Policy Borrowing and Reform in Education Globalized Processes and Lo
This book addresses the intersections of globalization, policy borrowing, and educational reform. Drawing upon multiple disciplines, it provides a comprehensive overview of globalization’s history, processes, theories, and trends, both generally and in ed
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LAURA M. PORTNOI
Policy Borrowing and Reform in Education
Laura M. Portnoi
Policy Borrowing and Reform in Education Globalized Processes and Local Contexts
Laura M. Portnoi California State University Long Beach, California, USA
ISBN 978-1-137-53022-6 ISBN 978-1-137-53024-0 DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-53024-0
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This book is dedicated to the students from the Social and Cultural Analysis of Education master’s program at California State University, Long Beach, with whom I have had the pleasure to interact over the past ten years. They encouraged me to write this book and continue to serve as an inspiration every day.
PREFACE
No matter where we live, we experience international connections— through the foods we buy at grocery stores, the clothing we wear, and the everyday products we use in our homes. Global developments and trends influence sports, politics, economics, and just about every other aspect of today’s society. Although education has historically been, and continues to be, governed by local jurisdictions, global developments and trends have a profound impact on education in today’s interconnected world. Current global trends, such as the preponderance of standards-based education in schooling environments and the emphasis on rankings and competition in higher education, are affecting educational systems around the world. Globalization and its influences are not a ‘given’, however, and local responses to global trends vary based on the contexts involved. For all of these reasons, studying globalization and policy borrowing, as well as the global and local manifestations of educational reforms, is im
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