Globalization and education : integration and contestation across cultures / edited by Nelly P. Stromquist and Karen Monkman. [print]

PennsylvaniaRT 1: Conceptual issues Defining globalization and assessing its implications on knowledge and education Nelly P. Stromquist and Karen Monkman Globalization and internationalism: Democratic prospects for world education Phillip W. Jones Globalization and educational reform Martin Carnoy Educational reform: Who are the radicals? Val D. Rust Globalization and curriculum inquiry: Locating, representing, and performing a transnational imaginary Noel Gough Globalization and the social construction of reality: Affirming or unmasking the "inevitable"? Catherine A. Odora Hoppers

PennsylvaniaRT 2: Globalization impacts in various educational sectors Alternative responses to globalization from European and South African universities Jan Currie and George Subotzky Globalization of the community college model Rosalind Latiner Raby Local/global labor markets and the restructuring of gender, schooling, and work Jane Kenway and Peter Kelly Globalization, adult education, and development Shirley Walters

PennsylvaniaRT 3: National case studies of globalization impacts Globalization and universities in the Commonwealth Caribbean Anne Hickling-Hudson Internationalization in Japanese education: Current issues and future prospects Lynne Parmenter Globalization and decentralization in Sub-Saharan Africa: Focus Lesotho William M Rideout, Jr. Globalization and educational policies in Mexico, 1988-1994: A meeting of the universal and the particular Rosa Nidia Buenfil South African higher education in transition: Global discourses and national priorities Crain Soudien and Carol Corneilse Impacts of globalization on education in Malaysia Molly N.N. Lee Hanging onto the edge: An Australian case study of women, universities, and globalization Jill Balckmore.

With increased opportunites for interaction and learning, education around the world is becoming transformed. These essays strive to provide a thorough examination of the impact these changes are having on how education is defined, whom it serves, and how it is assessed around the world. Topics incl:

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Nelly P. Stromquist is a professor in the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California.

Karen Monkman is an assistant professor in the International and Intercultural Development Education Program at Florida State University.