Education, Globalization and the Nation

'Globalization' and 'the Nation' provide significant contexts for examining past educational thinking and practice and to identify how education has been influenced today. This book, written collaboratively, explores country case studies - Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, the UK and USA as well as discussing the transnational European Union.

Autorentext
Author Ian Davies: Ian Davies is Professor of Education at the University of York, UK.

Inhalt

1. Introduction

   2. Key Contexts and Challenges
      CASE STUDIES

   3. Australia; Andrew Peterson
   4. Brazil; Maria Auxiliadora Schmidt
   5. Canada; Carla Peck and Alan Sears
   6. China; King Man Chong
   7. United Kingdom; Ian Davies
   8. United States of America; Terrie Epstein and Debbie Sonu
   9. The European Union and its Member States; Alistair Ross
   10. Conclusions and Recommendations