Nicola Sum - Böcker

Exhibiting theoretical and empirical contributions from eight countries and economies globally, including Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, China, Malaysia and Vietnam, this edited volume seeks to address the nature of social contracts within and across the international school sector.Reflecting the intellectual outcomes of the Beijing Normal University–Durham University–Monash University academic exchanges, chapters provide a platform for researchers from such international contexts to discuss and exchange ideas about the theories, methods, and practices of education in an international schooling context with one another. The book offers diverse analyses of the place, purpose, and educational provision of international schooling in its current iteration. The conceptual coherence of the book invites readers to move beyond instrumental or market-driven interpretations of international education and to consider more fundamental questions of evolving social contracts between educators, families, policy makers, and students.Drawing from a wide-spread experience in the field of international schooling from leading scholars, this volume will be integral for researchers, academics and students in the fields of international education, education governance, comparative and international education, public administration, and sociology of education.

Globalization and Education: Teaching, Learning and Leading in the World Schoolhouse explores the various ways educators’ work is influenced by globalization. This book presents topics and contexts traditionally marginalized in mainstream education research discourses and shows how local and global education issues are intersecting and shaping the ways in which ideas and practices are shared around the world. Each chapter presents an educational issue in an understudied international context, such as Saudi Arabia, Guyana, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brazil, and Nepal. Topics range from how the knowledge industry shapes education in schools to the impact of globalization on school leadership, teaching, and learning. We invite scholars and practitioners to join us in the world schoolhouse, a place where discussion about educational understanding and improvement is not bounded by national borders, school systems or language. This book will both challenge and expand thinking about the complexities of education during a time of globalization and change.