Global Pedagogies

Global Pedagogies: Schooling for the Future, which is the twelfth volume in the 12-volume book series Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research, presents scholarly research on major discourses in comparative education research with reference to globalisation, educational policy and classroom pedagogy. It is a sourcebook of ideas for researchers, practitioners and policy makers in education, globalisation, global pedagogies and schooling for the future around the world.

The aim of the book is to provide an easily accessible, practical yet scholarly source of information about the international concern in the field of globalisation, global pedagogies, and educational transformation. Readers will find here the very latest thinking on globalisation, global pedagogies and educational transformation in the context of global culture. It offers a timely overview of current issues affecting discourses pertaining to global pedagogies and policy research in the global culture. It provides directions in education, and policy research, relevant to transformational educational reforms in the 21st century.

The book critically examines the overall interplay between comparative education discourses, globalisation, and education. It draws upon recent studies in the areas of globalisation, equity, social justice, and the role of the State. It explores conceptual frameworks and methodological approaches applicable in the research covering the State, globalisation, equity, and education. It demonstrates the neo-liberal ideological imperatives of education and policy reforms, and illustrates the way the relationship between the State and education policy affects current models and trends in education reforms and schooling globally. Various book chapters critique the dominant discourses and debates pertaining to comparative education discourses and the newly constructed and re-invented models of neo-liberal ideology in education. Using a number of diverse paradigms in comparative education research, ranging from critical theory to globalisation, the authors, by focusing on globalisation, ideology and democracy, attempt to examine critically both the reasons and outcomes of education reforms, policy change and transformation and provide a more informed critique on the Western-driven models of accountability, quality and school effectiveness. The book draws upon recent studies in the areas of equity, cultural capital and dominant ideologies in education.

Global Pedagogy: Perspectives. - Global Pedagogies and Communities of Meaning and Hope: Education in a Time of Global Fragmentation. - Rethinking Global Education in the Twenty-first Century. - Globalization and Postnational Possibilities in Education for the Future: Rethinking Borders and Boundaries. - Framing Education for the Future: A Conceptual Synthesis of the Major Social Institutional Forces Affecting Education. - Values, Roles, Visions, and Professional Development in the Twenty-first Century: Australian and Japanese Principals Voice Their Views. - When Indigenous and Modern Education Collide in the Global Culture. - Global Agendas in Special Education: A Critique. - Global Pedagogy: Case Studies. - Global Transformation of a Nordic Learning Society: The Case of Finland. - Education for Sustainability and the Role of Future-Focus Pedagogy. - Sustainable Living by the Bay: Improving Student Engagement in the Science Classroom for the Twenty-first Century. - Preservice Female Teachers Mathematics Self-Concept and Mathematics Anxiety: A Longitudinal Study. - `Learning to Be for Tomorrow s Schools: A Transcultural Dimension into Teaching.