Imagining the Future of Global Education

Dreams and Nightmares
Herausgeber: Gearin, Brian; Zhao, Yong

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Imagining the Future of Global Education examines the Grand Educational Narrative (GEN) and the major institutions that shape and disseminate it. The book focuses on national visions of education and the imaginary futures that nations seek to make reality and critiques how frequently dreams of upward mobility turn into nightmares.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 154mm x 229mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 350g
• ISBN-13: 9781138090316
• ISBN-10: 113809031X
• Artikelnr.: 49776179

Autorenporträt

Yong Zhao is a Foundation Distinguished Professor at the University of Kansas, USA, and a professorial fellow at the Mitchell Institute for Health and Education Policy, Victoria University, Australia. Brian Gearin is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Education Methodology, Policy, and Leadership (EMPL) at the University of Oregon, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part One: What Dreams Are Made Of 1. Education and the
American Dream: Hoping One Black Box Holds the Key to the Other 2. Multiple
Spheres of Influence: Who Influenced Australia's Education Revolution? 3.
Not All GERMS Make You Sick: Education Reform in Brazil Part Two: A Dream
within a Dream 4. First to the Finnish Line 5. Can Qatar Buy Sustainable
Educational Excellence? 6. Educating for the Chinese Dream(s) Part Three:
Keeping Dreams from becoming Nightmares 7. Guarding the Past or Inventing
the Future: Education Reforms in East Asia 8. Educating for Nationalism in
an Age of Educating for Economic Growth 9. Education in the Shadow of
Superintelligence