Comparative education [[electronic resource] ] : the dialectic of the global and the local / / [edited by] Robert F. Arnove, Carlos Alberto Torres, and Stephen Franz

• Pubblicazione: Lanham, MD, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2013
• Edizione: 4th ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (517 p.)
• Disciplina: 370.9
• Soggetto topico: Comparative education - Philosophy; Education and globalization
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: ArnoveRobert F TorresCarlos Alberto FranzStephen
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Reframing Comparative Education: The Dialectic of the Global and the Local; Chapter 01. Technocracy, Uncertainty, and Ethics: Comparative Education in an Era of Postmodernity and Globalization; Chapter 02. Institutionalizing International Influence; Chapter 03. The State, Social Movements, and Educational Reform; Chapter 04. Culture and Education; Chapter 05. The Question of Identity from a Comparative Education Perspective; Chapter 06. Equality of Education: Six Decades of Comparative Evidence Seen from a New Millennium ; Chapter 07. Women's Education in the Twenty-First CenturyChapter 08. Control of Education: Issues and Tensions in Centralization and Decentralization; Chapter 09. A Theory of Literacies for Considering the Role of Adult and Community Education in Postcolonial Change; Chapter 10. The Political Economy of Educational Reform in Australia, Britain, and the United States; Chapter 11. Higher Education in the Era of Globalization: Toward a Heteronomous Model?; Chapter 12. Education in Latin America: From Dependency and Neoliberalism to Alternative Paths to Development ; Chapter 13. Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Some Enduring ChallengesChapter 14. Higher Education in the Middle East; Chapter 15. Education in Eastern and Central Europe: Re-Thinking Post-Socialism in the Context of Globalization; Chapter 16. Education for All in Africa: Not Catching Up, but Setting the Pace; Chapter 17. The Political Construction of European Education Space; Chapter 18. Comparative Education: The Dialectics of Globalization and Its Discontents; Index; About the Contributors
• Sommario/riassunto: Editors Robert F. Arnove and Carlos Alberto Torres, along with new coeditor Stephen Franz, have assembled the key scholars in comparative education, bringing a new edition of their groundbreaking book. To be used in graduate courses in comparative education, the new edition retains the same accessible layout and style, but is updated throughout, including a new chapter on the European Union.
• Titolo autorizzato: Comparative education
• ISBN: 1-283-94035-3; 1-4422-1777-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910463101803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II