The Politics of Education Reforms

Japan’s evolving universities, Israel’s self-managing schools, and English teaching in Chinese colleges also feature. In addition to the site-specific research, contributors offer a number of in-depth analyses exploring issues at the interface of education theory and political philosophy. These incl...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Zajda, Joseph (Editor), Geo-JaJa, Macleans A. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2010, 2010
Edition:1st ed. 2010
Series:Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • MAIN TRENDS AND ISSUES
  • Neoliberalism, the New Imperialism, and the “Disappearing” Nation-State: A Case Study
  • How Educational Systems Form and Reform
  • Academic Capitalism in Japan: National University Incorporation and Special Zones for Structural Reform
  • Globalisation and Higher Education Policy Changes
  • The Emergence of the Local Management of Schools (LMS) in Israel: A Political Perspective
  • Alternative Approaches on Society, State, Educational Reform, and Educational Policy
  • EQUALITY, ACCESS AND DEMOCRACY
  • Social Exclusion, Poverty, and Educational Inequity in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria: Which Development Framework
  • Constructing Worker-Citizens in/Through Teacher Education in Cuba: Curricular Goals in the Changing Political Economic Context
  • The Reform of Chinese College English Teaching (CCET) in the Context of Globalisation
  • Global Teacher Rec ruitment as a Challenge to the Goal of Universal Primary Education
  • Power and Authority in School and Community: Interactions Between Non-Indigenous Teachers and Indigenous Teacher Assistants in Remote Australian Schools
  • Deliberative Pedagogy and the Rationalization of Learning