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Globalisation and Comparative Education

Changing Paradigms

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Authors:
  1. Joseph Zajda

    1. Faculty of Education & Arts, School of Education, Australian Catholic University, East Melbourne, Australia

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  2. Val Rust

    1. Center for Education and International Development, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA

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  • Demonstrates ideological imperatives of globalisation, comparative education research and education reforms
  • Evaluates the problematic relationship between globalisation, comparative education and policy reforms
  • Provides a timely overview of changes in globalisation, comparative education and education reforms
  • Offers a valuable sourcebook of ideas for researchers, practitioners and policy-makers

Part of the book series: Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research (GCEP, volume 24)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxv
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  2. Globalization and Comparative Education

    • Joseph Zajda, Val Rust
    Pages 1-17

  3. Globalization as a Multidimensional Construct

    • Joseph Zajda, Val Rust
    Pages 19-35

  4. Theory in Comparative Education

    • Joseph Zajda, Val Rust
    Pages 37-47

  5. Methods and Methodologies in Comparative Education

    • Joseph Zajda, Val Rust
    Pages 49-64

  6. Global Pedagogies: From Universal to Situated Ethics

    • Joseph Zajda, Val Rust
    Pages 65-82

  7. The Moral Face of Postmodernism and Postfoundationalism

    • Joseph Zajda, Val Rust
    Pages 83-99

  8. School Reform in the Age of Globalization

    • Joseph Zajda, Val Rust
    Pages 101-117

  9. Globalisation, Education Reforms and Policy: Competing Discourses

    • Joseph Zajda, Val Rust
    Pages 119-137

  10. Globalisation and Comparative Education: Changing Paradigms and Issues

    • Joseph Zajda, Val Rust
    Pages 139-157

  11. Current Research in Higher Education Reforms

    • Joseph Zajda, Val Rust
    Pages 159-175

  12. Globalisation and Cultural Identity: The Role of Intercultural Dialogue

    • Joseph Zajda, Val Rust
    Pages 177-186

  13. Current Research on Human Rights Education Globally

    • Joseph Zajda, Val Rust
    Pages 187-196

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 197-228
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About this book

This book focuses on discourses of globalisation in comparative education research and the politics of education reforms. It analyses and evaluates the shifts in methodological approaches to globalisation and education reforms, as reflected in comparative education research and their impact on education policy and pedagogy. The book covers topics such as globalisation and comparative education, globalisation as a multidimensional construct, methods and methodologies in comparative education, the moral face of post-structuralism, and school reforms in the age of globalisation. It offers a critical analysis of education policy reforms.


The book demonstrates a complex nexus between globalisation, ideology and education reforms. On one hand, democratisation and progressive pedagogy is equated with equality, inclusion, equity, tolerance and human rights, while on the other hand, globalisation is perceived – by some critics at least – tobe a totalising force that is widening the socio-economic status (SES) gap and cultural and economic capital between the rich and the poor, and bringing power, domination and control by corporate bodies and powerful political, economic and educational organisations. The perception of globalisation as dynamic and multi faceted processes clearly necessitates a multiple perspective approach in the study of comparative education globally. This book contributes in a very scholarly way, to a more holistic understanding of the nexus between globalisation, comparative education research and education reforms.





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Authors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Education & Arts, School of Education, Australian Catholic University, East Melbourne, Australia

    Joseph Zajda

  • Center for Education and International Development, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA

    Val Rust

About the authors

Joseph Zajda is a Professor at the Faculty of Education and Arts, Australian Catholic University (Melbourne Campus). He specialises in globalisation and education policy reforms, social justice, history education and values education. He has written and edited 45 books and over 150 book chapters and articles on globalisation and education policy, higher education and curriculum reforms. He is also the editor of the 24-volume book series Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research (Springer, 2009 & 2021). Recent publications include: Zajda, J (Ed). (2020a). Globalisation, ideology and neo-liberal higher education reform. Dordrecht:  Springer. Zajda, J. (Ed). (2020b). Human rights education globally. Dordrecht:  Springer. Zajda, J. (Ed). (2020c). Globalisation, Ideology and Education Reforms:  Emerging paradigms. Dordrecht:  Springer; Zajda, J. (2018). He is an elected fellow of the Australian College of Educators (FACE).


Val Rust is Professor of Education at the University of California, Los Angeles. He received his PhD from the University of Michigan. He was the UCLA Education Abroad Program Director and was the Associate Editor of the Comparative Education Review (1998-2003). His recent works include Alternatives in Education, The Democratic Tradition and the Evolution of Schooling in Norway, The Unification of German Education, Education and the Values Crisis in Central and Eastern Europe, Toward Schooling for the Twenty-first Century and Theory in Comparative Education (World Studies in Education, 4, 1), Omwami, E. & Rust, V. (2020). Globalization, Nationalism, and Inclusive Education for All: A Reflection on the Ideological Shifts in Education Reform. In  J. Zajda (Ed). (2020a). Globalisation, ideology and neo-liberal higher education reform. Dordrecht:  Springer.


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