboro)
33. Globalisation and the New Zealand Numeracy Standards: In Pursuit of Excellence Vince Wright (Australian Catholic University, Melbourne Campus)34. Improving Basic Education in Brazil A. Akkari (University of Geneva)
35. Language-in-Education Policies and Practices in Africa: Tanzania and South Africa Birgit Brock-Utne (University of Oslo)
36. Globalisation and the National Curriculum Reform in Australia: The Push for Asia Literacy Deborah Henderson (Queensland University of Technology)
37. Globalisation, Teachers and Inclusive Schooling Kas Mazurek (University of Lethbridge) & Margret Winzer (University of Lethbridge)
38. Globalisation and Humanities: Canada Suzanne Majhanovich (University of Western Ontario)

SECTION 4: GLOBALISATION AND EDUCATION REFORMS
Section Editors-Joseph Zajda (Australian Catholic University, Melbourne Campus) & Rea Zajda (James Nicholas Publishers)

4.1 Globalisation, Education Policy and Reform: Changing Schools
39. Globalisation and Changes in School Governance Alexander W. Wiseman (Lehigh University)
40. Globalisation and Education Reforms in Hong Kong and Singapore Michael
H. Lee (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) & S. Gopinathan (National University of Singapore)
41. Globalisation and Educational Policy Shifts Val D. Rust (UCLA) & W. James Jacob (University of Pittsburgh)
42. Globalisation and the Value of Service Learning in an Undergraduate Teacher Education Program Anne L Scott (Australian Catholic University, Melbourne Campus)
43. When the Global Meets the Local: Global Citizenship and School Reform (Kent) Sheng Yao Cheng (Chung Cheng University)
44. Cultural and Social Capital in Global Perspective Lawrence J. Saha (Australian National University)

4.2 Curriculum in the Global Culture
45. Globalisation and Education Svi Shapiro (University of Greensboro)
46. Global Education Sadiq A. Abdullahi (Florida International University)
47. A Global Lens for Viewing Children's Literature Matthew Zbaracki (Australian Catholic University, Melbourne Campus)
48. Philosophical and Pedagogical Underpinnings of Globalisation and Education
John P. Keeves (Flinders University) & I Gusti Ngurah Darmawan (University of Adelaide)
49. Globalisation, Neoliberalism and Science Education Lyn Carter (Australian Catholic University, Melbourne Campus)



Index of Names

Index of Subjects

About the author

Joseph Zajda, BA (Hons), MA, MEd, Ph.D, FACE, is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education and Arts at the Australian Catholic University (Melbourne Campus). He specializes in globalisation and education policy reforms, social justice, history education, and values education. He has written and edited 28 books and over 100 book chapters and articles in the areas of globalisation and education policy, higher education, and curriculum reforms. Recent publications include: Zajda, J (2014).Globalisation and Neo-liberalism as Educational Policy in Australia. In H. Yolcu & D. Turner (Eds.), Neoliberal Education Reforms: A Global Analysis. New York: Taylor & Francis/Routledge; Zajda, J. (2014). The Russian Revolution. In G. Ritzer & J. M. Ryan (Eds.), The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Globalization Online; Zajda, J. (2014). Values Education. In D. Phillips (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Educational Theory and Philosophy. Thousand Oaks: Sage; Zajda, J. (Ed.). (2010). Zajda, J. (2011). Globalisation and Values Education in the history/Social Studies Classroom. Educational Practice and Theory, 33(1), 83-96. Global Pedagogies (Dordrecht: Springer), Zajda, J. (Ed.). (2010). Globalisation, Ideology and Education Policy Reforms, Globalization, Education and Social Justice (2010) (Dordrecht: Springer) & Schooling the New Russians (James Nicholas Publishers, 2008). He is also the editor of the twenty four-volume book series Globalisation and Comparative Education (Springer, 2009&2016). He edits World Studies in Education, Curriculum and Teaching, and Education and Society for James Nicholas Publishers. His works are found in 265 publications in 4 languages and 7,365 university library holdings globally. He is the recipient of the 2012 Excellence in Research Award, the Faculty of Education, the Australian Catholic University. The award recognises the high quality of research activities, and particularly celebrates sustained research that has had a substantive impact nationally and internationally. He was also a recipient of the Australian Awards for University Teaching in 2011 (Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning, for an innovative, influential and sustained contribution to teacher education through scholarship and publication). He received the Vice Chancellor’s Excellence in Teaching Award in April, 2004, at the Australian Catholic University (Melbourne Campus). He was awarded an ARC Discovery Grant (with Anthony Taylor (Monash University) for 2011-2013 for a comparative analysis of history national curriculum implementation in Russia and Australia ($315,000). Elected as Fellow of the Australian College of Educators (June 2013).

Summary

This handbook presents a global overview of developments in education and policy change during the last decade. It provides an accessible, practical and comparative source of current research that examines the intersecting and diverse discourses of this important issue.
Divided into two parts, the handbook first examines globalisation and education policy reforms, including coverage of main trends as well as specific policy issues such as gender, equity, minorities and human rights. Next, the handbook offers a comparative perspective that evaluates the ambivalent and problematic relationship between globalisation, the state and education reforms globally. It features coverage on curricula issues and education reforms in schools around the world as well as the curriculum in the global culture.
Now more than ever there is a need to understand and analyse both the intended and the unintended effects of globalisation on economic competitiveness, educational systems, the state and relevant policy changes--all as they affect individuals, the higher education sector, schools, policy-makers and powerful corporate organisations across the globe. By examining some of the major education policy issues, particularly in the light of recent shifts in education and policy research, this handbook offers readers a comprehensive picture of the impact of globalisation on education policy and reforms. It will serve as a vital sourcebook of ideas for researchers, practitioners and policy makers in education.

Product details

• Assisted by: Josep Zajda (Editor), Joseph Zajda (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2016
• EAN: 9789401777780
• ISBN: 978-94-0-177778-0
• No. of pages: 854
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 46 mm x 235 mm
• Weight: 1322 g
• Illustrations: XXXIV, 854 p. 28 illus.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; B, Educational Policy, Education, International and Comparative Education, higher education, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Educational Policy and Politics, Education and state, Comparative education, International education, Education—Curricula, Curriculum planning & development, Curriculums (Courses of study), Curriculum Studies