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Globalisation, Ideology and Education Policy Reforms

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Editors:
  1. Joseph Zajda

    1. Australian Catholic University, Fitzroy, Australia

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  • Explores conceptual frameworks and methodological approaches applicable in the research of globalisation, ideology and education policy reforms
  • Demonstrates ideological imperatives of globalisation and its impact on democracy and equality
  • Evaluates the ambivalent and problematic relationship between the State, education reforms and outcomes in education globally
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research (GCEP, volume 11)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Main Trends and Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Politics of the New History School Textbooks in the Russian Federation

      • Joseph Zajda
      Pages 3-17

    3. Constructing the Australian School History Curriculum: Ideology, High Politics and the History Wars in the Howard Years

      • Tony Taylor
      Pages 19-37

    4. Teachers, History Wars and Teaching History Grade 6 in Greece

      • Stilianos Meselidis
      Pages 39-48

    5. Why Educational Reforms Fail: The Emergence and Failure of an Educational Reform: A Case Study from Israel

      • Haim H. Gaziel
      Pages 49-62

    6. Japanese National Curriculum Standards Reform: Integrated Study and Its Challenges

      • Mohammad Reza Sarkar Aranil, Keisuke Fukaya
      Pages 63-77

    7. Implementation of Education Reform Policies: The Issue of Structural and Cultural Discordance

      • Suseela Malakolunthu
      Pages 79-85

  3. Education Reforms: Implication for Democracy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 88-88
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    2. Education in China: The Urban/Rural Disparity Explained

      • Patricia Ayoroa, Bethany Bailey, Audrey Crossen, Macleans A. Geo-JaJa
      Pages 89-113

    3. The Academic Achievement Gap in Israel: Inequality in Education

      • Iris BenDavid- Hadar
      Pages 115-132

    4. Stories of Difference: Metropolitan and Rural Students’ Attitudes to University

      • Madeleine Mattarozzi Laming
      Pages 133-152

    5. Teachers Surviving to Teach: Implications for Post-Soviet Education and Society in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan

      • Sarfaroz Niyozov, Duishon Shamatov
      Pages 153-174

    6. The Politics of Education Reforms and Policy Shifts in the Russian Federation

      • Joseph Zajda
      Pages 175-191

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 193-201
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About this book

Globalisation, Ideology and Education Policy Reforms, which is the 11th volume in the 12-volume book series Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research, presents scholarly research on major discourses concerning globalisation and the politics of education reforms. It reviews some of the ideological imperatives fueling education reforms. It examines critically education reforms within their social, political and global dimensions. It provides an easily accessible, practical yet scholarly source of information about recent developments in globalisation, ideology and trends in education reforms. Above all, the book offers the latest fi- ings to the critical issues concerning major discourses surrounding the nexus between ideology and education reforms in the global culture. It is a sourcebook of ideas for researchers, practitioners and policy makers in education, and schooling around the world. It offers a timely overview of current policy issues affecting education reforms globally. It provides directions in education, and policy research, relevant to progressive pedagogy, social change and transformational educational reforms in the twenty-first century. The book critically examines the overall interplay between the state, ideology and current discourses of education reforms in the global culture. It draws upon recent studies in the areas of globalisation, academic achievement, standards, equity and the role of the State (Apple 2004; Carnoy 1999; Zajda et al. 2008). It explores conceptual frameworks and methodological approaches applicable in the research covering the State, globalisation and quality-driven education reforms.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Australian Catholic University, Fitzroy, Australia

    Joseph Zajda

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