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- Investigates globalization in education using one of the most comprehensive data sets available
- Allows the effect of globalization to be measured over an extended 20 year time period
- Makes innovative use of latent class analysis to statistically identify groups of countries with similar underlying science curricula
- Enables changes to one of the most significant aspects of education (the curriculum) to be directly tracked over time
Part of the book series: IEA Research for Education (IEAR, volume 3)
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Globalization is a powerful force with far reaching impacts on education and education policy. The growth of large scale international surveys of student achievement and the increasing role played by intergovernmental agencies in education means that the influence that globalization exerts on education is likely to increase even further in the future.
This open access book provides a significant and timely investigation into the impacts that globalization has exerted on science curricula in a diverse range of countries using extensive data sets collected by the IEA between 1995 and 2015. Using a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods, this book considers the extent to which there have been changes to the intended and implemented science curricula in different countries over the last 20 years. Consideration is then given as to whether science curricula are becoming increasingly similar across countries over time. Finally the issue of whether the basis of an international core curriculum can be identified is addressed. Readers will gain a unique insight into the extent to which globalization and large scale international assessments have influenced science curricula in the last 20 years within both the primary and secondary phases.Authors and Affiliations
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National Foundation for Educational Research, Slough, United Kingdom
Oliver Stacey, Giulia De Lazzari, Hilary Grayson, Hazel Griffin, Emily Jones, Amanda Taylor, David Thomas
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Globalization of Science Curricula
Authors: Oliver Stacey, Giulia De Lazzari, Hilary Grayson, Hazel Griffin, Emily Jones, Amanda Taylor, David Thomas
Series Title: IEA Research for Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71532-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-71531-5Published: 19 February 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-74152-9Published: 23 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-71532-2Published: 12 February 2018
Series ISSN: 2366-1631
Series E-ISSN: 2366-164X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 100
Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations
Topics: International and Comparative Education, Assessment, Testing and Evaluation, Educational Policy and Politics