Educational import : local encounters with global forces in Mongolia / / Gita Steiner-Khamsi and Ines Stolpe

• Autore: Steiner-Khamsi Gita
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (ix, 246 pages) : illustrations, maps
• Disciplina: 370.95173
• Soggetto topico: Education - Mongolia; Educational change - Mongolia
• Altri autori: StolpeInes
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-240) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Part I: Introduction From Socialism to Post-Socialism, From Second to Third-World, From Lender to Borrower Part II: Global Forces in Post-Socialist Mongolia: Four Case Studies of Local Encounters Speaking the Language of the New Allies: Decentralizing Educational Management and Finance The Long Decade of Neglect (1990-2003): Stalemates in Nomadic Education The Fear of Falling Behind: The Policy Talk and the Enactment of Vouchers in Teacher Education *The Mongolization of Student-Centered Teaching Part III: Conclusion Globalization in Education: Real or Imagined?
• Sommario/riassunto: This book addresses students, practitioners and scholars in educational policy studies. The authors use Mongolia as a case to illustrate how global influences shape domestic developments in education, and how imported education reforms are locally modified, re-contextualized, or 'Mongolized'.
• Titolo autorizzato: Educational import
• ISBN: 1-281-36960-8; 9786611369606; 1-4039-8297-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910827354503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II