VOLUME 2(4) • 2014
INTRODUCTION TO ‘GLOBALISATION: NOW’ • SPECIAL EDITION OF KNOWLEDGE CULTURES
In July, 2013, the University of Western Sydney hosted a two-day research seminar entitled, ‘globalisation: now’. The purpose of this event was to gather Australian and international researchers interested in the field of education and globalisation. The result has been an ongoing, research-based co..
WORKING IN THE BORDER ZONE: DEVELOPING CULTURAL COMPETENCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION FOR A GLOBALIZED WORLD
ABSTRACT. In this paper we examine the tension between the educational needs of a globalized world and the institutional structures of a globalized education system. One of the most important consequences of the current discipline-based education system is a missed opportunity to encourage reflexive..
NEOLIBERAL IMAGINARIUM FOR CONSERVATIVE EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES: CAN PERU, CHILE AND ARGENTINA BE EDUCATIONALLY BALANCED WITH WESTERN WORLD COUNTRIES?
ABSTRACT. The Dakar Conference Declaration in 2000 endorsed the aim of universal access to education. Following Dakar Declaration, the improvement of education and schooling was to be engineered and steered by a mix of governmental and non-governmental agencies. But this quasi-governmental rhetoric ..
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS AND THE POLITICS OF LANGUAGE AMONG ‘GLOBALISING UNIVERSITIES’ IN ASIA
ABSTRACT. Scholars have pointed to the central role played by English as the language of international reach in the strategies of globalising universities, as seen in the provision of English language programmes such as language boot camps for international students in western universities as well a..
GLOBAL INSCRIPTION DEVICES AND THE POLITICS OF EDUCATION
ABSTRACT. Global inscription devices transform complex educational realities into comparable scales, ratings, and rankings. While a full-fledged theory about global inscription devices and their impact upon educational policy is still lacking, this paper suggests a handful of issues that such theory..
HIGHER EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT AND KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY OPTIMISM IN ETHIOPIA
ABSTRACT. Higher education has been assigned new global importance. It is now the vehicle of choice for nations seeking to increase their competitiveness in an expanding knowledge economy. In developing nations, higher education has also been linked to goals to reduce poverty, under the influence of..
RESEARCHING CHILDREN’S LINGUISTIC REPERTOIRES IN GLOBALIZED CLASSROOMS
ABSTRACT. This paper considers new spatial methodologies for researching children’s linguistic repertoires in complex multicultural classrooms shaped by increasing global mobilities. It is based on the analysis of a small data set from a larger study that involved 5 classes in 2 primary schools and ..
STRUGGLING FOR KNOWLEDGE IN TIMES OF COGNITIVE CAPITALISM: YOUTH AND SCHOOL IN CONTEXTS OF URBAN POVERTY
ABSTRACT. From the time of the formation of modern capitalist societies, education, knowledge, and progress have been articulated in a variety of ways (Peters, 2010). It is possible to identify an array of modulations in the education, knowledge, progress trilogy since it was first articulated, and ..
THREE NARRATIVES: NATIONAL INTERPRETATIONS OF PISA
ABSTRACT. The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) has become a major and influential component of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) educational work. This paper examines national reports relating to PISA 2000, 2003, 2006 and 2009 published on the OE..