Globalization, International Education Policy and Local Policy Formation

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

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2. The Need to Give Voice to Local Scholars in Educational Policy

   • Carolyn A. Brown

   Pages 1-6

3. Historical Background and Current Status of International Donor Policy in Education

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7

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   2. A Brief History of International Education Policy: From Breton-Woods to the Paris Declaration

      • James H. Williams

      Pages 9-23

   3. Current Trends in Education & Development

      • James H. Williams, Carolyn A. Brown, Sarah Kwan

      Pages 25-35

4. Voices from the Developing World

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 37-37

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   2. Different Policies, Distinct Processes: Three Case Studies of International Influence in Education Policy Formation in El Salvador

      • D. Brent Edwards Jr., Pauline Martin, Julián Antonio Victoria

      Pages 39-57

   3. Education for All and the Global-Local Interface: A Case Study of The Gambia

      • Matarr Baldeh, Caroline (Carly) Manion

      Pages 59-80

   4. Nordic Aid and the Education Sector in Africa: The Case of Tanzania

      • Zehlia Babaci-Wilhite, Macleans A. Geo-JaJa, Mwajuma Vuzo

      Pages 81-106

   5. Quality with Equity in Primary Education: Implications of High Stakes Assessments on Teacher Practice in Bangladesh

      • Jaddon Park, Manzoor Ahmed

      Pages 107-130

   6. No Nation Is an Island: Navigating the Troubled Waters Between Indigenous Values and Donor Desire in the Republic of the Marshall Islands

      • Paul Robert Sauer

      Pages 131-142

   7. Education and Gender Rights in Latin America

      • Ezequiel Gomez Caride

      Pages 143-156

   8. Where to From Here? Analysis of Cambodia’s 2009–2013 Information Communication Technologies in Education Plan

      • Jayson W. Richardson, John B. Nash, Lyda Chea, Chivoin Peou

      Pages 157-182

   9. International Aid Influences on South African Policy Development in Education and Training

      • Peliwe Lolwana

      Pages 183-200

   10. A View from Latin America: Two Generations of Reforms on Higher Education; Towards a New Decade of Collaboration

       • Jorge Uribe-Roldán

       Pages 201-214

   11. Global and Local: Standardized Testing and Corruption in Admissions to Ukrainian Universities

       • Ararat L. Osipian

       Pages 215-234

5. Toward a Theory of Collaboration

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 235-235

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   2. Can There Be Real Collaboration Between Donors and Developing Countries in Educational Policy? Conclusions and Recommendations

      • Carolyn A. Brown

      Pages 237-248

6. Back Matter

   Pages 249-254

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This edited volume focuses on how international education policy, set by international policymakers and donors, influences local education policy in developing countries. The book’s primary purpose is to give voice to scholars from developing countries and regions around the world by inviting them to explore how the international policy, invariably linked to international aid, influences education policy formation and implementation in their country or region and how this influence does or does not meet the local cultural, social, economic, and political needs. A relatively recent and small body of research and commentary supports a discourse that questions how well international education policy mandates such as Education For All serve the needs of developing countries. The intent of this book is to advance this discourse by giving voice to local scholars who observe and study the donor process. The book will be divided into two sections: the first section will set the stage for the discussions in the second section by providing theoretical and historical context for international education policy. As a framework for understanding, the book adopts the position that international policy does not have either the ability or the intent to serve the widely diverse needs of development around the world. International education policy has been formed, historically, by wealthy nations and agencies dominated by Western  theoretical paradigms. In recent years, donor countries have made an effort to collaborate with developing countries in developing international education policy goals; however, this collaboration has been limited. Following establishment of the context of international education policy, section II of the book provides a forum for scholars from around the world to openly discuss and critique the impact of international policy on education in their country or region.

• Education For All
• Millennium Development Goals
• Paris Declaration
• alternative views of international educational policy
• alternative views of international educational policy
• donor policy
• donor recipient collaboration
• donor recipient collaboration
• educational policy in developing countries
• educational policy in developing countries
• globalization and localization in educational policy
• globalization and localization in educational policy
• international donor agencies
• international education policy

• Educational Leadership, Administration, and Policy, Graduate School of Education, Fordham University, New York, USA

  Carolyn A. Brown

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